Location of Sweden
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 ,[ 1] unknown species of land gastropods) and 32 species of bivalves [ 1] living in the wild—84 species of freshwater molluscs altogether.[ 1]
Summary table of the number of species:
Numbers of molluscs by habitat
Number of species
Freshwater gastropods
52[ 1]
Land gastropods
??? (22 species of slugs)[ 2]
Total number of non-marine gastropods
???
Freshwater bivalves
32[ 1]
Total number of non-marine molluscs
???
Freshwater gastropods [ edit ]
Freshwater gastropods in Sweden include:
Neritidae
Viviparidae
Thiaridae
Bithyniidae
Hydrobiidae
Amnicolidae
Valvatidae
Acroloxidae
Lymnaeidae
Galba truncatula (O. F. Müller, 1774)[ 1]
Stagnicola palustris (O. F. Müller, 1774)[ 1]
Stagnicola fuscus (C. Pfeiffer, 1821)[ 1]
Stagnicola corvus (Gmelin, 1791)[ 1]
Omphiscola glabra (O. F. Müller, 1774) - Vulnerable in Sweden[ 1]
Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758)[ 1]
Radix peregra (O. F. Müller, 1774)[ 1]
Radix ovata (Draparnaud, 1805)[ 1]
Myxas glutinosa (O. F. Müller, 1774) - Near Threatened in Sweden[ 1]
Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)[ 1]
Pseudosuccinea columella (Say, 1817) - non-indigenous[ 1]
Physidae
Planorbidae
Planorbarius corneus (Linnaeus, 1758)[ 1]
Planorbella duryi (Wetherby, 1879) - non-indigenous[ 1]
Ferrissia clessiniana (Jickeli, 1882) - non-indigenous, synonym: Ferrissia wautieri (Mirolli, 1960)[ 1]
Planorbis planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758)[ 1]
Planorbis carinatus O. F. Müller, 1774[ 1]
Anisus leucostoma (Millet, 1813)[ 1]
Anisus spirorbis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Data Deficient [ 1]
Anisus vortex (Linnaeus, 1758)[ 1]
Anisus vorticulus (Troschel, 1834) - Critically Endangered in Sweden[ 1]
Bathyomphalus contortus (Linnaeus, 1758)[ 1]
Gyraulus albus (O. F. Müller, 1774)[ 1]
Gyraulus acronicus (A. Férussac, 1807)[ 1]
Gyraulus chinensis (Dunker, 1848) - non-indigenous[ 1]
Gyraulus laevis (Alder, 1838) - Endangered in Sweden[ 1]
Gyraulus parvus (Say, 1817) - non-indigenous[ 1]
Gyraulus riparius (Westerlund, 1865)[ 1]
Gyraulus crista (Linnaeus, 1758)[ 1]
Hippeutis complanatus (Linnaeus, 1758)[ 1]
Segmentina nitida (O. F. Müller, 1774) - Vulnerable in Sweden[ 1]
Ancylus fluviatilis O. F. Müller, 1774[ 1]
Land gastropods in Sweden include:
Pupillidae
Punctidae
Vertiginidae
Milacidae
Vitrinidae
Boettgerillidae
Limacidae
Agriolimacidae
Arionidae
Bradybaenidae
Helicodontidae
Hygromiidae
Helicidae
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Freshwater bivalves [ edit ]
Freshwater gastropods in Sweden include:
Margaritiferidae
Unionidae
Sphaeriidae
Sphaerium corneum (Linnaeus, 1758)[ 1]
Sphaerium nucleus (S. Studer, 1820)[ 1]
Sphaerium nitidum Clessin, 1876[ 1]
Musculium lacustre (O. F. Müller, 1774)[ 1]
Pisidium amnicum (O. F. Müller, 1774)[ 1]
Pisidium dilatatum Westerlund, 1897 - Near Threatened in Sweden, synonym: Pisidium subtilestriatum Lindholm, 1909[ 1]
Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791)[ 1]
Pisidium globulare Clessin, 1873[ 1]
Pisidium hinzi Kuiper, 1975 - Vulnerable in Sweden[ 1]
Pisidium nitidum Jenyns, 1832[ 1]
Pisidium personatum Malm, 1855[ 1]
Pisidium conventus Clessin, 1877[ 1]
Pisidium obtusale (Lamarck 1818)[ 1]
Pisidium henslowanum (Sheppard, 1823)[ 1]
Pisidium hibernicum Westerlund, 1894[ 1]
Pisidium lilljeborgii Clessin, 1886[ 1]
Pisidium supinum A. Schmidt, 1851 - Vulnerable in Sweden[ 1]
Pisidium waldeni Kuiper, 1975[ 1]
Pisidium tenuilineatum Stelfox, 1918 - Data Deficient [ 1]
Pisidium moitessierianum Paladilhe, 1866[ 1]
Pisidium subtruncatum Malm, 1855[ 1]
Pisidium pulchellum Jenyns, 1832[ 1]
Pisidium milium Held, 1836[ 1]
Pisidium pseudosphaerium J. Favre, 1927[ 1]
Dreissenidae
Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:
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^ (in Swedish) Några olika snigelarter Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine . Göteborg Naturhistoriska Museum . accessed 30 November 2008.
^ 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. doi :10.1093/mollus/eyp038 .
^ 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.
^ a b 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.