List of non-marine molluscs of Greece
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The non-marine molluscs of Greece
Greece
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are a part of the molluscan fauna of Greece (wildlife of Greece).

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 Greece.

Freshwater gastropods

Hydrobiidae
Hydrobiidae
Hydrobiidae, common name mud snails, is a large cosmopolitan taxonomic family of very small freshwater snails and brackish water snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha.- Distribution :...

  • Graecoanatolica macedonica
    Graecoanatolica macedonica
    †Graecoanatolica macedonica is an extinct species of small freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hybrobiidae.-Distribution:...

    Radoman & Stankovic, 1979 - extinct, it was endemic to the Lake Dorjan in the Macedonia
    Republic of Macedonia
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     and in Greece.

Land gastropods

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

  • Acicula hausdorfi
    Acicula hausdorfi
    Acicula hausdorfi is a species of very small land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Aciculidae.-Distribution:This species is endemic to Greece.- External links :...

    Boeters, Gittenberger & Subai, 1989 - endemic to Greece
  • Platyla peloponnesica
    Platyla peloponnesica
    Platyla peloponnesica is a species of land snail, gastropod in the Aciculidae family. It is endemic to Greece.- External links :* http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=2817...

    Boeters, Gittenberger & Subai, 1989 - endemic to Greece


Pristilomatidae
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,...

  • Gyralina hausdorfi
    Gyralina hausdorfi
    Gyralina hausdorfi is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pristilomatidae.Gyralina hausdorfi is considered to be extinct....

    Riedel, 1990 - extinct, it was endemic to Greece


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

  • Oxychilus amaltheae
    Oxychilus amaltheae
    Oxychilus amaltheae is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails. This species is endemic to Greece....

    Riedel & Subai, 1982 - endemic to Greece


Zonitidae
Zonitidae
Zonitidae, common name the true glass snails, are a family of mostly rather small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Zonitoidea....

  • Zonites anaphiensis
    Zonites anaphiensis
    Zonites anaphiensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Zonitidae. This species is endemic to Greece.- External links :*Animal Base info...

    Riedel & Mylonas, 1981 - endemic to Greece
  • Zonites embolium
    Zonites embolium
    Zonites embolium is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Zonitidae.The subspecies Zonites embolium elevatus Riedel & Mylonas, 1997, that was endemic to Dodecanese Islands, is considered to be extinct.- External links :*...

    Fuchs & Käufel, 1936
    • Zonites embolium elevatus Riedel & Mylonas, 1997 - extinct, it was endemic to Greece
  • Zonites santoriniensis
    Zonites santoriniensis
    Zonites santoriniensis is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Zonitidae.Zonites santoriniensis is considered to be extinct.- Distribution :...

    Riedel & Norris, 1987 - extinct, it was endemic to Greece
  • Zonites siphnicus
    Zonites siphnicus
    Zonites siphnicus is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Zonitidae.Zonites siphnicus is considered to be extinct.- Distribution :...

    Fuchs & Käufel, 1936 - extinct, it was endemic to Greece


Clausiliidae
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....



genus Inchoatia has three species and is endemic to Greece
  • Inchoatia haussknechti
    Inchoatia haussknechti
    Inchoatia haussknechti is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.- Description :...

    (O. Boettger, 1886)
  • Inchoatia inchoata
    Inchoatia inchoata
    Inchoatia inchoata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.- Description :...

    (O. Boettger, 1889)
  • Inchoatia megdova
    Inchoatia megdova
    Inchoatia megdova is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.-Description:...

    (Nordsieck, 1974)


Sphincterochilidae
Sphincterochilidae
Sphincterochilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea ....

  • Sphincterochila insularis
    Sphincterochila insularis
    Sphincterochila insularis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Sphincterochilidae....

    (Boettger, 1894)


Helicidae
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....

  • Codringtonia acarnanica (Kobelt, 1902) - endemic to Greece
  • Codringtonia codringtonii (J. E. Gray, 1834) - endemic to Greece
  • Helix godetiana
    Helix godetiana
    Helix godetiana is a species of large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. This species is endemic to Greece.- External links :*...

    Kobelt, 1878 - endemic to Greece

See also

  • List of marine molluscs of Greece


Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:
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