List of non-marine molluscs of the Netherlands
This list of non-marine molluscs of the Netherlands is a list of all molluscs other than the marine 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 species, and 28 freshwater bivalve species living in the wild.
As for introduced species, there are 23 introduced gastropod species, 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 bivalves | 28 |
| mollusc total | 197 |
| 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, land gastropod Spermodea lamellata, and freshwater bivalves Unio crassus and Pisidium tenuilineatum.
Systematic list
This list includes only orders, families and species.The source for this list is:
Gastropoda
; Neritopsina; Neritidae
- Theodoxus fluviatilis
; Aciculidae
- Acicula fusca
- Platyla polita polita
- Viviparus acerosus - non-indigenous since 2007
- Viviparus contectus
- Viviparus viviparus viviparus
;Thiaridae
- Melanoides tuberculata
- Pomatias elegans
- Bithynia leachii
- Bithynia tentaculata
- Potamopyrgus antipodarum - non-indigenous
- Hydrobia ventrosa
- Peringia ulvae
- Mercuria anatina
- Heleobia stagnorum
- Bythiospeum husmanni
- Avenionia roberti Boeters, 1967
- Lithoglyphus naticoides - non-indigenous
- Martoniopsis scholtzi
- Bythinella dunkeri
- Assiminea grayana Fleming, 1828
; Valvatidae
- Valvata cristata O. F. Müller, 1774
- Valvata macrostoma Mörch, 1864
- Valvata piscinalis piscinalis, Valvata piscinalis antiqua Morris, 1838
; Acroloxidae
- Acroloxus lacustris
- Galba truncatula
- Stagnicola palustris
- Stagnicola fuscus
- Stagnicola corvus
- Omphiscola glabra
- Radix auricularia auricularia
- Radix labiata
- Radix balthica
- Myxas glutinosa
- Lymnaea stagnalis
- Physa fontinalis
- Physella acuta - non-indigenous, synonym Physella heterostropha
- Aplexa hypnorum
- Planorbarius corneus corneus
- Menetus dilatatus - non-indigenous
- Ferrissia fragilis - syn. Ferrissia clessiniana
- Planorbis planorbis
- Planorbis carinatus O. F. Müller, 1774
- Anisus spirorbis
- Anisus septemgyratus
- Anisus vortex
- Anisus vorticulus
- Bathyomphalus contortus
- Gyraulus albus
- Gyraulus chinensis - non-indigenous
- Gyraulus laevis
- Gyraulus riparius
- Gyraulus crista
- Hippeutis complanatus
- Segmentina nitida
- Ancylus fluviatilis O. F. Müller, 1774
- Myosotella myosotis
- Myosotella denticulata
- Leucophytia bidentata
- Carychium minimum O. F. Müller, 1774
- Carychium tridentatum
- Succinea putris
- Succinella oblonga oblonga
- Oxyloma elegans elegans
- Oxyloma sarsii
- Quickella arenaria
- Cochlicopa lubrica - Cochlicopa repentina Hudec, 1960 is a form of Cochlicopa lubrica.
- Cochlicopa lubricella
- Lauria cylindracea non-indigenous
- Sphyradium doliolum
- Vallonia costata
- Vallonia pulchella
- Vallonia excentrica Sterki, 1893
- Acanthinula aculeata
- Spermodea lamellata Jeffreys, 1830 recently not observed
- Pupilla muscorum
- Columella edentula
- Columella aspera Waldén, 1966
- Truncatellina cylindrica
- Vertigo pusilla O. F. Müller, 1774
- Vertigo antivertigo
- Vertigo substriata
- Vertigo pygmaea
- Vertigo moulinsiana
- Vertigo angustior Jeffreys, 1830
- Merdigera obscura
- Cochlodina laminata laminata
- Macrogastra rolphii
- Macrogastra attenuata subspecies lineolata
- Clausilia rugosa subspecies parvula
- Clausilia bidentata bidentata
- Clausilia dubia dubia Draparnaud, 1805
- Balea perversa
- Balea heydeni von Maltzan, 1881
- Alinda biplicata biplicata non-indigenous
- Cecilioides acicula non-indigenous
- Punctum pygmaeum
- Paralaoma servilis non-indigenous
- Lucilla scintilla non-indigenous
- Discus rotundatus
- Vitrea contracta
- Vitrea crystallina
- Euconulus fulvus
- Euconulus trochiformis
- Euconulus praticola
- Zonitoides nitidus
- Zonitoides excavatus
- Oxychilus alliarius
- Oxychilus cellarius
- Oxychilus draparnaudi draparnaudi non-indigenous
- Oxychilus navarricus helveticus non-indigenous
- Aegopinella nitidula
- Aegopinella nitens - non-indigenous
- Aegopinella pura
- Perpolita hammonis
- Milax gagates
- Milax nigricans non-indigenous since 1999
- Tandonia rustica
- Tandonia budapestensis
- Tandonia sowerbyi
- Vitrinobrachium breve
- Eucobresia diaphana
- Vitrina pellucida
- Phenacolimax major
- Boettgerilla pallens Simroth, 1912 - non-indigenous
- Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758
- Limax cinereoniger Wolf, 1803
- Limacus flavus
- Malacolimax tenellus
- Lehmannia marginata
- Lehmannia valentiana
- Deroceras laeve
- Deroceras sturanyi
- Deroceras panormitanum
- Deroceras agreste
- Deroceras reticulatum
- Arion rufus
- Arion lusitanicus Mabille, 1868 - non-indigenous
- Arion fuscus
- Arion circumscriptus Johnston, 1828
- Arion silvaticus Lohmander, 1937
- Arion hortensis A. Férussac, 1819
- Arion distinctus J. Mabille, 1868
- Arion intermedius
- Fruticicola fruticum
- Helicodonta obvoluta subspecies obvoluta
- Cochlicella acuta - non-indigenous
- Cochlicella barbara - non-indigenous
- Monacha cantiana - non-indigenous
- Monacha cartusiana
- Trochulus striolatus abludens - indigenous?
- Helicella itala
- Candidula unifasciata unifasciata - non-indigenous?
- Candidula intersecta - non-indigenous
- Candidula gigaxii - non-indigenous
- Hygromia cinctella - non-indigenous
- Cernuella virgata - non-indigenous
- Cernuella cisalpina - non-indigenous
- Cernuella aginnica - non-indigenous
- Cernuella neglecta - non-indigenous
- Pseudotrichia rubiginosa
- Monachoides incarnatus
- Arianta arbustorum arbustorum
- Helicigona lapicida lapicida
- Theba pisana pisana - non-indigenous
- Cepaea nemoralis nemoralis
- Cepaea hortensis
- Cornu aspersum aspersum - non-indigenous
- Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 - non-indigenous
[Bivalvia]
;Unionidae
- Unio pictorum pictorum
- Unio tumidus depressus
- Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788 - recently not observed
- Anodonta anatina anatina
- Anodonta cygnea cygnea
- Pseudanodonta complanata elongata
;Corbiculidae
- Corbicula fluminea - non-indigenous
- Sphaerium corneum
- Sphaerium nucleus
- Sphaerium rivicola
- Sphaerium solidum
- Musculium lacustre
- Musculium transversum - non-indigenous
- Pisidium amnicum
- Pisidium casertanum
- Pisidium personatum Malm, 1855
- Pisidium obtusale obtusale
- Pisidium henslowanum
- Pisidium supinum A. Schmidt, 1851
- Pisidium hibernicum Westerlund, 1894
- Pisidium nitidum Jenyns, 1832
- Pisidium pseudosphaerium Favre, 1927
- Pisidium milium Held, 1836
- Pisidium subtruncatum Malm, 1855
- Pisidium pulchellum
- Pisidium tenuilineatum Stelfox, 1918 - recently not observed
- Pisidium moitessierianum Paladilhe, 1866
- Dreissena polymorpha - non-indigenous
- Mytilopsis leucophaeata
List of synanthropic species in the Netherlands
List :
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