List of non-marine molluscs of Sweden

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. This is altogether 84 species of freshwater molluscs.[1]

Summary table of 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

Freshwater gastropods in Sweden include:

Neritidae

Viviparidae

Thiaridae

Bithyniidae

Hydrobiidae

Amnicolidae

Valvatidae

Acroloxidae

Lymnaeidae

Physidae

Planorbidae

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Sweden include:

Pupillidae

Vertiginidae

Milacidae

Vitrinidae

Boettgerillidae

Limacidae

Agriolimacidae

Arionidae

Bradybaenidae

Helicodontidae

Hygromiidae

Helicidae

Freshwater bivalves

Freshwater gastropods in Sweden include:

Margaritiferidae

Unionidae

Sphaeriidae

Dreissenidae

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 (Swedish) von Proschwitz T. (February 23, 2001). "Svenska sötvattensmollusker (snäckor och musslor) - en uppdaterad checklista med vetenskapliga och svenska namn". Naturhistoriska riksmuseet. PDF.
  2. (Swedish) Några olika snigelarter. Göteborg Naturhistoriska Museum. accessed 30 November 2008.
  3. 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.
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