List of non-marine molluscs of the Czech Republic


This is a list of the non-marine molluscs of the Czech Republic. That country is land-locked and therefore it has no marine molluscs, only land and freshwater species, including snails, slugs, freshwater clams and freshwater mussels. There are 247 species of molluscs living in the wild in the Czech Republic. In addition there are at least 11 gastropod species surviving in greenhouses.
There are 219 gastropod species and 28 bivalve species living in the wild.
There are also 11 introduced gastropod species and 4 bivalve species living in the wild in the Czech Republic. This is a total of 9 freshwater non-indigenous species living in natural habitats.
;Summary table of number of species
BohemiaMoravia the Czech Republic
freshwater gastropods444450
land gastropods155151169
gastropods altogether199195219
bivalves282728
molluscs altogether227222247
non-indigenous gastropods in natural habitats6 freshwater and 10 land4 freshwater and 5 land5 freshwater and 7 land
non-indigenous gastropods in synantropic habitats11
non-indigenous bivalves in natural habitats313
non-indigenous bivalves in synantropic habitats000
non-indigenous molluscs altogether26

There are 2 endemic species of molluscs in the Czech Republic:
Historical lists from 19th century or overviews of Czech malacofauna include works by Schöbl, Slavík and Uličný.
Lists by Vojen Ložek include work Ložek for Bohemia. Following works include lists for whole Czechoslovakia for recent species: Ložek, Ložek and list including Quaternary species: Ložek.
Lists for freshwater species include: Beran and Beran.
Conservation status of all 237 species include list by Juřičková et al.. There is also available red list based on that 2001 list. Threatened species only include list by Beran et al.. List by Juřičková et al. has included 245 species. List by Horsák et al. has included 247 species.

Freshwater gastropods

There are only families and species in the list. The Czech name is in parentheses. Listed is the occurrence in Bohemia or in Moravia. Non-indigenous species only occurring in greenhouses in the Czech Republic are noted separately after the list. Freshwater gastropods in the Czech Republic include:
; Neritidae
; Viviparidae
;Hydrobiidae

;Amnicolidae
;Lithoglyphidae
; Bithyniidae
; Valvatidae
; Acroloxidae
; Lymnaeidae
; Physidae
; Planorbidae


Land gastropods in the Czech Republic include:
; Aciculidae
; Ellobiidae
;Cochlicopidae
;Orculidae
;Chondrinidae
;Pupillidae
;Pyramidulidae
;Valloniidae
;Vertiginidae
;Enidae
;Clausiliidae
is most common species of the family Clausiliidae in the Czech Republic
;Succineidae

;Ferussaciidae
;Punctidae
;Helicodiscidae
;Discidae
;Gastrodontidae
;Euconulidae
;Oxychilidae
;Pristilomatidae
;Vitrinidae
;Zonitidae
;Milacidae
;Limacidae


;Agriolimacidae
;Boettgerillidae
;Arionidae
;Bradybaenidae

;Helicodontidae
;Hygromiidae

;Helicidae
Freshwater bivalves in the Czech Republic include:
;Unionida
;Margaritiferidae
;Unionidae
;Venerida
;Corbiculidae
; Sphaeriidae

;Dreissenidae
These species do not live in the wild or are not recorded in the wild yet, but they live in greenhouses and similar biotopes, as "hothouse alien" species.
List :

  1. Gulella io Verdcourt, 1974
  2. Gyraulus chinensis
  3. Hawaiia minuscula
  4. Lamellaxis clavulinus
  5. Lehmannia valentiana
  6. Melanoides tuberculata
  7. Opeas pumilum
  8. one of the following two similar species:
  9. # Helisoma anceps - synonym: Planorbella anceps
  10. # Planorbella duryi - It was incorrectly noted as Planorbella trivolvis .
  11. Pomacea bridgesii
  12. Pseudosuccinea columella
  13. Subulina octona''