Location of the Netherlands

This list of non-marine molluscs of the Netherlands is a list of all molluscs other than the marine (salt water) species that live in the Netherlands. This list comprises land snails and slugs, freshwater snails and freshwater clams and mussels. There are 197 non-marine mollusc species living in natural habitats in the Netherlands.

There are 169 gastropod (snail and slug) species (52 freshwater and 117 land species), and 28 freshwater bivalve (clams and mussel) species living in the wild.

As for introduced species, there are 23 introduced gastropod species (2 freshwater and 21 land species plus Candidula unifasciata as possibly non-indigenous one), and 4 bivalve species, living in natural habitats in the Netherlands. A total of 5 freshwater non-indigenous species live in natural habitats.

Summary table of number of species

Netherlands
freshwater gastropods 52
land gastropods 117
gastropod total 169 (freshwater and land)
freshwater bivalves 28
mollusc total 197 (non-marine species only)
non-indigenous gastropods in natural habitats 2 freshwater and 21 land
non-indigenous gastropods in synanthropic habitats 0
non-indigenous bivalves in natural habitats 4
non-indigenous bivalves in synanthropic habitats 0
total of non-indigenous molluscs living in natural habitats 27

There are 4 locally extinct species in the Netherlands: the marine gastropod Rissoa membranacea,[1] land gastropod Spermodea lamellata, and freshwater bivalves Unio crassus and Pisidium tenuilineatum.


Systematic list

This list includes only orders, families and species. (Non-indigenous species only occurring greenhouses in the Netherlands are noted separately, below the main list.)

The source for this list is: CLECOM-PROJECT: Checklist of species-group taxa of continental Mollusca living in the Netherlands (CLECOM Section I) 14-07-2002

Gastropoda

Neritopsina
Neritidae
Architaenioglossa
Aciculidae
Viviparidae
Neotaenioglossa
Thiaridae
Pomatiidae
Bithyniidae
Hydrobiidae
Assimineidae
Ectobranchia
Valvatidae
Pulmonata
Acroloxidae
Lymnaeidae
Physidae
Planorbidae
Ellobiidae
Succineidae
Cochlicopidae
Lauriidae
Orculidae
Valloniidae
Pupillidae
Vertiginidae
Enidae
Clausiliidae
Ferussaciidae
Punctidae
Helicodiscidae
Discidae
Pristilomatidae
Euconulidae
Gastrodontidae
Oxychilidae
Milacidae
Vitrinidae
Boettgerillidae
Limacidae
Agriolimacidae
Arionidae
Bradybaenidae
Helicodontidae
Cochlicellidae
Hygromiidae
Helicidae

Bivalvia

Unionoida
Unionidae
Veneroida
Corbiculidae
Sphaeriidae
Dreissenidae

List of synanthropic species in the Netherlands

These species do not live in the wild or are not recorded in the wild yet, but live in greenhouses and similar biotopes.

List (alphabetically according to their scientific name):

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See also

References

  1. ^ (in Dutch) Rissoa membranacea — Stichting ANEMOON
  2. ^ D. Menno Soes, Peter Glöer & Anton J. de Winter. 2009. Viviparus acerosus (Bourguignat, 1862) (Gastropoda: Viviparidae), a new exotic snail species for the Dutch fauna Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine. Aquatic Invasions, Volume 4, Issue 2: 373-375, doi:10.3391/ai.2009.4.2.12
  3. ^ Dillon R. T., Wethington A. R., Rhett J. M. & Smith T. P. 2002. Populations of the European freshwater pulmonate Physa acuta are not reproductively isolated from American Physa heterostopha or Physa integra. Invertebrate Biology, 121: 226-234. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7410.2002.tb00062.x
  4. ^ Henk K. Mienis. January 2007. A second record for Milax nigricans (Philippi, 1836) from the Netherlands. Tentacle 15 Archived 2007-07-15 at the Wayback Machine: 15-16.

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