List of non-marine molluscs of Bulgaria explained
There are numerous species of molluscs living in the wild in Bulgaria. This list covers only the non-marine species.
Freshwater gastropods
Neritidae
Viviparidae
Melanopsidae
Pyrgulidae
- Turricaspia (Laevicaspia) lincta (Milaschewitch, 1908)[1]
- Turricaspia (Clessiniola) variabilis (Eichwald, 1838)[1]
Bithyniidae
Bythinellidae
- Bythinella aneliae Georgiev et Stoycheva, 2011[1] [2]
- Bythinella angelovi Glöer et Georgiev, 2011[1] [2]
- Bythinella dedovi Glöer et Georgiev, 2011[1]
- Bythinella dierckingi Glöer et Georgiev, 2011[1]
- Bythinella elenae Glöer et Georgiev, 2011[1]
- Bythinella fabiae Georgiev, Schneppart & Dedov, 2022[3]
- Bythinella gloeeri Georgiev, 2009[1] [4] [5]
- Bythinella hansboetersi Glöer et Pešiæ, 2006[1] [4] [6] [2]
- Bythinella izvorica Glöer et Georgiev, 2011[1] [4]
- Bythinella kleptuzica Glöer et Georgiev, 2011[1] [4]
- Bythinella margritae Glöer et Georgiev, 2011[1] [4]
- Bythinella markovi Glöer et Georgiev, 2009[1] [4] [7]
- Bythinella ravnogorica Glöer et Georgiev, 2009[1] [4] [7]
- Bythinella rhodopensis Glöer et Georgiev, 2011[1] [4]
- Bythinella rilaensis Georgiev et Glöer, 2013[1]
- Bythinella slaveyae Glöer et Georgiev, 2011[1] [4]
- Bythinella smolyanica Glöer et Georgiev, 2011[1] [4]
- Bythinella srednogorica Glöer et Georgiev, 2009[1] [4] [7] [2]
- Bythinella stoychevae Georgiev, 2011[1]
- Bythinella temelkovi Georgiev & Glöer, 2014[8]
- Bythinella valkanovi Glöer et Georgiev, 2011[1] [4]
- Bythinella vidinovae Dedov, Taseva & Georgiev, 2021[9]
- Bythinella walkeri Glöer et Georgiev, 2009[1] [4] [7]
- Strandzhia bythinellopenia Georgiev et Glöer, 2013[1]
Hydrobiidae
- Balkanica yankovi Georgiev, 2011[1] [10]
- Balkanospeum schniebsae (Georgiev, 2011)[1] [10]
- Caspia milae Boeters, Glöer, Georgiev & Dedov, 2015[11]
- Cavernisa zaschevi (Angelov, 1959)[1]
- Devetakia apostoloui Georgiev, Dedov & Taseva, 2022[12]
- Devetakia krushunica Georgiev et Glöer, 2011[1] [13]
- Devetakia mandrica Georgiev, 2012[1] [14]
- Devetakia pandurskii Georgiev et Glöer, 2011[1] [13]
- Devetakia veselinae Georgiev & Glöer, 2015
- Devetakiola devetakium (Georgiev et Glöer, 2013)[1] [15] [16]
- Gloeria bulgarica Georgiev, Dedov et Varadinova, 2012[1] [17]
- Grossuana angeltsekovi Glöer et Georgiev, 2009[1] [7]
- Grossuana codreanui (Grossu, 1946)[1]
- Grossuana derventica Georgiev et Glöer, 2013[1] [15]
- Grossuana falniowskii Georgiev, Glöer, Dedov & Irikov, 2015[18]
- Grossuana slavyanica Georgiev et Glöer, 2013[1] [15]
- Grossuana thracica Glöer et Georgiev, 2009[1] [7]
- “Hauffenia” lucidula (Angelov, 1967)[1]
- Hydrobia acuta Draparnaud, 1805[1]
- Insignia macrostoma Angelov, 1972[1] [13]
- Kolevia bulgarica Georgiev & Glöer, 2015[19]
- Microstygia deltchevi Georgiev & Glöer, 2015[19]
- Plagigeyeria procerula (Angelov, 1965)[1]
- Pontobelgrandiella angelovi (Pintér, 1968)[1] [20]
- Pontobelgrandiella bachkovoensis (Glöer et Georgiev, 2009)[1] [7]
- Pontobelgrandiella bulgarica (Angelov, 1972)[1]
- Pontobelgrandiella bureschi (Angelov, 1976)[1] [13]
- Pontobelgrandiella delevae (Georgiev & Glöer, 2015)[19]
- Pontobelgrandiella dobrostanica (Glöer et Georgiev, 2009)[1] [7]
- Pontobelgrandiella hessei (A. Wagner, 1927)[1] [13]
- Pontobelgrandiella lomica (Georgiev & Glöer, 2015)[19]
- Pontobelgrandiella maarensis (Georgiev, 2013)[1]
- Pontobelgrandiella nitida (Angelov, 1972)[1]
- Pontobelgrandiella pandurskii (Georgiev, 2011)[1] [21]
- Pontobelgrandiella pussila (Angelov, 1959)[1] [21] [13] [20]
- Pontobelgrandiella stanimirae (Georgiev, 2011)[1] [10]
- Pontobelgrandiella tanevi Georgiev, 2013[1]
- Pontobelgrandiella zagoraensis (Glöer et Georgiev, 2009)[1] [7] [21]
- Radomaniola aytosensis (Georgiev, 2012)[1] [14]
- Radomaniola bulgarica Glöer et Georgiev, 2009[1] [7]
- Radomaniola radostinae (Georgiev, 2012)[1] [14]
- Radomaniola rhodopensis Glöer et Georgiev, 2009[1] [7]
- Radomaniola strandzhica Georgiev et Glöer, 2013[1] [15]
- Stoyanovia stoyanovi (Georgiev, 2013)[1] [16]
Lithoglyphidae
Moitessieriidae
- Bythiospeum bechevi Georgiev & Glöer, 2013[22]
- Bythiospeum buresi (A. Wagner, 1928)[1]
- Bythiospeum copiosum (Angelov, 1972)[1] [20]
- Bythiospeum dourdeni Georgiev, 2012[1] [23]
- Bythiospeum iltchoi Georgiev & Glöer, 2015[19]
- Bythiospeum iltchokolevi Georgiev & Glöer, 2015[24]
- Bythiospeum jazzi Georgiev & Glöer, 2013[22]
- Bythiospeum juliae Georgiev & Glöer, 2015[25]
- Bythiospeum kolevi Georgiev, 2013[1] [26]
- Bythiospeum pandurskii Georgiev, 2012[1] [23]
- Bythiospeum simovi Georgiev, 2013[1] [26]
- Iglica acicularis Angelov, 1959[1] [23] [13]
Tateidae
Valvatidae
Acroloxidae
Lymnaeidae
- Galba truncatula (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
- Stagnicola corvus (Gmelin, 1791)[1]
- Stagnicola montenegrinus Glöer et Pešić, 2009[1]
- Stagnicola palustris (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
- Stagnicola turricula (Held, 1836)[1]
- Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
- Radix balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
- Radix labiata (Rossmässler, 1835)[1]
- Radix lagotis (Schrank, 1803)[1]
- Myxas glutinosa (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
- Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Physidae
Planorbidae
- Planorbarius corneus (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
- Planorbis carinatus O. F. Müller, 1774[1]
- Planorbis planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
- Anisus (Anisus) leucostoma (Millet, 1813)[1]
- Anisus (Anisus) septemgyratus (Rossmässler, 1835)[1]
- Anisus (Anisus) spirorbis (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
- Anisus (Disculifer) vortex (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
- Anisus (Disculifer) vorticulus (Troschel, 1834)[1]
- Bathyomphalus contortus (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
- Gyraulus (Gyraulus) albus (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
- Gyraulus (Torquis) laevis (Alder, 1838)[1]
- Gyraulus (Armiger) crista (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
- Gyraulus (Lamorbis) piscinarum Bourguignat, 1852[1]
- Hippeutis complanatus (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
- Segmentina nitida (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
- Ferrissia fragilis (Tryon, 1863)[1]
- Ancylus fluviatilis O. F. Müller, 1774[1]
- Ancylus recurvus Martens, 1873[1]
Land gastropods
Aciculidae
Pomatiidae
Ellobiidae
Succineidae
Cochlicopidae
Argnidae
- Agardhiella macrodonta (Hesse, 1916)[27]
- Agardhiella parreysii (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)[27]
- Agardhiella rumelica (Hesse, 1916)[27]
Chondrinidae
Lauriidae
Orculidae
Pupillidae
Pyramidulidae
Spelaeodiscidae
- Aspasita bulgarica Subai & Dedov, 2008[29]
- Aspasita triaria triaria (Rossmässler, 1839)[27] [29]
Truncatellinidae
Valloniidae
Vertiginidae
Enidae
- Chondrula macedonica A. J. Wagner, 1915[27]
- Chondrula microtraga (Rossmässler, 1839)[27]
- Chondrula tricuspidata (Küster, 1841)[27]
- Chondrula tridens (Müller, 1774)[27]
- Chondrus zebra tantalus (L. Pfeiffer, 1868)[27]
- Ena montana (Draparnaud, 1801)[27]
- Eubrephulus bicallosus (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)[27]
- Leucomastus kindermanni (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)[27]
- Mastus rossmaessleri (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)[27]
- Mastus carneolus (Mousson, 1863)[27]
- Mastus etuberculatus (Frauenfeld, 1867)[27]
- Merdigera obscura (O. F. Müller, 1774)[27]
- Multidentula ovularis (Olivier, 1801)[27]
- Multidentula squalina (Rossmässler, 1848)[27]
- Pseudochondrula seductilis (Rossmässler, 1846)[27]
- Zebrina detrita (O. F. Müller, 1774)[27]
- Zebrina varnensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)[27]
Clausiliidae
- Alinda atanasovi (Urbański, 1964) - with the subspecies atanasovi and kremenensis (Dedov, 2009)[30]
- Alinda biplicata (Montagu, 1803) - with the subspecies biplicata, alibotushensis Dedov, 2009, euptychia (Ehrmann (in Urbański, 1960), irikovi Nordsieck, 2008, karlukovoensis Dedov, 2009, michaudiana (Pfeiffer, 1848) and orientalis Nordsieck, 2008[30]
- Alinda fallax (Rossmässler, 1836)[30]
- Alinda golesnicensis Wagner, 1914[30]
- Alinda vratzatica (Likharev, 1972)[30]
- Alinda wagneri (Wagner, 1911) - with the subspecies wagneri and petrohanica (Urbański, 1969)[30]
- Balea eninskoensis (Irikov, 2006)[30]
- Balea kaeufeli (Brandt, 1961)[30]
- Bulgarica bulgariensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1848) - with the subspecies bulgariensis, intricata (Mousson, 1859) and osmanica (Westerlund, 1884)[30]
- Bulgarica denticulata thessalonica (Rossmässler, 1839)[30]
- Bulgarica fraudigera (Rossmässler, 1839)[30]
- Bulgarica fritillaria (Frivaldszky, 1835)[30] [31]
- Bulgarica gabrovnitsana Ivanov, 2006[31]
- Bulgarica hiltrudae Nordsieck, 1974[30]
- Bulgarica pseudofraudigera Nordsieck, 1973[30] [31]
- Bulgarica trimontsiana Ivanov, 2006[31]
- Bulgarica varnensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)[31]
- Bulgarica vetusta (Rossmässler, 1836)[30]
- Bulgarica urbanskii Nordsieck, 1973 - with the subspecies urbanskii and paganella Nordsieck, 1974[30]
- Carinigera buresi Wagner, 1928 - with the subspecies buresi, damjanovi (Likharev, 1972) and dramaensis (Nordsieck, 1977)[30]
- Carinigera schuetti Brandt, 1962[30]
- Clausilia pumila pumila Pfeiffer, 1828[30]
- Cochlodina laminata (Montagu, 1803) - with the subspecies laminata and pardita (Westerlund, 1892)[30]
- Dobatia goettingi (Brandt, 1961)[30]
- Euxina circumdata (Pfeiffer, 1848)[30]
- Euxina persica paulhessei (Lindholm, 1925)[30]
- Galeata schwerzenbachii (Pfeiffer, 1848)[30]
- Idyla castalia boschi Nordsieck, 1973[30]
- Macedonica brabeneci Nordsieck, 1977 - with the subspecies brabeneci and prismatica Dedov, 2012[30]
- Macedonica dobrostanica Irikov, 2012[30] [32]
- Macedonica hartmuti Irikov, 2003[30]
- Macedonica frauenfeldi (Rossmässler, 1856) - with the subspecies regia Nordsieck, 1977, riedeli Urbański, 1977, sigma (Westerlund, 1884) and tau Nordsieck, 1977[30]
- Macedonica marginata (Rossmässler, 1835) - with the subspecies marginata, balcanica (Wagner, 1927), frivaldskyana (Rossmässler, 1839) and major (Rossmässler, 1839)[30]
- Macedonica martae Sajó, 1968[30]
- Macedonica pinteri Sajó, 1968[30]
- Macedonica pirinensis Jaeckel, 1954[30]
- Macedonica zilchi Urbański, 1972[30]
- Mentissela rebeli (Sturany, 1897)[30]
- Micridyla pinteri (Nordsieck, 1973)[30]
- Laciniaria bajula (Schmidt, 1868) - with the subspecies bajula, lunella Nordsieck, 1973 and mursalicae (Urbański, 1969)[30]
- Laciniaria macilenta (Rossmässler, 1842)[30]
- Laciniaria plicata (Draparnaud, 1801) - with the subspecies plicata, kueprijae Nordsieck, 1973 and rhodopendsis Nordsieck, 2008[30]
- Ruthenica filograna (Rossmässler, 1836)[30]
- Serrulina serrulata (Pfeiffer, 1847)[30]
- Vestia ranojevici ranojevici (Pavlović, 1912)
- Vestia roschitzi (Brancsik, 1890) - with the subspecies neubertiana Dedov, 2010, nordsieckiana (Urbański, 1979) and trigonostoma (Pavlović, 1912)
Achatinidae
Ferussaciidae
Discidae
Helicodiscidae
Punctidae
Euconulidae
Gastrodontidae
Oxychilidae
- Carpathica bielawskii Riedel, 1963[35]
- Carpathica stussineri (Wagner, 1895)[35]
- Daudebardia brevipes (Draparnaud, 1805)[35]
- Daudebardia rufa (Draparnaud, 1805)[35]
- Daudebardia wiktori Riedel, 1967[35]
- Mediterranea depressa (Sterki, 1880)[35]
- Mediterranea inopinatus (Uličný, 1887)[35]
- Mediterranea hydatina (Rossmässler, 1838)[35]
- Morlina glabra (Rossmässler, 1835)[35]
- Morlina urbanskii (Riedel, 1963)[35]
- Oxychilus deilus (Bourguignat, 1857)[35]
- Oxychilus draparnaudi (Beck, 1837)[35]
- Oxychilus translucidus (Mortillet, 1854)[35]
- Schistophallus camelinus (Bourguignat, 1852[35] [36]
- Schistophallus investigatus (Riedel, 1993)[37]
Pristilomatidae
- Vitrea contracta (Westerlund, 1871)[35]
- Vitrea diaphana (Studer, 1820)[35]
- Vitrea neglecta Damjanov and Pintér, 1969[35]
- Vitrea pygmaea (O. Boettger, 1880)[35]
- Vitrea riedeli Damjanov and Pintér, 1969[35]
- Vitrea cf. sturanyi (Wagner, 1907)
- Vitrea subrimata (Reinhardt, 1871)[35]
- Vitrea transsylvanica (Clessin, 1877)[35]
- Vitrea ulrichi Georgiev & Dedov, 2014[38]
- Vitrea vereae Irikov, Georgiev & Riedel, 2004[39]
- Spinophallus uminskii (Riedel, 1960)[35]
Milacidae
Zonitidae
- Balcanodiscus frivaldskyanus (Rossmässler, 1842)[35]
Agriolimacidae
- Deroceras agreste (Linnaeus, 1758)[27]
- Deroceras bulgaricum Grossu, 1969[27]
- Deroceras bureschi (H. Wagner, 1934)[27]
- Deroceras invadens Reise, Hutchinson, Schunack & Schlitt, 2011[27]
- Deroceras laeve (O. F. Müller, 1774)[27]
- Deroceras pageti Grossu, 1972[27]
- Deroceras reticulatum (Müller, 1774)[27]
- Deroceras sturanyi (Simroth, 1894)[27]
- Deroceras thersites (Simroth, 1886)[27]
- Deroceras turcicum (Simroth, 1894)[27]
- Deroceras zilchi Grossu, 1969[27]
- Krynickillus urbanskii (Wiktor, 1971)[27]
Limacidae
- Limacus flavus Linnaeus, 1758[27]
- Limacus maculatus (Kaleniczenko, 1851)[27]
- Limax cinereoniger Wolf, 1803[27]
- Limax conemenosi Boettger, 1882[27]
- Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758[27]
- Limax macedonicus Hesse, 1928[27]
- Limax punctulatus Sordelli, 1870[27]
- Limax subalpinus Lessona, 1880[27]
- Lehmania brunneri (H. Wagner, 1931)[27]
- Lehmania horezia Grosu & Lupu, 1962[27]
- Lehmania nyctelia (Bourguignat, 1861)[27]
- Malacolimax tenellus (O. F. Müller, 1774)[27]
Boettgerillidae
Vitrinidae
Arionidae
Camaenidae
Helicodontidae
Geomitridae
- Candidula rhabdotoides (A. J. Wagner, 1927)[27]
- Cernuella virgata (Draparnaud, 1801)[27]
- Cernuella cisalpina (Rossmässler, 1837)[27]
- Cochlicella acuta (O. F. Müller, 1774)[27]
- Helicopsis striata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[27]
- Helicopsis dejecta (Jan, 1832)[27]
- Helicopsis instabilis (Rossmässler, 1838)[27]
- Xerolenta macedonica Hesse, 1928[27]
- Xerolenta obvia (Menke, 1828)[27]
- Xerolenta spiruloides (A. J. Wagner, 1916)[27]
- Xeropicta krynickii (Krynicki, 1833)[27]
- Xeropicta derbentina (Krynicki, 1836)[27]
Helicidae
- Arianta arbustorum (Linnaeus, 1758)[27]
- Cattania ardica Dedov et Subai, 2006[27]
- Cattania balcanica (Kobelt, 1876)[27]
- Cattania haberhaueri (Sturany, 1897)[27]
- Cattania kattingeri (Knipper, 1941)[27]
- Cattania pelia (Hesse, 1912)[27]
- Cattania polinskii (A. J. Wagner, 1927)[27]
- Cattania rumelica (Rossmässler, 1838)[27]
- Cattania trizona (Rossmassler, 1835)[27]
- Cattania sztolcmani (A. J. Wagner, 1927)[27]
- Caucasotachea vindobonensis (Ferussac, 1821)[27]
- Cornu aspersum (O. F. Müller, 1774)[27]
- Eobania vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[27]
- Helix albescens Rossmässler, 1839[27]
- Helix figulina Rossmässler, 1839[27]
- Helix lucorum Linnaeus, 1757[27]
- Helix philibinensis Rossmässler, 1839[27]
- Helix pomacella Mousson, 1854[27]
- Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758[45]
- Helix thessalica Boettger, 1886[45]
Hygromiidae
- Euomphalia strigella (Draparnaud, 1801)[27]
- Hygromia cinctella (Draparnaud, 1801)[34]
- Monacha claustralis (Menke, 1828)[46]
- Monacha carascaloides (Bourguignat, 1855)[46]
- Monacha cartusiana (Müller, 1774)[46]
- Monacha frequens (Mousson, 1859[46]
- Monacha ocellata (L. Pintér, 1968)[27]
- Monacha oshanovae I. Pintér & L. Pintér, 1970[46]
- Monacha ovularis (Bourguignat, 1855)[27]
- Monacha solidior (Mousson, 1873)[46]
- Monacha venusta (L. Pintér, 1968)[27]
- Monachoides incarnatus (O. F. Müller, 1774)[27]
- Pseudotrichia rubiginosa (Schmidt, 1853)[27]
- Xerocampylaea erjaveci (Brusina, 1870)[27]
Freshwater bivalves
Cyrenidae
Dreissenidae
Sphaeriidae
- Musculium lacustre (O. F. Müller, 1774)[49]
- Pisidium amnicum (O. F. Müller, 1774)[49]
- Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791)[49]
- Pisidium globulare Clessin, 1873[49]
- Pisidium henslowanum (Sheppard, 1823)[49]
- Pisidium milium Held, 1836[49]
- Pisidium moitessierianum (Paladilhe, 1866)[49]
- Pisidium nitidum Jenyns, 1832[49]
- Pisidium obtusale (Lamarck, 1818)[49]
- Pisidium personatum Malm, 1855[49]
- Pisidium pseudosphaerium Schlesch, 1947[49]
- Pisidium subtruncatum Malm, 1855[49]
- Pisidium supinum A. Schmidt, 1851[49]
- Pisidium tenuilineatum Stelfox, 1918[49]
- Sphaerium cornium (Linnaeus, 1758)[49]
- Sphaerium nucleus (Studer, 1820)[49]
- Sphaerium rivicola (Lamarck, 1818)[49]
Unionidae
See also
Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:
Further reading
- Damjanov S. & Likharev I. (1975). Fauna Bulgarica, 5. Terrestrial snails (Gastropoda terrestria). Marin Drinov Publ., Sofia, 425 pp.
- Dedov I. (1998). "Annotated check-list of the Bulgarian terrestrial snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda)". Linzer Biol. Beitr. 30(2): 745-765.
- Hubenov Z. (2005). Malacofaunistic diversity of Bulgaria. In: Petrova A. (ed.) Current state of Bulgarian biodiversity – problems and perspectives. Bulgarian Bioplatform, Sofia, 199-246.
- Hubenov Z. (2007). "Fauna and Zoogeography of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Mollusks (Mollusca) in Bulgaria". 141-198. In: Fet V. & Popov A. (eds.) Biogeography and ecology of Bulgaria. Monographiae Biologicae 82. .
- Wiktor A. (1983). "The slugs of Bulgaria (Arionidae, Milacidae, Limacidae, Agriolimacidae – Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Annales Zoologici 37(3): 71-206.
Notes and References
- Dilian Georgiev & Zdravko Hubenov (2013). "Freshwater snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Bulgaria: an updated annotated checklist". Folia Malacologica 21(4): 237-263. DOI:10.12657/folmal.021.026
- Dilian Georgiev & Slaveya Stoycheva (2011). "A new spring-snail species (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Risooidea) from Stara Planina Mountain, Bulgaria". Bul. Shk., Ser. Shk. Nat. 61: 97-100.
- Georgiev . Dilian . Schneppat . Ulrich E. . Dedov . Ivaylo . Bythinella fabiae n. sp., a new spring-snail species (Gastropoda: Rissooidea) from the Belasitsa Mountains, South-West Bulgaria . Historia naturalis bulgarica . 30 May 2022 . 44 . 4 . 31–36 . 10.48027/hnb.44.041. free .
- Peter Glöer & Dilian Georgiev (2011). „Bulgaria, A hot spot of biodiversity (Gastropoda: Rissooidea)?“. Journal of Conchology 40(5): 1-16.
- Georgiev, D. 2009: Bythinella gloeeri n. sp. – A New Cave Inhabiting Species from Bulgaria (Gastropoda: Risooidea: Hydrobiidae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 61(3): 223-227.
- Glöer, P. & Pešić, V. 2006: Bythinella hansboetersi n. sp., a new species from Bulgaria. – Heldia, 6(3/4): 11–15.
- Peter Glöer & Dilian Georgiev (2009). „New Rissooidea from Bulgaria (Gastropoda: Rissooidea)“. Mollusca 27(2): 123-136.
- Georgiev D. & Glöer P. (2014). "A new species of Bythinella from Strandzha Mountain, SE Bulgaria (Gastropoda: Risooidea)". Ecologica Montenegrina 1(2): 78-81. PDF .
- Dedov, Ivaylo K.; Taseva, Mila A.; Georgiev, Dilian G. (2021). "Bythinella vidinovae — a new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Bythinellidae) from the Pirin Mountains, south-western Bulgaria". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 150(2): 107-110. DOI: 10.1127/arch.moll/150/107-110
- Dilian Georgiev (2011). „New species of snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Risooidea) from cave waters of Bulgaria“. Bul. Shk., Ser. Shk. Nat. 61: 83-96.
- Boeters. Hans D.. Glöer. Peter. Georgiev. Dilian. Dedov. Ivailo. A new species of Caspia Clessin et W. Dybowski, 1887 (Gastropoda: Truncatelloidea: Hydrobiidae) in the Danube of Bulgaria. Folia Malacologica. September 2015. 23. 3. 177–186. 10.12657/folmal.023.014. free.
- Georgiev . Dilian . Dedov . Ivaylo . Taseva . Mila . First discovery of a Devetakia species (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae) from the Rhodopes Mountains, Bulgaria . Historia naturalis bulgarica . 3 February 2022 . 44 . 1 . 5–8 . 10.48027/hnb.44.012. free .
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