List of non-marine molluscs of Sweden explained

The non-marine molluscs of Sweden are a part of the molluscan fauna of Sweden (wildlife of Sweden).

There are unknown species of gastropods (52 species of freshwater gastropods, unknown species of land gastropods) and 32 species of bivalves living in the wild—84 species of freshwater molluscs altogether.[1]

Numbers of molluscs by habitat!
Number of species
Freshwater gastropods52
Land gastropods??? (22 species of slugs)[2]
Total number of non-marine gastropods???
Freshwater bivalves32
Total number of non-marine molluscs???

Freshwater gastropods

Freshwater gastropods in Sweden include:

Neritidae

Viviparidae

Thiaridae

Bithyniidae

Hydrobiidae

Amnicolidae

Valvatidae

Acroloxidae

Lymnaeidae

Physidae

Planorbidae

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Sweden include:

Pupillidae

Punctidae

Vertiginidae

Milacidae

Vitrinidae

Boettgerillidae

Limacidae

Agriolimacidae

Arionidae

Bradybaenidae

Helicodontidae

Hygromiidae

Helicidae

Freshwater bivalves

Freshwater gastropods in Sweden include:

Margaritiferidae

Unionidae

Sphaeriidae

Dreissenidae

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

Notes and References

  1. von Proschwitz T. (February 23, 2001). "Svenska sötvattensmollusker (snäckor och musslor) - en uppdaterad checklista med vetenskapliga och svenska namn". Naturhistoriska riksmuseet. PDF.
  2. Några olika snigelarter . Göteborg Naturhistoriska Museum. accessed 30 November 2008.
  3. von Proschwitz T., Schander C., Jueg U. & Thorkildsen S. (2009). "Morphology, ecology and DNA-barcoding distinguish Pupilla pratensis (Clessin, 1871) from Pupilla muscorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pulmonata: Pupillidae)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 75(4): 315-322. .
  4. Irina P. Shepeleva (2014). "A comparative analysis of the camera eyes of gastropod pulmonate mollusk Trochulus hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) from the South Sweden and Kaliningrad Region (Stylommatophora, Hygromiidae)". Ruthenica 24(2): 123-127.
  5. Robert A. D. Cameron, Rhona J. Cox, Ted von Proschwitz & Michal Horsák (2014). "Cepaea nemoralis (L.) in Göteborg, S.W. Sweden: Variation in a recent urban invader". Folia Malacologica 22(3): 169–182.