Location of Germany
This list of non-marine molluscs of Germany is a list of the molluscs that live in Germany, excluding the marine (saltwater ) species. In other words, it includes the land snails and slugs, the freshwater snails and the freshwater clams and mussels.[ 1]
There are about 349 species of non-marine mollusc living in the wild in Germany . Of these, 70 species are freshwater gastropods and 39 species are bivalves . There are 45 introduced gastropod species (6 freshwater and 36 land species) and 3 introduced bivalve species living in the wild in Germany.
Summary table of number of species
Germany
freshwater gastropods
70
land gastropods
240
gastropods altogether
310
bivalves
39
molluscs altogether
349
non-indigenous gastropods in the wild
6 freshwater and 36 land
non-indigenous bivalves in the wild
3
non-indigenous molluscs altogether in the wild
45
Some non-indigenous species only occurring greenhouses in Germany are noted separately, below the list.
The main source for the list of freshwater species is the book Süsswassermollusken by Glöer & Meier-Brook.[ 2]
Freshwater gastropods [ edit ]
Neritidae
Viviparidae
Hydrobiidae
Lithoglyphidae
Amnicolidae
Bithyniidae
Valvatidae
Acroloxidae
Lymnaeidae
Galba truncatula (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Stagnicola occultus (Jackiewicz, 1959) – synonym: Catascopia occulta (Jackiewicz, 1959)
Stagnicola corvus (Gmelin, 1791)
Stagnicola fuscus (C. Pfeiffer, 1821)
Stagnicola palustris (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Stagnicola turricula (Held, 1836)
Omphiscola glabra (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Radix ampla (Hartmann, 1821)
Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Radix balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) – synonym: Radix ovata (Draparnaud, 1805)
Radix peregra (O.F. Müller, 1774) – synonym:: Radix labiata (Rossmässler, 1835)
Myxas glutinosa (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Physidae
Planorbidae
Planorbis carinatus O.F. Müller, 1774
Planorbis planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anisus calculiformis (Sandberger, 1874)
Anisus leucostoma (Millet, 1813)
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 chinensis (Dunker, 1848) – non-indigenous, in Magdeburg lowland(?)
Gyraulus laevis (Alder, 1838)
Gyraulus parvus (Say, 1817) – non-indigenous
Gyraulus riparius (Westerlund, 1865)
Gyraulus rossmaessleri (Auerswald, 1852)
Hippeutis complanatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Segmentina nitida (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Planorbarius corneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Planorbella duryi (Wetherby, 1879) – non-indigenous, one appearance in Rhineland [ 6]
Menetus dilatatus (Gould, 1841) – non-indigenous
Ancylus fluviatilis O.F. Müller, 1774
Ferrissia fragilis (Tryon, 1863) – non-indigenous
Aciculidae
Cochlostomatidae
Pomatiidae
Assimineidae
Ellobiidae
Carychiidae
Succineidae
Azecidae
Cochlicopidae
Chondrinidae
Lauriidae
Orculidae
Pupillidae
Pyramidulidae
Truncatellinidae
Valloniidae
Vertiginidae
Vertigo alpestris Alder, 1838
Vertigo angustior Jeffreys, 1830
Vertigo antivertigo (Draparnaud, 1801)
Vertigo genesii (Gredler, 1856) – extinct
Vertigo geyeri Lindholm, 1925
Vertigo heldi (Clessin, 1870)
Vertigo lilljeborgi (Westerlund, 1871)
Vertigo modesta (Say, 1824)
Vertigo moulinsiana (Dupuy, 1849)
Vertigo pusilla O.F. Müller, 1774
Vertigo pygmaea (Draparnaud, 1801)
Vertigo ronnebyensis (Westerlund, 1871)
Vertigo substriata (Jeffreys, 1833)
Enidae
Clausiliidae
Alinda biplicata (Montagu, 1805)
Alopia stramonicollis monacha (M. von Kimakowicz, 1894) – non-indigenous[ 10]
Balea perversa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bulgarica cana (Held, 1836)
Bulgarica vetusta (Rossmässler, 1836)
Charpentieria itala (G. von Martens, 1824) – non-indigenous
Clausilia bidentata (Strøm, 1765)
Clausilia cruciata (Studer, 1820)
Clausilia dubia Draparnaud, 1805
Clausilia pumila Pfeiffer, 1828
Clausilia rugosa parvula A. Férussac, 1807
Cochlodina costata (Pfeiffer, 1828)
Cochlodina fimbriata (Rossmässler, 1835)
Cochlodina laminata (Montagu, 1803)
Cochlodina orthostoma (Menke, 1828)
Erjavecia bergeri (Rossmässler, 1836)
Laciniaria plicata (Draparnaud, 1801)
Macrogastra attenuata lineolata (Held, 1836)
Macrogastra badia (Pfeiffer, 1828)
Macrogastra densestriata (Rossmässler, 1836)
Macrogastra plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801)
Macrogastra rolphii (Turton, 1826)
Macrogastra ventricosa (Draparnaud, 1801)
Medora almissana (Küster, 1847) – non-indigenous
Micropontica caucasica (A. Schmidt, 1868) – non-indigenous[ 11]
Neostyriaca corynodes (Held, 1836)
Pseudofusulus varians (C. Pfeiffer, 1828)
Ruthenica filograna (Rossmässler, 1836)
Vestia turgida (Rossmässler, 1836) – extinct
Ferussaciidae
Testacellidae
Discidae
Helicodiscidae
Punctidae
Gastrodontidae
Euconulidae
Oxychilidae
Aegopinella epipedostoma (Fagot, 1879)
Aegopinella minor (Stabile, 1864)
Aegopinella nitens (Michaud, 1831)
Aegopinella nitidula (Draparnaud, 1805)
Aegopinella pura (Alder, 1830)
Aegopinella ressmanni (Westerlund, 1883)
Daudebradia brevipes (Draparnaud, 1805)
Daudebardia rufa (Draparnaud, 1805)
Mediterranea depressa (Sterki, 1880)
Morlina glabra (Rossmässler, 1835)
Nesovitrea hammonis (Ström, 1765)
Nesovitrea petronella (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
Oxychilus alliarius (J.S. Miller, 1822)
Oxychilus cellarius (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Oxychilus clarus (Held, 1838)
Oxychilus draparnaudi (H. Beck, 1837)
Oxychilus mortilleti (L. Pfeiffer, 1859)
Oxychilus navarricus (Bourguignat, 1870)
Pristilomatidae
Milacidae
Zonitidae
Limacidae
Ambigolimax nyctelius (Bourguignat, 1861) – non-indigenous, extinct
Ambigolimax valentianus (Férussac, 1822) – non-indigenous
Bielzia coerulans (M. Bielz, 1851) – non-indigenous
Lehmannia janetscheki Forcart, 1966
Lehmannia marginata (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Lehmannia rupicola Lessona & Pollonera, 1882
Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758) – non-indigenous
Limacus maculatus (Kaleniczenko 1851) – non-indigenous[ 12] [ 13]
Limax cinereoniger Wolf, 1801
Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758
Malacolimax tenellus (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Agriolimacidae
Deroceras agreste (Linnaeus, 1758)
Deroceras invadens Reise, Hutchinson, Schunack & Schlitt, 2013 – non-indigenous
Deroceras juranum Wüthrich, 1993
Deroceras klemmi Grossu, 1972 – non-indigenous
Deroceras laeve (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Deroceras reticulatum (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Deroceras sturanyi (Simroth, 1894) – non-indigenous
Krynickillus melanocephalus Kaleniczenko, 1851 – non-indigenous
Boettgerillidae
Vitrinidae
Eucobresia diaphana (Draparnaud, 1805)
Eucobresia glacialis (Forbes, 1837)
Eucobresia nivalis (Dummont & Mortillet, 1854)
Eucobresia pregorarii (Pollonera, 1884)
Oligolimax annularis (Studer, 1820)
Phenacolimax major (Férussac, 1807)
Semilimax kotulae (Westerlund, 1883)
Semilimax semilimax (Férussac, 1802)
Vitrina pellucida (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Vitrinobrachium breve (Férussac, 1821)
Arionidae
Arion ater (Linnaeus, 1758) s.s. (= Arion ater ater )[ 14]
Arion brunneus Lehmann, 1862
Arion circumscriptus Johnston, 1828
Arion distinctus Mabille, 1868
Arion fasciatus (Nilsson, 1823)
Arion fuscus (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Arion hortensis (Férussac, 1819)
Arion intermedius Normand, 1852
Arion obesoductus Reischütz, 1973 – synonym: Arion alpinus auct. non Pollonera, 1887
Arion rufus (Linnaeus, 1758) s.l. (= Arion ater rufus + Arion ater ruber )[ 14]
Arion silvaticus Lohmander, 1937
Arion simrothi Künkel, 1909
Arion subfuscus (Draparnaud, 1805)
Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855 = Arion lusitanicus auct. non Mabille, 1868 – non-indigenous[ 15]
Shell of Fruticola fruticum
Camaenidae
Geomitridae
Backeljaia gigaxii (L. Pfeiffer, 1850)
Candidula intersecta (Poiret, 1801)
Candidula unifasciata (Poiret, 1801)
Cernuella cisalpina (Rossmässler, 1837) – non-indigenous
Cernuella neglecta (Draparnaud, 1805) – non-indigenous
Cochlicella acuta (O.F. Müller, 1774) – non-indigenous
Helicella bolenensis (Locard, 1882) – non-indigenous
Helicella itala (Linnaeus, 1758)
Helicopsis striata (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Xerocrassa geyeri (Soós, 1926)
Xerolenta obvia (Menke, 1828)
Xerotricha conspurcata (Draparnaud, 1801) – non-indigenous
Helicidae
Arianta arbustorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Caucasotachea vindobonensis (C. Pfeiffer, 1828)
Causa holoserica (Studer, 1820)
Cepaea hortensis (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Cepaea nemoralis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chilostoma achates (Rossmässler, 1834)
Chilostoma cingulatum baldense (Rossmässler, 1839) – non-indigenous
Chilostoma cingulatum peregrini Falkner, 1998
Cornu aspersum (O.F. Müller, 1774) – non-indigenous
Drobacia banatica (Rossmässler, 1838) – non-indigenous
Faustina illyrica (Stabille, 1884) – non-indigenous
Helix pomatia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Helicigona lapicida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Isognomostoma isognomostomos (Schröter, 1784)
Macularia sylvatica (Draparnaud, 1801)[ 16]
Theba pisana (O.F. Müller, 1774) – non-indigenous
Helicodontidae
Hygromiidae
Euomphalia strigella (Draparnaud, 1801)
Hygromia cinctella (Draparnaud, 1801) – non-indigenous
Monacha cantiana (Montagu, 1803)
Monacha cartusiana (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Monacha claustralis (Rossmässler, 1834) – non-indigenous[ 17]
Monachoides incarnatus (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Monachoides vicinus (Rossmässler, 1842)
Perforatella bidentata (Gmelin, 1791)
Petasina edentula (Draparnaud, 1805)
Petasina unidentata (Draparnaud, 1805)
Plicuteria lubomirskii (Ślósarski, 1881)
Pseudotrichia rubiginosa (Rossmässler, 1838)
Trochulus alpicola (Eder, 1921)
Trochulus clandestinus (Hartmann, 1821)
Trochulus coelomphalus (Locard, 1888)
Trochulus graminicola (Falkner, 1973)
Trochulus hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Trochulus sericeus (Draparnaud, 1801)
Trochulus striolatus (C. Pfeiffer, 1828)
Trochulus villosus (Draparnaud, 1805)
Urticicola umbrosus (C. Pfeiffer, 1828)
Margaritiferidae
Unionidae
Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788 – Unio crassus crassus , Unio crassus nanus , Unio crassus cytherea
Unio mancus Lamarck, 1819
Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Unio tumidus Philipsson, 1788
Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pseudanodonta complanata (Rossmässler, 1835) – Pseudanodonta complanata elongata , Pseudanodonta complanata klettii , Pseudanodonta complanata küsteri
Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834) – non-indigenous
Corbiculidae
Corbicula fluminalis
Sphaeriidae
Sphaerium corneum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sphaerium nucleus (S. Studer, 1820)
Sphaerium ovale (A. Férussac, 1807)
Sphaerium rivicola (Lamarck, 1818)
Sphaerium solidum (Normand, 1844)
Musculium lacustre (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Musculium transversum (Say, 1829)
Pisidium amnicum (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791)
Pisidium conventus (Clessin, 1877)
Pisidium henslowanum (Sheppard, 1823)
Pisidium hibernicum Westerlund, 1894
Pisidium interstitiale Bössneck, Groh & Richling, 2020 – endemic to Germany[ 18]
Pisidium lilljeborgii (Clessin, 1886)
Pisidium milium Held, 1836
Pisidium moitessierianum Paladilhe, 1866
Pisidium nitidum Jenyns, 1832
Pisidium obtusale (Lamarck, 1818)
Pisidium personatum Malm, 1855
Pisidium pulchellum (Jenyns, 1832)
Pisidium pseudosphaerium Favre, 1927
Pisidium subtruncatum Malm, 1855
Pisidium supinum A. Schmidt, 1851
Pisidium tenuilineatum Stelfox, 1918
Dreissenidae
List of hot-house alens in Germany [ edit ]
These species have not been recorded in the wild; they live in greenhouses and similar habitats.
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Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:
^ List of German land and freshwater molluscs including their common names Diskussionsfassung (in Bearbeitung)
^ Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN , pp. 134, ISBN 3-923376-02-2
^ Vinarski, M.A.; Glöer, P.; Andreyeva, S.I.; Lazutkina, E.A. (2013). "Taxonomic notes on Euro-Siberian molluscs. 5. Valvata (Cincinna) ambigua Westerlund 1873 - a distinct species of the group of Valvata piscinalis O.F. Müller 1774". Journal of Conchology . 53 (3): 295–303.
^ Patzner, R.A.; Glöer, P. (2020). "Vorkommen von Valvata (Cincinna) ambigua Westerlund 1873 im Süden von Deutschland" (PDF) . Mitteilungen der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft . 102 : 51–52.
^ Dillon, Robert T.; Wethington, Amy R.; Rhett, J. Matthew; Smith, Thomas P. (2005). "Populations of the European freshwater pulmonate Physa acuta are not reproductively isolated from American Physa heterostropha or Physa integra". Invertebrate Biology . 121 (3): 226–234. doi :10.1111/j.1744-7410.2002.tb00062.x .
^ Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, ISBN 3-923376-02-2 . p. 58.
^ "Species summary for Pupilla triplicata " . AnimalBase . Last modified 15-04-2010, accessed 31 July 2010.
^ Razkin, O.; Sonet, G.; Breugelmans, K.; Madeira, M.J.; Gómez-Moliner, B.J.; Backeljau, T. (August 2016). "Species limits, interspecific hybridization and phylogeny in the cryptic land snail complex Pyramidula: The power of RADseq data". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 101 : 267–278. doi :10.1016/j.ympev.2016.05.002 . hdl :10067/1346230151162165141 . PMID 27177931 .
^ Colling, M.; Karle-Fendt, A. (2016). "Erstbeschreibung der Allgäuer Zylinderwindelschnecke Truncatellina algoviana n. sp. (Gastropoda: Vertiginidae)". Mitteilungen der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft . 95 : 11–18.
^ Walther, F.; Neiber, M.T. (2012). "Über die Gattung Alopia (Gastropoda: Clausiliidae) in Deutschland: eine Klarstellung" (PDF) . Mitteilungen der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft . 87 : 1–6.
^ Stark, A.; Unruh, M. (2015). "Nachweis einer für die Fauna Deutschlands neuen Schließmundschneckenart (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae) in Sachsen-Anhalt". Schriften zur Malakozoologie . 28 : 1–6.
^ Kobialka, H.; Siedenschnur, G. (2017). "Limacus maculatus (Kaleniczenko 1851) neu für Deutschland (Gastropoda: Limacidae)" (PDF) . Mitteilungen der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft . 97 : 15–20.
^ Eta, K.; Hausdorf, B. (2020). "Limacus maculatus (Kaleniczenko 1851) in Hamburg (Gastropoda: Limacidae)" (PDF) . Mitteilungen der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft . 102 : 49–51.
^ a b Reise, H.; Schwarzer, A.-K.; Hutchinson, J.M.C.; Schlitt, B. (2020). "Genital morphology differentiates three subspecies of the terrestrial slug Arion ater (Linnæus, 1758) s.l. and reveals a continuum of intermediates with the invasive A. vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855" . Folia Malacologica . 28 (1): 1–34. doi :10.12657/folmal.028.001 .
^ Zemanova, M.A.; Knop, E.; Heckel, G. (November 2016). "Phylogeographic past and invasive presence of Arion pest slugs in Europe". Molecular Ecology . 25 (22): 5747–5764. Bibcode :2016MolEc..25.5747Z . doi :10.1111/mec.13860 . PMID 27664400 . S2CID 22971610 .
^ Rosenbauer, S.; Rosenbauer, A. (2021). "Historisches Vorkommen von Macularia sylvatica (Draparnaud 1801) am Hochrhein bestätigt" (PDF) . Mitteilungen der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft . 104 : 66–68.
^ Hutchinson, J.M.C.; Schlitt, B.; Reise, H. "Monacha claustrali s (Rossmässler 1834), a hygromiid snail new to Germany" (PDF) . Mitteilungen der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft . 100 : 17–22.
^ Groh, Klaus; Bössneck, Ulrich; Clewing, Catharina; Albrecht, Christian; Richling, Ira (5 May 2020). "A new pill clam from an unusual habitat: the interstitial Pisidium interstitialis n. sp. (Bivalvia: Sphaeriidae) from southwestern and Central Germany". Journal of Molluscan Studies . 86 (2): 104–119. doi :10.1093/mollus/eyz036 .
^ Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003). Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, ISBN 3-923376-02-2 . p. 32.