List of non-marine molluscs of Slovakia

Slovakia is a land-locked country, and therefore the molluscs of Slovakia are all land and freshwater species. There are 247[1] species of molluscs living in the wild in Slovakia. In addition there are 9 gastropod species living only in greenhouses.[2]
There are a total of 219[1] species of gastropods, which breaks down to 51[1] species of freshwater gastropods, and 168[1] species of land gastropods, plus 28[1] species of bivalves living in the wild.
There are 8 non-indigenous gastropod species (3 freshwater and 5 land species) and 3 species of bivalves in the wild in Slovakia. This is a total of 6 freshwater non-indigenous species of wild molluscs.
- Summary table of number of species
 
| Slovakia | |
|---|---|
| freshwater gastropods | 51[1] | 
| land gastropods | 168[1] | 
| gastropods altogether | 219[1] | 
| bivalves | 28[1] | 
| molluscs altogether | 247[1] | 
| non-indigenous gastropods in the wild | 3 freshwater and 5 land | 
| non-indigenous synantrop gastropods | 9 | 
| non-indigenous bivalves in the wild | 3 | 
| non-indigenous synantrop bivalves | 0 | 
| non-indigenous molluscs altogether | 20 | 
There are 2 extinct species in Slovakia (locally extinct): Theodoxus transversalis and Esperiana esperi.
There are endemic species of molluscs in Slovakia:
- Alzoniella slovenica in Slovakia (and in Moravia in the Czech Republic too)
 - Alopia bielzii clathrata (Rossmässler, 1857)
 - Deroceras fatrense
 
History
Grid distribution maps of all species were made by Lisický (1991).[3]
A faunal list by Čejka et al. (2007)[2] included 245 species. A list by Horsák et al. (2010) included 247 species.[1]
Freshwater gastropods
The list is in zoological order rather than alphabetical order.[2] Freshwater gastropods in the Slovakia include:
- Theodoxus danubialis (C. Pfeiffer, 1828)
 - Theodoxus fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) - non-indigenous[4]
 - Theodoxus transversalis (C. Pfeiffer, 1828) - extinct
 
- Viviparus acerosus (Bourguignat, 1862)
 - Viviparus contectus (Millet, 1813)
 
- Esperiana daudebartii acicularis (Férussac, 1823) - syn. Microcolpia daudebartii (Prevost, 1821)
 - Esperiana esperi (Férussac, 1823) - extinct
 
- Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray, 1843) - non-indigenous[5]
 - Alzoniella slovenica (Ložek & Brtek, 1964) - endemic to Slovakia (and in Moravia in the Czech Republic too), synonyms: Belgrandiella alticola Ložek & Brtek, 1964, Belgrandiella bojnicensis Ložek & Brtek, 1964.
 
- Bythinella austriaca (von Frauenfeld, 1857) s. lat.[6]
 - Bythinella hungarica Hazay, 1881[6]
 - Bythinella metarubra Falniowski, 1987[7][6]
 - Bythinella pannonica (Frauenfeld, 1865) - synonym: Sadleriana pannonica (Frauenfeld, 1865)[6]
 - Bythinella steffeki Grego & Glöer, 2019[6]
 
- Lithoglyphus naticoides (C. Pfeiffer, 1828)
 
- Bithynia leachii (Sheppard, 1823)
 - Bithynia troschelii Paasch, 1842 - synonym: Bythinia transsilvanica (E. A. Bielz, 1853)
 - Bithynia tentaculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
 
- Valvata cristata O. F. Müller, 1774
 - Valvata macrostoma Mörch, 1864 - synonym: Valvata pulchella auct. nec Studer, 1820
 - Valvata piscinalis (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 - Borysthenia naticina (Menke, 1845)
 
- Acroloxus lacustris (Linnaeus, 1758)
 
- Galba truncatula (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 - Stagnicola corvus (Gmelin, 1791)
 - Stagnicola palustris O. F. Müller, 1774 s. str. - synonym: Stagnicola turricula (Held, 1836)
 - Radix ampla (Hartmann, 1821)
 - Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
 - Radix ovata (Draparnaud, 1805)
 - Radix peregra (O. F. Müller, 1774) s. str.
 - Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 
- Aplexa hypnorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
 - Physa fontinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 - Physella acuta (Draparnaud, 1805) - non-indigenous
 
- Planorbis carinatus O. F. Müller, 1774
 - Planorbis planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 - Anisus leucostoma (Millet, 1813)
 - Anisus septemgyratus (Rossmässler, 1835)
 - Anisus spirorbis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 - Anisus vortex (Linnaeus, 1758)
 - Anisus vorticulus (Troschel, 1834)
 - Bathyomphalus contortus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 - Gyraulus acronicus (A. Férussac, 1807)
 - Gyraulus albus (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 - Gyraulus crista (Linnaeus, 1758)
 - Gyraulus laevis (Alder, 1838)
 - Gyraulus riparius (Westerlund, 1865)
 - Gyraulus rossmaessleri (Auerswald, 1852)
 - Hippeutis complanatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 - Segmentina nitida (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 - Planorbarius corneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 - Ancylus fluviatilis O. F. Müller, 1774
 - Ferrissia fragilis (Tryon, 1863) - syn. Ferrissia clessiniana (Jickeli, 1882)
 
Land gastropods
Land gastropods in Slovakia include:
- Acicula parcelineata (Clessin, 1911)
 - Platyla polita (Hartmann, 1840)
 
- Carychium minimum O. F. Müller, 1774
 - Carychium tridentatum (Risso, 1826)
 
- Cochlicopa lubrica (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 - Cochlicopa lubricella (Rossmässler, 1835)
 - Cochlicopa nitens (M. von Gallenstein, 1848)
 
- Orcula dolium (Draparnaud, 1801)
 - Pagodulina pagodula (Des Moulins, 1830)
 - Sphyradium doliolum (Bruguière, 1792)
 
- Abida secale (Draparnaud, 1801)
 - Granaria frumentum (Draparnaud, 1801)
 - Chondrina clienta (Westerlund, 1883)
 - Chondrina tatrica Ložek, 1948
 
- Pupilla alpicola (Charpentier, 1837)
 - Pupilla muscorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
 - Pupilla pratensis (Clessin, 1871)[8]
 - Pupilla sterrii (Voith, 1840)
 - Pupilla triplicata (Studer, 1820)
 
- Argna bielzi (Rossmässler, 1859)
 
- Pyramidula pusilla (Vallot, 1801)
 
- Spelaeodiscus tatricus Hazay, 1883
 
- Vallonia costata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 - Vallonia enniensis (Gredler, 1856)
 - Vallonia excentrica Sterki, 1893
 - Vallonia pulchella (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 - Acanthinula aculeata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 
- Columella aspera Waldén, 1966[9]
 - Columella columella (G. v. Martens, 1830) - only subspecies Columella columella gredleri
 - Columella edentula (Draparnaud, 1805)
 - Truncatellina claustralis (Gredler, 1856)
 - Truncatellina costulata (Nilsson, 1823)
 - Truncatellina cylindrica (A. Férussac, 1807)
 - Vertigo alpestris Alder, 1838
 - Vertigo angustior Jeffreys, 1830
 - Vertigo antivertigo (Draparnaud, 1801)
 - Vertigo geyeri Lindholm, 1925
 - Vertigo modesta (Say, 1824) - synonym: Vertigo arctica (Wallenberg, 1858)
 - Vertigo moulinsiana (Dupuy, 1849)
 - Vertigo pusilla O. F. Müller, 1774
 - Vertigo pygmaea (Draparnaud, 1801)
 - Vertigo substriata (Jeffreys, 1833)
 
- Chondrula tridens (O. F. Müller, 1774) - also subspecies Chondrula tridens eximia (Rossmässler, 1837)
 - Ena montana (Draparnaud, 1801)
 - Merdigera obscura (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 - Zebrina detrita (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 
- Alopia bielzii E. A. Bielz, 1856 - only endemic subspecies Alopia bielzii clathrata (Rossmässler, 1857)
 - Cochlodina cerata (Rossmässler, 1836)
 - Cochlodina fimbriata (Rossmässler, 1835) - only subspecies Cochlodina fimbriata remota Ložek, 1952
 - Cochlodina laminata (Montagu, 1803)
 - Cochlodina orthostoma (Menke, 1828)
 - Ruthenica filograna (Rossmässler, 1836)
 - Pseudofusulus varians (C. Pfeiffer, 1828)
 - Macrogastra borealis (O. Boettger, 1878) - synonym: Macrogastra latestriata (A. Schmidt, 1857)
 - Macrogastra plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801)
 - Macrogastra tumida (Rossmässler, 1836)
 - Macrogastra ventricosa (Draparnaud, 1801)
 - Clausilia cruciata (Studer, 1820)
 - Clausilia dubia Draparnaud, 1805
 - Clausilia parvula Férussac, 1807 - synonym: Clausilia rugosa parvula Férussac, 1807
 - Clausilia pumila C. Pfeiffer, 1828
 - Laciniaria plicata (Draparnaud, 1801)
 - Balea biplicata (Montagu, 1803) - synonym: Alinda biplicata
 - Pseudalinda stabilis (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)
 - Balea perversa (Linnaeus, 1758)
 - Vestia elata (Rossmässler, 1836)
 - Vestia gulo (E. A. Bielz, 1859)
 - Vestia turgida (Rossmässler, 1836)
 - Bulgarica cana (Held, 1836)
 
- Succinella oblonga (Draparnaud, 1801)
 - Succinea putris (Linnaeus, 1758)
 - Oxyloma elegans (Risso, 1826)
 - Quickella arenaria (Bouchard-Chantereaux, 1837)
 
- Cecilioides acicula (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 - Cecilioides petitiana (Benoit, 1862)[10]
 
- Punctum pygmaeum (Draparnaud, 1801)
 
- Lucilla scintilla (Lowe, 1852) - non-indigenous[11]
 - Lucilla singleyana (H. B. Baker, 1929) - non-indigenous[11][12]
 
- Discus perspectivus (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1816)
 - Discus rotundatus (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 - Discus ruderatus (Férussac, 1821)
 
- Zonitoides nitidus (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 
- Euconulus praticola (Reinhardt, 1883)
 - Euconulus fulvus (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 
- Aegopinella epipedostoma (Fagot, 1879)
 - Aegopinella minor (Stabile, 1864)
 - Aegopinella nitens (Michaud, 1831)
 - Aegopinella pura (Alder, 1830)
 - Perpolita hammonis (Ström, 1765)
 - Perpolita petronella (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
 - Oxychilus cellarius (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 - Oxychilus depressus (Sterki, 1880)
 - Oxychilus draparnaudi (Beck, 1837)
 - Oxychilus glaber (Rossmässler, 1835)
 - Oxychilus hydatinus (Rossmässler 1838)[13]
 - Oxychilus inopinatus (Uličný, 1887)
 - Oxychilus orientalis (Clessin, 1877)
 - Daudebardia brevipes (Draparnaud, 1805)
 - Daudebardia rufa (Draparnaud, 1805)
 - Carpathica calophana (Westerlund, 1881)
 
- Vitrea contracta (Westerlund, 1871)
 - Vitrea crystallina (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 - Vitrea diaphana (Studer, 1820)
 - Vitrea subrimata (Reinhardt, 1871)
 - Vitrea transsylvanica (Clessin, 1877)
 
- Vitrina pellucida (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 - Eucobresia nivalis (Dumont & Mortillet, 1854)
 - Semilimax kotulae Westerlund, 1883)
 - Semilimax semilimax (J. Férussac, 1802)
 
- Tandonia budapestensis (Hazay, 1881)
 - Tandonia kusceri (Wagner, 1931) - non-indigenous[14]
 
- Bielzia coerulans (M. Bielz, 1851)
 - Limax cinereoniger Wolf, 1803
 - Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758
 - Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 - Malacolimax tenellus (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 - Lehmannia macroflagellata Grossu & Lupu, 1962
 - Lehmannia marginata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 - Lehmannia nyctelia (Bourguignat, 1861)
 
- Deroceras agreste (Linnaeus, 1758)
 - Deroceras fatrense Mácha, 1981
 - Deroceras laeve (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 - Deroceras praecox Wiktor, 1966
 - Deroceras reticulatum (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 - Deroceras rodnae Grossu & Lupu, 1965
 - Deroceras sturanyi (Simroth, 1894)
 - Deroceras turcicum (Simroth, 1894) - non-indigenous[15]
 
- Boettgerilla pallens Simroth, 1912 - non-indigenous
 
- Arion circumscriptus Johnston, 1828
 - Arion distinctus Mabille, 1868
 - Arion fasciatus (Nilsson, 1823)
 - Arion fuscus (O. F. Müller, 1774) - synonym: Arion subfuscus (Draparnaud, 1805) part.
 - Arion rufus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 - Arion silvaticus Lohmander, 1937
 - Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855 - non-indigenous
 
- Fruticicola fruticum (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 
- Helicodonta obvoluta (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 
- Euomphalia strigella (Draparnaud, 1801)
 - Monacha cartusiana (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 - Trochulus hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 - Trochulus striolatus (C. Pfeiffer, 1828)
 - Trochulus villosulus (Rossmässler, 1838)
 - Trochulus lubomirskii (Slósarskii, 1881)
 - Petasina bakowskii (Polinski, 1929)
 - Petasina bielzi (A. Schmidt, 1860)
 - Petasina filicina (L. Pfeiffer, 1841)
 - Petasina unidentata (Draparnaud, 1805)
 - Helicopsis striata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 - Candidula unifasciata (Poiret, 1801) - synonym: Candidula soosiana (J. Wagner, 1933)
 - Xerolenta obvia (Menke, 1828) - synonym: Helicella candicans (L. Pfeiffer, 1841)
 - Perforatella bidentata (Gmelin, 1791)
 - Perforatella dibothrion (M. V. Kimakowicz, 1884)
 - Monachoides incarnatus (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 - Monachoides vicinus (Rossmässler, 1842)
 - Pseudotrichia rubiginosa (Rossmässler, 1838)
 - Urticicola umbrosus (C. Pfeiffer, 1828)
 - Hygromia transsylvanica (Westerlund, 1876)
 
- Arianta arbustorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
 - Faustina faustina (Rossmässler, 1835)
 - Faustina rossmässleri (L. Pfeiffer, 1842) - synonym: Chilostoma rossmaessleri (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)
 - Chilostoma cingulella (Rossmässler, 1837)
 - Isognomostoma isognomostomos (Schröter, 1784)
 - Causa holosericea (Studer, 1820)
 - Cepaea hortensis (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 - Cepaea vindobonensis (Férussac, 1821)
 - Helix lutescens Rossmässler, 1837
 - Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758
 
Freshwater bivalves
Freshwater bivalves in Slovakia include:
- Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788
 - Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
 - Unio tumidus Philipsson, 1788
 - Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
 - Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)
 - Pseudanodonta complanata (Rossmässler, 1835)
 - Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834) - non-indigenous
 
- Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous[16]
 
- Sphaerium corneum (Linnaeus, 1758) s. lat.
 - Sphaerium rivicola (Lamarck, 1818)
 - Sphaerium solidum (Normand, 1844)[4]
 - Sphaerium nucleus (Studer, 1820)
 - Musculium lacustre (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 - Pisidium amnicum (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 - Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791)
 - Pisidium henslowanum (Sheppard, 1823)
 - Pisidium hibernicum Westerlund, 1894[1][17]
 - Pisidium globulare (Clessin, 1873)
 - Pisidium milium Held, 1836
 - Pisidium moitessierianum Paladilhe, 1866
 - Pisidium nitidum Jenyns, 1832
 - Pisidium obtusale (Lamarck, 1818)
 - Pisidium personatum Malm, 1855
 - Pisidium pseudosphaerium Favre, 1927
 - Pisidium subtruncatum Malm, 1855
 - Pisidium supinum A. Schmidt, 1851
 - Pisidium tenuilineatum Stelfox, 1918
 
- Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)
 
Synanthropic molluscs
These 9 species do not live in the wild or are not recorded in the wild yet, but they live in greenhouses and similar biotopes as "hothouse alien" species. All 9 of them are gastropods.
List (alphabetically according to scientific name):
- Deroceras panormitanum (Lessona et Pollonera, 1882)[18]
 - Gulella io
 - Lehmannia valentiana
 - Melanoides tuberculata
 - Opeas pumilum
 - Planorbella duryi
 - Pomacea bridgesii
 - Pseudosuccinea columella
 - Zonitoides arboreus
 
See also
Undescribed species of Slovakia include Hauffenia sp. nov. (not counted in this list).
Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:
- List of non-marine molluscs of the Czech Republic
 - List of non-marine molluscs of Poland
 - List of non-marine molluscs of Ukraine
 - List of non-marine molluscs of Austria
 - List of non-marine molluscs of Hungary
 
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External links
- Horsák M., Čejka T., Juřičková L., Beran L., Horáčková J., Hlaváč J. Č., Dvořák L., Hájek O., Maňas M. & Ložek V. (2015). "Check-list and distribution maps of the molluscs of the Czech and Slovak Republics". http://mollusca.sav.sk/malacology/checklist.htm