List of molluscs recorded in Bulgaria

There are numerous species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

of molluscs

Mollusca

The Mollusca , common name molluscs or mollusksSpelled mollusks in the USA, see reasons given in Rosenberg's ; for the spelling mollusc see the reasons given by , is a large phylum of invertebrate animals. There are around 85,000 recognized extant species of molluscs. Mollusca is the largest...

living in the wild in Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

. This list covers only the non-marine species.

Currently the list includes only the names of the land snail

Land snail

A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...

s, the terrestrial

Terrestrial animal

Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...

gastropod molluscs.

Freshwater gastropods

Neritidae

Neritidae, common name the nerites, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized saltwater and freshwater snails which have a gill and a distinctive operculum, marine, brackish water and freshwater gastropod mollusks in the order Neritoida....

Theodoxus transversalis
Theodoxus transversalis
Theodoxus transversalis is a small species of freshwater snail with an operculum. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.- Distribution :Distribution of this species is Danubian.* Austria* Bulgaria* Croatia...

(Pfeiffer, 1828)

Amnicolidae

Amnicolidae is a family of small freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.This family is in the superfamily Rissooidea and in the clade Littorinimorpha...

Bythinella austriaca
Bythinella austriaca
Bythinella austriaca is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Amnicolidae.- Distribution :The distribution of this species is Carpathian ....

(von Frauenfeld, 1857)
Bythinella hansboetersi Glöer & Pešić, 2006
Bythinella cf. opaca (Gallenstein 1848) - since 2008

Land gastropods

Aciculidae

The Aciculidae are a family of minute land snails which have opercula. In other words, Aciculidae are terrestrial operculate gastropods....

Acicula similis (Reinhardt, 1880)
Platyla orthostoma
Platyla orthostoma
Platyla orthostoma is a species of gastropod in the Aciculidae family. It is endemic to Bulgaria....

Jankiewicz, 1979

Pomatiidae

The family Pomatiidae is a taxonomic family of small operculate land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that can be found over the warmer parts of the Old World. In the older literature, this family is designated as Pomatiasidae....

Pomatias elegans
Pomatias elegans
Pomatias elegans, common name the round-mouthed snail, is a species of small land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae.-Distribution:...

(Müller, 1774)
Pomatias rivulare (Eichwald, 1829)

Ellobiidae

Ellobiidae is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata. This is the only family in the superfamily Ellobioidea, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)....

Carychium tridentatum
Carychium tridentatum
Carychium tridentatum is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae.- Distribution :This species occurs in European countries and islands including:* Bulgaria* Czech Republic...

(Risso, 1826)

Orculidae

Orculidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails; terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Pulmonata.- Taxonomy :...

Sphyradium doliolum
Sphyradium doliolum
Sphyradium doliolum is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orculidae.- Distribution :...

(Bruguiere, 1792)

Chondrinidae

Chondrinidae is a family of mostly minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Pulmonata.-Anatomy:In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 ....

Chondrina avenacea
Chondrina avenacea
Chondrina avenacea is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Chondrinidae.- Distribution :This species occurs in:* Western Europe* Bulgaria...

(Bruguière, 1729)

Pyramidulidae

Pyramidulidae is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.-Anatomy:In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 ....

Pyramidula pusilla
Pyramidula pusilla
Pyramidula pusilla is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pyramidulidae.- Shell description :...

(Vallot, 1801)

Valloniidae

Valloniidae is a taxonomic family of small and minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora.-Anatomy:...

Acanthinula aculeata
Acanthinula aculeata
Acanthinula aculeata is a species of minute, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluskor micromollusk in the family Valloniidae.-Distribution:...

(Müller, 1774)

Vertiginidae

Vertiginidae is a family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.- Distribution :...

Truncatellina claustralis
Truncatellina claustralis
Truncatellina claustralis is a species of very minute, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk, or micromollusk, in the family Vertiginidae, the vertigo snails and their allies.- Distribution :...

(Gredler, 1856)
Truncatellina cylindrica
Truncatellina cylindrica
Truncatellina cylindrica is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae.- Distribution :This species occurs in European countries and islands including:* Czech Republic* Great Britain...

(Ferussac, 1807)
Vertigo alpestris
Vertigo alpestris
Vertigo alpestris is a species of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the family Vertiginidae, the vertigo snails.- Shell description :...

(Alder, 1830)

Buliminidae

Chondrula tridens
Chondrula tridens
Chondrula tridens is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Enidae.- Distribution :The distribution of this species is Pontic and southern-European.This species occurs in:* Czech Republic...

(Müller, 1774)
Merdigera obscura
Merdigera obscura
Merdigera obscura is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Enidae.- Distribution :This species occurs in countries and islands which include:* Czech Republic* Great Britain* Ireland...

(O. F. Müller, 1774)
Zebrina detrita
Zebrina detrita
Zebrina detrita is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Enidae.-Description:The width of the shell is 12 mm...

(O. F. Müller, 1774), Zebrina detrita detrita (Müller, 1774), Zebrina detrita inflata (Kobelt, 1877)

Clausiliidae

Clausiliidae, common name door snails, are a taxonomic family of small, very elongate, mostly left-handed, air-breathing land snails, sinistral terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks....

Cochlodina laminata
Cochlodina laminata
Cochlodina laminata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.-Distribution:This species occurs in Europe.* Czech Republic* Bulgaria* Netherlands* Poland...

(Montagu, 1803)
Macedonica marginata (Rossmässler, 1835)
Macedonica pirinensis Jaeckel, 1954
Carinigera schuetti Brandt, 1962
Mentissela rebeli (Sturany, 1897)
Laciniaria plicata
Laciniaria plicata
Laciniaria plicata is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.-Distribution:It occurs in:* Bulgaria* Czech Republic* Poland* Slovakia* and other areas...

(Draparnaud, 1801)
Balea biplicata (Montagu, 1803)
Laciniaria plicata
Laciniaria plicata
Laciniaria plicata is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.-Distribution:It occurs in:* Bulgaria* Czech Republic* Poland* Slovakia* and other areas...

(Draparnaud, 1801)
Bulgarica denticulata
Bulgarica denticulata
Bulgarica denticulata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.- Distribution :This species lives in Turkey....

, 'Bulgarica denticulata thessalonica (Rossmässler, 1839)

Succineidae

Succineidae are a family of small to medium-sized, air-breathing, land snails , terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. They are commonly called amber snails because their thin fragile shells are translucent and amber-colored...

Succinea putris
Succinea putris
Succinea putris is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Succineidae, the amber snails.-Distribution:Distribution: European-Siberian region.* Czech Republic - least concern * Germany...

(Linnaeus, 1758)
Succinella oblonga
Succinella oblonga
Succinella oblonga is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Succineidae.Succinella oblonga is the type species of the genus Succinella.- Distribution :* Latvia* Bulgaria* Slovakia...

(Draparnaud, 1801) - synonym: Succinea oblonga Draparnaud, 1801
Oxyloma elegans
Oxyloma elegans
Oxyloma elegans is a species of small European land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Succineidae, the amber snails.-Distribution and conservation status:...

(Risso, 1826)
Oxyloma sarsii
Oxyloma sarsii
Oxyloma sarsii is a species of small European land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Succineidae, the amber snails.-Distribution:...

(Esmark, 1886)
Oxyloma dunkeri (L. Pfeiffer, 1865)

Punctidae

Punctidae, common name the "dot snails", is a family of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the informal group Sigmurethra ....

Punctum pygmaeum
Punctum pygmaeum
Punctum pygmaeum is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Punctidae.- Distribution :This species occurs in countries and islands which include:* Czech Republic* Great Britain...

(Draparnaud, 1801)

Euconulidae

Euconulidae is a taxonomic family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. This land snail family is closely allied to the Zonitidae, the glass snails.- Distribution :...

Euconulus fulvus
Euconulus fulvus
Euconulus fulvus is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails.- Distribution :This species occurs in countries and islands including:* Czech Republic...

(O. F. Müller, 1774)

Oxychilidae

Oxychilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea.- Distribution :...

Aegopinella pura
Aegopinella pura
Aegopinella pura is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.- Distribution :This species occurs in countries and islands including:* Czech Republic* Great Britain* Ireland...

(Alder, 1830)
Aegopinella minor
Aegopinella minor
Aegopinella minor is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.- Distribution :This species occurs in the Czech Republic...

(Stabile, 1864)
Oxychilus investigatus Riedel, 1993
Oxychilus glaber
Oxychilus glaber
Oxychilus glaber is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae.- Distribution :This species occurs in:* Czech Republic...

(Rossmässler, 1835)
Oxychilus inopinatus
Oxychilus inopinatus
Oxychilus inopinatus is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.-Distribution and conservation status:It is not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated ....

(Uličný, 1887)

Pristilomatidae

Pristilomatidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea.According to the 2005 taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi these snails belong to the "limacoid clade", and Vitreinae is a synonym for Pristilomatidae,...

Vitrea bulgarica Damjanov and Pintér, 1969
Vitrea diaphana
Vitrea diaphana
Vitrea diaphana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pristilomatidae.This is the type species of the genus Vitrea.- Distribution :...

(Studer, 1820)
Vitrea vereae
Vitrea vereae
Vitrea vereae is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pristilomatidae....

Irikov, Georgiev & Riedel, 2004

Vitrinidae

Vitrinidae is a family of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Limacoidea ....

Vitrina pellucida
Vitrina pellucida
Vitrina pellucida is species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vitrinidae, the glass snails.- Distribution :...

(Müller, 1774)
Oligolimax annularia (Studer, 1820)

Daudebardiidae

Daudebardia rufa
Daudebardia rufa
Daudebardia rufa is a species of air-breathing land snail or semi-slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, which belongs to the limacoid clade....

(Draparnaud, 1805)

Milacidae

Milacidae is a family of air-breathing, keeled, land slugs. These are shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Parmacelloidea.This family has no subfamilies ....

Tandonia budapestensis
Tandonia budapestensis
Tandonia budapestensis is a species of air-breathing, keeled, land slug. It is a shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Milacidae.-Description:...

(Hazay, 1881)
Tandonia cristata (Kaleniczenko, 1851)
Tandonia kusceri (H. Wagner, 1931)
Tandonia serbica
Tandonia serbica
Tandonia serbica is a species of keeled air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Milacidae.-Distribution:This slug lives in Bulgaria, Serbia, probably introduced to Dubrobnik and other localities.- Description :...

(Wagner, 1931)

Limacidae

Limacidae, common name the keelback slugs, are a taxonomic family of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Limacoidea.- Distribution :...

Limax cinereoniger
Limax cinereoniger
Limax cinereoniger is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae, the keelback slugs.-Description:Rarely this slug can grow up to 30 cm long...

Wolf, 1803
Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758

Agriolimacidae

Agriolimacidae is a family of small and medium sized land slugs, or shell-less snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.- Distribution :Distribution of Limacidae is Holarctic, this include: Nearctic, western Palearctic and eastern Palearctic....

Deroceras reticulatum
Deroceras reticulatum
Deroceras reticulatum, common names "grey field slug" and "grey garden slug", is a species of small air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Agriolimacidae...

(Müller, 1774)
Deroceras sturanyi
Deroceras sturanyi
Deroceras sturanyi is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Agriolimacidae.-Distribution:This species is not listed in IUCN red list and therefore is not evaluated...

(Simroth, 1894)

Arionidae

Arionidae, common name the "roundback slugs" or "round back slugs" are a taxonomic family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Arionoidea.- Distribution :...

Arion silvaticus
Arion silvaticus
Arion silvaticus is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Arionidae.- Distribution :This species occurs in countries and islands including:* Czech Republic* Great Britain* Ireland...

Lohmander, 1937
Arion subfuscus (Draparnaud, 1805)

Bradybaenidae

Bradybaenidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized to small land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea....

Fruticicola fruticum
Fruticicola fruticum
Fruticicola fruticum is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bradybaenidae.-Shell description:The shell of this species is globular with a deep umbilicus...

(O. F. Müller, 1774)

Helicodontidae

Helicodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata .- Taxonomy :...

Soosia diodonta
Soosia diodonta
Soosia diodonta is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicodontidae.- Distribution :The distribution of Soosia diodonta includes south-eastern Europe:* eastern Serbia* western Romania...

(Férussac, 1821)
Lindholmiola girva (Friveldszcky, 1835)
Lindholmiola pirinensis Jaeckel, 1954

Hygromiidae

Hygromiidae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.-Anatomy:...

Trichia erjaveci Brusina, 1870
Monacha cartusiana
Monacha cartusiana
Monacha cartusiana is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.This is the type species of the genus Monacha.- Distribution :...

(Müller, 1774)
Xerolenta macedonica Hesse, 1928
Xerolenta obvia
Xerolenta obvia
Xerolenta obvia is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.-Distribution :This land snail occurs in European countries including:* Bulgaria* Czech Republic...

(Menke, 1828)
Monachoides incarnatus
Monachoides incarnatus
Monachoides incarnatus, also known as Perforatella incarnata, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.- Life cycle :...

(O. F. Müller, 1774)
Euomphalia strigella
Euomphalia strigella
Euomphalia strigella is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies....

(Draparnaud, 1801)

Helicidae

The Helicidae, sometimes known as the typical snails, are a taxonomic family of small to large, air-breathing, land snails. In other words, they are terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks....

Cattania haberhaueri (Sturany, 1897)
Cattania rumelica (Rossmässler, 1838)
Helicigona trizona (Rossmassler, 1835)
Cepaea vindobonensis
Cepaea vindobonensis
Cepaea vindobonensis is a species of medium-sized air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Helicidae.The scientific name is derived from the Celtic settlement Vindobona, now known as Vienna, the capital of Austria....

(Ferussac, 1821)
Helix lucorum
Helix lucorum
Helix lucorum is a species of large, edible, air-breathing land snail or escargot, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.- Synonyms :Numerous synonyms exist for Helix lucorum:...

Linnaeus, 1757
Helix philibinensis Rossmässler, 1839

Freshwater gastropods

Land gastropods

See also

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