Slovakia is a land-locked country, and therefore the molluscs of Slovakia are all land and freshwater species. There are 247 species of molluscs living in the wild in Slovakia. In addition there are 9 gastropod species living only in greenhouses.
There are a total of 219 species of gastropods, which breaks down to 51 species of freshwater gastropods, and 168 species of land gastropods, plus 28 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
There are 2 extinct species in Slovakia (locally extinct): Theodoxus transversalis and Esperiana esperi.
There are endemic species of molluscs in Slovakia:
History
Grid distribution maps of all species were made by Lisický (1991).
A faunal list by ÃÂejka et al. (2007) included 245 species. A list by Horsák et al. (2010) included 247 species.
Freshwater gastropods
The list is in zoological order rather than alphabetical order. Freshwater gastropods in the Slovakia include:
Neritidae
Viviparidae
Thiaridae
Hydrobiidae
- Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray, 1843) - non-indigenous
- Alzoniella slovenica (LoÃ
¾ek & Brtek, 1964) - endemic to Slovakia (and in Moravia in the Czech Republic too), synonyms: Belgrandiella alticola LoÃ
¾ek & Brtek, 1964, Belgrandiella bojnicensis LoÃ
¾ek & Brtek, 1964.
Amnicolidae
Lithoglyphidae
Bithyniidae
Valvatidae
Acroloxidae
Lymnaeidae
Physidae
Planorbidae
- 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:
Aciculidae
Ellobiidae
Cochlicopidae
Orculidae
Chondrinidae
Pupillidae
Argnidae
Pyramidulidae
Spelaeodiscidae
Valloniidae
Vertiginidae
- Columella aspera Waldén, 1966
- 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)
Enidae
Clausiliidae
- 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 LoÃ
¾ek, 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)
Succineidae
Ferussaciidae
Punctidae
Helicodiscidae
Discidae
Gastrodontidae
Euconulidae
Oxychilidae
- 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)
- Oxychilus inopinatus (UliÃÂný, 1887)
- Oxychilus orientalis (Clessin, 1877)
- Daudebardia brevipes (Draparnaud, 1805)
- Daudebardia rufa (Draparnaud, 1805)
- Carpathica calophana (Westerlund, 1881)
Pristilomatidae
Vitrinidae
Milacidae
Limacidae
Agriolimacidae
Boettgerillidae
Arionidae
Bradybaenidae
Helicodontidae
Hygromiidae
- 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)
Helicidae
- 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:
Unionidae
Corbiculidae
Sphaeriidae
- Sphaerium corneum (Linnaeus, 1758) s. lat.
- Sphaerium rivicola (Lamarck, 1818)
- Sphaerium solidum (Normand, 1844)
- 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
- 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
Dreissenidae
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):
See also
Undescribed species of Slovakia include Hauffenia sp. nov. (not counted in this list).
Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:
References
External links
- Horsák M., ÃÂejka T., JuÃ
ÂiÃÂková L., Beran L., HoráÃÂková J., HlaváàJ. ÃÂ., DvoÃ
Âák L., Hájek O., MaÃ
Âas M. & LoÃ
¾ek V. (2015). "Check-list and distribution maps of the molluscs of the Czech and Slovak Republics". http://mollusca.sav.sk/malacology/checklist.htm