List of non-marine molluscs of Switzerland

Location of Switzerland

The non-marine molluscs of Switzerland are a part of the molluscan fauna of Switzerland. Switzerland is land-locked and therefore it has no marine molluscs, only land and freshwater species.

Freshwater gastropods

Hydrobiidae

  • Bythiospeum alpinum
  • Neohoratia minuta

Land gastropods

Pupillidae

  • Pupilla bigranata (Rossmässler, 1839)[1]
  • Pupilla triplicata (Studer, 1820)[2]

Agriolimacidae

  • Deroceras juranum Wüthrich, 1993[3]

Milacidae

  • Tandonia nigra

Hygromiidae

  • Trochulus biconicus
  • Trochulus caelatus

Helicidae

Freshwater bivalves

Hothouse aliens

"Hothouse aliens" in Switzerland include:

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

References

  1. ^ "Species summary for Pupilla bigranata ". AnimalBase. Last modified 30-12-2008, accessed 30 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Species summary for Pupilla triplicata". AnimalBase. Last modified 15-04-2010, accessed 31 July 2010.
  3. ^ Wüthrich, Max (1993). „Deroceras (Plathystimulus) juranum n.sp., eine endemische Nacktschnecke aus dem Schweizer Jura (Pulmonata: Agriolimacidae)“. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 122: 123-131. DOI: 10.1127/arch.moll/122/1993/123

Further reading

  • Turner H., Kuiper J. G. J., Thew N., Bernasconi R., Rüetschi J. et al. (1998). Fauna Helvetica 2: Atlas der Mollusken der Schweiz und Liechtensteins. Neuchâtel: CSCF. 527 pp. ISBN 2-88414-013-1.