List of non-marine molluscs of Croatia
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Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
are a part of the molluscan fauna of Croatia (wildlife of Croatia).
A number of species of non-marine 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...
are found in the wild in Croatia.
Freshwater gastropods
NeritidaeNeritidae
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 fluviatilisTheodoxus fluviatilisTheodoxus fluviatilis, common name the river nerite, is a small species of freshwater and brackish water snail with a gill and an operculum. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites....
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bithyniidae
Bithyniidae
Bithyniidae is a family of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.Their minute shell is often colored. They are characterized by a calcareous operculum, a lobe on the upper surface of the neck. The ctenidium, the respiratory gill-comb, is...
- Bithynia tentaculataBithynia tentaculataBithynia tentaculata, common names the mud bithynia or common bithynia, or faucet snail is a relatively small species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae....
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Valvatidae
Valvatidae
Valvatidae, the valve snails, is a taxonomic family of very small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.- Taxonomy :...
- Valvata piscinalisValvata piscinalisValvata piscinalis, common name the European stream valvata, is a species of minute freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails. It is also known as Cincinna piscinalis .- Subspecies :Subspecies of Valvata piscinalis...
(O. F. Müller, 1774)
Lymnaeidae
Lymnaeidae
Lymnaeidae is a taxonomic family of small to large air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks, that belong to the clade Hygrophila....
- Stagnicola fuscusStagnicola fuscusStagnicola fuscus is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.-Distribution:This species is found in the Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands, Croatia and other areas....
(C. Pfeiffer, 1821)
Physidae
Physidae
Physidae, common name bladder snails, are a monophyletic taxonomic family of small freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the clade Hygrophila....
- Physa fontinalisPhysa fontinalisPhysa fontinalis is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Physidae. The shells of this species are left-handed or sinistral.-Distribution:...
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Planorbidae
Planorbidae
Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks....
- Anisus vorticulusAnisus vorticulusThe ramshorn snail, Anisus vorticulus is a species of minute, air-breathing, freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails.-Distribution:...
(Troschel, 1834) - in the Krka National ParkKrka National ParkKrka National Park is one of the Croatian national parks, named after the river Krka that it encloses. It is located along the middle-lower course of the Krka River in central Dalmatia, in Šibenik-Knin county, downstream Miljevci area, and just a few kilometers northeast of the city of Šibenik...
. First finding of this species in Craoatia was in 2009.
See also
- List of marine molluscs of Croatia
Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:
- List of non-marine molluscs of Slovenia
- List of non-marine molluscs of Hungary
- List of non-marine molluscs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- List of non-marine molluscs of Serbia
- List of non-marine molluscs of Montenegro
- List of non-marine molluscs of Italy (marine border)