List of non-marine molluscs of Germany


This list of non-marine molluscs of Germany is a list of the molluscs that live in Germany, except for the marine species. In other words, this list includes the land snails and slugs, the freshwater snails and the freshwater clams and mussels.
There are 390 species of molluscs living in the wild in Germany. In addition there is at least 1 gastropod species that lives only in greenhouses.
There are ??? species of gastropods and 36 species of bivalves living in the wild.
There are 8 introduced species of gastropods and 1 species of non-indigenous bivalve living in the wild in Germany. That makes a total of 8 freshwater non-indigenous species of wild molluscs.
;Summary table of number of species
Germany
freshwater gastropods69
land gastropods???
gastropods altogether???
bivalves36
molluscs altogether390
non-indigenous gastropods in the wild7 freshwater and 1 land
non-indigenous synantrop gastropods1
non-indigenous bivalves in the wild1
non-indigenous synantrop bivalvesno
non-indigenous molluscs altogether in the wild9

There are only orders, families and species in the list. The German name is in brackets. Non-indigenous species only occurring greenhouses in Germany are noted separately, below the list.
Main source for the list of freshwater species is book Süsswassermollusken by Glöer & Meier-Brook.

Freshwater gastropods

Viviparidae
Hydrobiidae
Lithoglyphidae
Amnicolidae
Bithyniidae
Valvatidae
Acroloxidae
Lymnaeidae
Physidae
Planorbidae
Ellobiidae
Succineaidae
Succinea putris Linnaeus, 1758
Valloniidae
Pupillidae
Vertiginidae
Oxychilidae
Arionidae
Hygromiidae
Bradybaenidae
Helicidae
Unionidae
Corbiculidae

Sphaeriidae
Dreissenidae
Those species do not live in the wild, or are not recorded in the wild yet; they live in greenhouses and similar habitats.
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