List of non-marine molluscs of Switzerland explained

The non-marine molluscs of Switzerland are a part of the molluscan fauna of Switzerland. Switzerland is land-locked and therefore it has no marine molluscs, only land and freshwater species.

Freshwater gastropods

Hydrobiidae

• Bythiospeum alpinum
• Neohoratia minuta

Land gastropods

Pupillidae

• Pupilla bigranata (Rossmässler, 1839)^[1]
• Pupilla triplicata (Studer, 1820)^[2]

Agriolimacidae

• Deroceras juranum Wüthrich, 1993^[3]

Milacidae

• Tandonia nigra

Hygromiidae

• Trochulus biconicus
• Trochulus caelatus

Helicidae

Hothouse aliens

"Hothouse aliens" in Switzerland include:

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of Germany
• List of non-marine molluscs of Metropolitan France
• List of non-marine molluscs of Italy
• List of non-marine molluscs of Austria

Further reading

• Turner H., Kuiper J. G. J., Thew N., Bernasconi R., Rüetschi J. et al. (1998). Fauna Helvetica 2: Atlas der Mollusken der Schweiz und Liechtensteins. Neuchâtel: CSCF. 527 pp. .

Notes and References

1. http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=1903 "Species summary for Pupilla bigranata "
2. http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=1902 "Species summary for Pupilla triplicata"
3. Wüthrich, Max (1993). „Deroceras (Plathystimulus) juranum n.sp., eine endemische Nacktschnecke aus dem Schweizer Jura (Pulmonata: Agriolimacidae)“. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 122: 123-131. DOI: 10.1127/arch.moll/122/1993/123