List of non-marine molluscs of the Czech Republic explained

This is a list of the non-marine molluscs of the Czech Republic. That country is land-locked and therefore it has no marine molluscs, only land and freshwater species, including snails, slugs, freshwater clams and freshwater mussels. There are 247[1] species of molluscs living in the wild in the Czech Republic. In addition there are at least 11 gastropod species surviving in greenhouses.

There are 219[1] gastropod species (50[1] freshwater and 169[1] land species) and 28[1] bivalve species living in the wild.

There are also 11 introduced gastropod species (5 freshwater and 7 land species) and 4 bivalve species living in the wild in the Czech Republic. This is a total of 9 freshwater non-indigenous species living in natural habitats.

Summary table of number of species

width=25% width=25% Bohemiawidth=25% Moravia + Czech Silesiawidth=25% the Czech Republic
freshwater gastropods444450
land gastropods155151169
gastropods altogether199195219
bivalves282728
molluscs altogether227222247
non-indigenous gastropods in natural habitats6 freshwater and 10 land4 freshwater and 5 land5 freshwater (Bithynia troschelii is non-indigenous in Bohemia and indigenous in Moravia) and 7 land (2 are in Moravia only, 3 are in both, 7 are in Bohemia only)
non-indigenous gastropods in synantropic habitats11
non-indigenous bivalves in natural habitats313
non-indigenous bivalves in synantropic habitats000
non-indigenous molluscs altogether26

There are 2 endemic species of molluscs in the Czech Republic:

History

Historical lists from 19th century or overviews of Czech malacofauna include works by Schöbl (1860), Slavík (1868) and Uličný (1892–95).[2] [3]

Lists by Vojen Ložek include work Ložek (1948) for Bohemia. Following works include lists for whole Czechoslovakia for recent species: Ložek (1949), Ložek (1956)[4] and list including Quaternary species: Ložek (1964).[5]

Lists for freshwater species include: Beran (1998)[6] and Beran (2002).[7]

Conservation status of all 237 species include list by Juřičková et al. (2001).[8] There is also available red list based on that 2001 list.[9] Threatened species only include list by Beran et al. (2005).[10] List by Juřičková et al. (2008)[11] has included 245 species. List by Horsák et al. (2010) has included 247 species.[1]

Freshwater gastropods

There are only families and species in the list. The Czech name is in parentheses. Listed is the occurrence in Bohemia or in Moravia (and if it is a non-indigenous or locally extinct species). Non-indigenous species only occurring in greenhouses in the Czech Republic are noted separately after the list. Freshwater gastropods in the Czech Republic include:

Neritidae
Viviparidae
Hydrobiidae
Amnicolidae
Lithoglyphidae
Bithyniidae
Valvatidae
Acroloxidae
Lymnaeidae
Physidae
Planorbidae

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in the Czech Republic include:

Aciculidae
Ellobiidae
Cochlicopidae
Orculidae
Chondrinidae
Pupillidae
Pyramidulidae
Valloniidae
Vertiginidae
Enidae
Clausiliidae
Succineidae
Ferussaciidae
Punctidae
Helicodiscidae
Discidae
Gastrodontidae
Euconulidae
Oxychilidae
Pristilomatidae
Vitrinidae
Zonitidae
Milacidae
Limacidae
Agriolimacidae
Boettgerillidae
Arionidae
Bradybaenidae
Helicodontidae
Hygromiidae
Helicidae

Freshwater bivalves

Freshwater bivalves in the Czech Republic include:

Unionida
  • Margaritiferidae
    • Unionidae
    Venerida
  • Corbiculidae
    • Sphaeriidae
    Dreissenidae

    Synanthropic species

    These 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.[30] [31] [32]

    List (alphabetically according to their scientific name):

    1. (křivoústka liberijská) Gulella io Verdcourt, 1974[1] [33]
    2. (kružník čínský) Gyraulus chinensis (Dunker, 1848)[1] [34]
    3. (skelnatěnka drobná) Hawaiia minuscula (Binney, 1840)[1] [35]
    4. (subulína paličkovitá) Lamellaxis clavulinus (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)[1]
    5. (podkornatka iberská) Lehmannia valentiana (Férussac, 1823)[1]
    6. (piskořka hrbolkovitá) Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
    7. (subulína malá) Opeas pumilum (L. Pfeiffer, 1840)[1]
    8. one of the following two similar species:
      1. Helisoma anceps (Menke, 1830) – synonym: (okružákovec kýlnatý) Planorbella anceps (Menke, 1830)[1]
      2. (okružákovec floridský) Planorbella duryi (Wetherby, 1879)[1] – It was incorrectly noted as Planorbella trivolvis (Say, 1817) (mentioned under invalid name Helisoma trivolvis).
    9. (ampulárka argentinská) Pomacea bridgesii (Reeve, 1856)[1]
    10. (blátivka americká) Pseudosuccinea columella (Say, 1817)[1]
    11. (subulína americká) Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1798)[1] [36]

    See also

    Lists of non-marine molluscs of surrounding countries:

    Further reading

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Horsák . Michal . Juřičková . Lucie . Beran . Luboš . Čejka . Tomáš . Dvořák . Libor . 2010-10-10 . Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics] ]. Malacologica Bohemoslovaca . 9 . S1 . 1–37 . 10.5817/MaB2010-9-s1-v2 . 1336-6939. free .
    2. Uličný J. (1892–1895) Měkkýši čeští. Přírodovědecký klub, Praha, 4 volumes, 208 pp.
    3. http://mollusca.sav.sk/malacology/history.htm History of the Czech malacozoology
    4. Ložek V. (1956) Klíč československých měkkýšů. Vydav. Slov. akad. vied SAV, Bratislava, 425 pp.
    5. Ložek V. (1964) "Quartärmollusken der Tschechoslowakei". Rozpravy Ústředního ústavu geologického, 31. Nakladatelství ČSAV Praha sv. 31, 374 pp., 32 tab., 4 supplements.
    6. Beran L. (1998) Vodní měkkýši ČR. Metodika ČSOP 17, ČSOP Vlašim, 113 pp.
    7. (with English summary) Beran L. (2002) Vodní měkkýši České Republiky – rozšíření a jeho změny, stanoviště, šíření, ohrožení a ochrana, červený seznam. Aquatic molluscs of the Czech Republic – distribution and its changes, habitats, dispersal, threat and protection, Red List. – Sborník přírodovědného klubu v Uherském Hradišti, Supplementum 10, 258 pp.
    8. Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L. (2001). "Check–list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic". Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 65: 25–40.
    9. http://mollusca.sav.sk/malacology/redlist.htm Red List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic
    10. (with English summary) Beran L., Juřičková L. & Horsák M. (2005) Mollusca (měkkýši), pp. 69–74. – In: Farkač J., Král D. & Škorpík M. [eds.] Červený seznam ohrožených druhů České republiky. Bezobratlí. Red list of threatened species in the Czech Republic. Invertebrates. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR, Praha, 760 pp.
    11. Juřičková L., Horsák M., Beran L. & Dvořák L. (Last update: 30 May 2007) Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. http://mollusca.sav.sk/malacology/checklist2008.htm
    12. Beran L. & Horsák M. (28 April 2009) "Distribution of Bithynia leachii (Sheppard, 1823) and Bithynia troschelii (Paasch, 1842) (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae) in the Czech Republic". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca 8: 19–23. PDF.
    13. Škodová J. & Horsák M. (2010). "Zrnovka slatinná (Pupilla pratensis (Clessin, 1871), Gastropoda) – staronový druh našich mokřadů. In: Bryja J. & Zasadil P. (eds.) Zoologické dny Praha 2010. Sborník abstraktů z konference 11.-12. února 2010. Ústav biologie obratlovců AV ČR, Brno, . Pages 214–215.
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    15. http://mollusca.sav.sk/malacology/redlist.htm "Red List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic"
    16. Schenková V.& Horsák M. (2013): Refugial Populations of Vertigo lilljeborgi and V. genesii (Vertiginidae): New Isolated Occurrences in Central Europe, Ecology and Distribution. American Malacological Bulletin, 31(2):323–329.
    17. Horsák M., Šteffek J., Čejka T., Ložek V. & Juřičková L. (2009). "Occurrence of Lucilla scintilla (R.T. Lowe, 1852) and Lucilla singleyana (Pilsbry, 1890) in the Czech and Slovak Republics – with remarks how to distinguish these two non-native minute snails". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca 8: 24–27. PDF.
    18. Dvořák. Libor. Kupka. Jiří. 2007-01-09. The first outdoor find of an American snail Zonitoides arboreus (Say, 1816) from the Czech Republic. Malacologica Bohemoslovaca. 6. 1–2. 10.5817/MaB2007-6-1. 1336-6939. free.
    19. Horsák M. & Myšák J. (2008). "The first records of Aegopinella ressmanni (Westerlund, 1883) in the Czech Republic extends its distribution range northwards". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca 7: 47–50. PDF.
    20. Hutchinson . John M.C. . Reise . Heike . Schlitt . Bettina . Will the real Limax nyctelius please step forward: Lehmannia, Ambigolimax, or Malacolimax? No, Letourneuxia! . Archiv für Molluskenkunde . 30 June 2022 . 151 . 1 . 19–41 . 10.1127/arch.moll/151/019-041.
    21. Horsák M. & Dvořák L. (2003) "First records of the introduced slug Deroceras panormitanum (Lessona et Pollonera, 1882) from the Czech Republic (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Agriolimacidae)". Folia Malacologica 11: 57–58.
    22. Čejka . Tomáš . Beran . Luboš . Coufal . Radovan . Dvořák . Libor . Hlaváč . Jaroslav Č. . Horáčková . Jitka . Horsáková . Veronika . Juřičková . Lucie . Kosová . Tereza . Čačaný . Juraj . Szabóová . Dana . Říhová . Dagmar . Tej . Branislav . Horsák . Michal . Malacological news from the Czech and Slovak Republics in 2020 . Malacologica Bohemoslovaca . 16 September 2021 . 20 . 56–74 . 10.5817/MaB2021-20-56. free .
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    29. Beran L. (2000) "First record of Corbicula fluminea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the Czech Republic". Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 64: 1–2.
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