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List of non-marine molluscs of the Czech Republic

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This is a list of the non-marine molluscs of the Czech Republic. As the Czech Republic is a landlocked country it has no marine molluscs, only land and freshwater species, including snails, slugs, freshwater clams and freshwater mussels. There are 247[1] species of molluscs living in the wild in the Czech Republic. In addition there are at least 11 gastropod species surviving in greenhouses.

Location of the Czech Republic

There are 219[1] gastropod species (50[1] freshwater and 169[1] land species) and 28[1] bivalve species living in the wild.

There are also 11 introduced gastropod species (5 freshwater and 7 land 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

More information Bohemia, Moravia + Czech Silesia ...
Bohemia Moravia + Czech Silesia the Czech Republic
freshwater gastropods 44 44 50[1]
land gastropods 155 151 169[1]
gastropods altogether 199 195 219[1]
bivalves 28 27 28[1]
molluscs altogether 227 222 247[1]
non-indigenous gastropods in natural habitats 6 freshwater[1] and 10 land[1] 4 freshwater[1] and 5 land[1] 5 freshwater[1] (Bithynia troschelii is non-indigenous in Bohemia and indigenous in Moravia) and 7 land[1] (2 are in Moravia only, 3 are in both, 7 are in Bohemia only)
non-indigenous gastropods in synantropic habitats 11
non-indigenous bivalves in natural habitats 3[1] 1[1] 3[1]
non-indigenous bivalves in synantropic habitats 0 0 0
non-indigenous molluscs altogether 26
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There are 2 endemic species of molluscs in the Czech Republic:

History

Historical lists from 19th century or overviews of Czech malacofauna include works by Schöbl (1860), Slavík (1868) and Uličný (1892–95).[2][3]

Lists by Vojen Ložek include work Ložek (1948) for Bohemia. Following works include lists for whole Czechoslovakia for recent species: Ložek (1949), Ložek (1956)[4] and list including Quaternary species: Ložek (1964).[5]

Lists for freshwater species include: Beran (1998)[6] and Beran (2002).[7]

Conservation status of all 237 species include list by Juřičková et al. (2001).[8] There is also available red list based on that 2001 list.[9] Threatened species only include list by Beran et al. (2005).[10] List by Juřičková et al. (2008)[11] has included 245 species. List by Horsák et al. (2010) has included 247 species.[1]

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 (and if it is a non-indigenous or locally extinct species). 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
The introduced freshwater gastropod Potamopyrgus antipodarum
Amnicolidae
Lithoglyphidae
Bithyniidae
Valvatidae
Acroloxidae
Lymnaeidae
Physidae
Planorbidae
Gyraulus crista
Planorbarius corneus

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in the Czech Republic include:

Aciculidae
Ellobiidae
Cochlicopidae
Orculidae
Chondrinidae
Pupillidae
  • (zrnovka slatinná) Pupilla pratensis (Clessin, 1871)[13] Pupilla pratensis was elevated to its species level in 2009.[14] The later revision showed that Pupilla alpicola does not live in the Czech Republic and all of them are Pupilla pratensis in that country.[13] Pupilla alpicola (Charpentier, 1837) (in Czech: zrnovka alpská) has been listed as a part of fauna of the Czech Republic for a long time (as probably extinct in Bohemia and critically endangered (CR) in Moravia).[1][15]
  • (zrnovka mechová) Pupilla muscorum (Linnaeus, 1758) – Bohemia, Moravia[1]
  • (zrnovka žebernatá) Pupilla sterrii (Voith, 1840) – Bohemia, Moravia[1]
  • (zrnovka třízubá) Pupilla triplicata (Studer, 1820) – Bohemia, Moravia[1]
Pyramidulidae
Valloniidae
Vertiginidae
Enidae
  • (trojzubka stepní) Chondrula tridens (O. F. Müller, 1774) – Bohemia, Moravia
  • (hladovka horská) Ena montana (Draparnaud, 1801) – Bohemia, Moravia
  • (hladovka chlumní) Merdigera obscura (O. F. Müller, 1774) – Bohemia, Moravia
  • (lačník stepní) Zebrina detrita (O. F. Müller, 1774) – Bohemia, Moravia
Clausiliidae
Balea biplicata is most common species of the family Clausiliidae in the Czech Republic
Succineidae
Succinea putris
Ferussaciidae
Punctidae
Helicodiscidae
Discidae
Gastrodontidae
Euconulidae
Oxychilidae
Pristilomatidae
Vitrinidae
Zonitidae
Milacidae
Limacidae
Bielzia coerulans
Limacus flavus
Agriolimacidae
Boettgerillidae
Arionidae
  • (plzák alpský) Arion obesoductus Reischütz, 1973 – synonym: Arion alpinus auctt. non-Pollonera, 1887 – Bohemia, Moravia[1]
  • (plzák žíhaný) Arion circumscriptus Johnston, 1828 – Bohemia, Moravia
  • (plzák obecný) Arion distinctus Mabille, 1868 – Bohemia, Moravia
  • (plzák žlutopruhý) Arion fasciatus (Nilsson, 1823) – Bohemia, Moravia
  • (plzák nejmenší) Arion intermedius (Normand, 1852) – Bohemia, Moravia
  • (plzák španělský) Arion vulgaris (Moquin-Tandon, 1855) – non-indigenous since 1991, Bohemia non-indigenous, Moravia non-indigenous[1]
  • (plzák lesní) Arion rufus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Bohemia, Moravia
  • (plzák hajní) Arion silvaticus Lohmander, 1937 – Bohemia, Moravia
  • (plzák hnědý) Arion fuscus (O. F. Müller, 1774) – Bohemia, Moravia
Bradybaenidae
Fruticicola fruticum
Helicodontidae
Hygromiidae
Trochulus hispidus
Helicidae

Freshwater bivalves

Freshwater bivalves in the Czech Republic include:

Unionida
Margaritiferidae
Unionidae
Venerida
Corbiculidae
Sphaeriidae
Dreissena polymorpha
Dreissenidae
  • (slávička mnohotvárná) Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771) – non-indigenous in Bohemia, in southern Moravia is probably native[1]

Synanthropic species

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.[30][31][32]

List (alphabetically according to their scientific name):

Subulina octona
  • Discus rotundatus f. pyramidalis Jeffreys – form of Discus rotundatus (native species) inhabiting greenhouses
  1. (křivoústka liberijská) Gulella io Verdcourt, 1974[1][33]
  2. (kružník čínský) Gyraulus chinensis (Dunker, 1848)[1][34]
  3. (skelnatěnka drobná) Hawaiia minuscula (Binney, 1840)[1][35]
  4. (subulína paličkovitá) Lamellaxis clavulinus (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)[1]
  5. (podkornatka iberská) Lehmannia valentiana (Férussac, 1823)[1]
  6. (piskořka hrbolkovitá) Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
  7. (subulína malá) Opeas pumilum (L. Pfeiffer, 1840)[1]
  8. one of the following two similar species:
    1. Helisoma anceps (Menke, 1830) – synonym: (okružákovec kýlnatý) Planorbella anceps (Menke, 1830)[1]
    2. (okružákovec floridský) Planorbella duryi (Wetherby, 1879)[1] – It was incorrectly noted as Planorbella trivolvis (Say, 1817) (mentioned under invalid name Helisoma trivolvis).
  9. (ampulárka argentinská) Pomacea bridgesii (Reeve, 1856)[1]
  10. (blátivka americká) Pseudosuccinea columella (Say, 1817)[1]
  11. (subulína americká) Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1798)[1][36]

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