List of non-marine molluscs of Montana
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The non-marine mollusks of the state of Montana
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...

are a part of the molluscan fauna of Montana (wildlife of Montana), a northwestern state in the USA. The non-marine mollusks of Montana consist of land snails and slugs as well as freshwater snails, freshwater mussels and freshwater clams.

A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Montana.

There at least 155 species of gastropods found in Montana. Some of these species are exotics
Introduced species
An introduced species — or neozoon, alien, exotic, non-indigenous, or non-native species, or simply an introduction, is a species living outside its indigenous or native distributional range, and has arrived in an ecosystem or plant community by human activity, either deliberate or accidental...

 (not native to Montana) and some species have been designated as Species of Concern.

There are at least 42 species of freshwater bivalve
Freshwater bivalve
Freshwater bivalves are one kind of freshwater molluscs. They are bivalves which live in freshwater, as opposed to saltwater. Although the majority of species of bivalve molluscs live in the sea, a number of different families of bivalves live in freshwater...

s known in Montana
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...

. The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks
The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks is a government agency in the executive branch state of Montana in the United States with responsibility for protecting sustainable fish, wildlife, and state-owned park resources in Montana for the purpose of providing recreational activities...

 has identified a number of bivalve species as Species of Concern.
Summary table of number of species:
Numbers of molluscs by habitat Number of species
Freshwater gastropods ??
Land gastropods ??
Total number of non-marine gastropods 155
Freshwater bivalves 42
Total number of non-marine molluscs 197

Freshwater gastropods

Freshwater gastropods in Montana include:

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 tentaculata
    Bithynia tentaculata
    Bithynia 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....



Thiaridae
Thiaridae
Thiaridae, common name thiarids, is a family of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cerithioidea....

  • Melanoides tuberculata


Valvatidae
Valvatidae
Valvatidae, the valve snails, is a taxonomic family of very small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.- Taxonomy :...

  • Valvata lewisi
    Valvata lewisi
    Valvata lewisi, common name the fringed valvata, is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails.- Recommended literature :...

  • Valvata humeralis
  • Valvata sincera
    Valvata sincera
    Valvata sincera, common name the mossy valvata or boreal turret snail, is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails.-Distribution:...

  • Valvata tricarinata
    Valvata tricarinata
    Valvata tricarinata, common name the three-ridge valvata or threeridge valvata, is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails.-Distribution:...



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 :...

  • Pyrgulopsis bedfordensis
  • Fluminicola fuscus
  • Probythinella emarginata
  • Potamopyrgus antipodarum
  • Colligyrus greggi
  • Amnicola limosa
  • Amnicola currently known as "species 2" - Washington Duskysnail


Acroloxidae
Acroloxidae
Acroloxidae, commonly known as river limpets, are a taxonomic family of very small, freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod limpet-like mollusks with a simple flattened conical shell in the clade Hygrophila....

  • Acroloxus coloradensis


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 apicina
  • Radix auricularia
    Radix auricularia
    Radix auricularia, common name the big-ear radix, is a species of medium-sized freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae.Radix auricularia is the type species of the genus Radix.-Forms:...

  • Fossaria dalli
  • Stagnicola elrodi
  • Fossaria obrussa
  • Stagnicola elrodiana
  • Fossaria humilis
  • Stagnicola elodes
    Stagnicola elodes
    Stagnicola elodes is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.- Further reading :...

  • Pseudosuccinea columella
    Pseudosuccinea columella
    Pseudosuccinea columella, common name the "American ribbed fluke snail", is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails....

  • Stagnicola montanensis
  • Fossaria bulimoides
  • Fossaria parva
  • Fossaria modicella
  • Fisherola nuttalli
  • Lymnaea stagnalis
    Lymnaea stagnalis
    Lymnaea stagnalis, better known as the great pond snail, is a species of large air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae.-Distribution:The distribution of this species is Holarctic...

  • Stagnicola traski
  • Stagnicola catascopium
  • Stagnicola caperata


Physidae
Physidae
Physidae, common name bladder snails, are a monophyletic taxonomic family of small freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the clade Hygrophila....

  • Physella vinosa
  • Physa skinneri
    Physa skinneri
    Physa skinneri, common name the glass physa, is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Physidae.- Distribution :This species occurs in:* Canada* Montana, USA...

  • Aplexa elongata
  • Physa megalochlamys
  • Physa jennessi
  • Physella acuta
    Physella acuta
    Physella acuta, common name the European physa, is a species of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Physidae.-Shell description:...

  • Physella virgata
  • Physella propinqua
  • Physella columbiana
  • Physella gyrina
    Physella gyrina
    Physella gyrina common name the "tadpole physa", is a species of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Physidae.-Shell description:...

  • Physella lordi
  • Physella zionis


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....

  • Gyraulus parvus
    Gyraulus parvus
    Gyraulus parvus is a small species of freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.-Distribution:This species is native to North America:It is not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated...

  • Menetus opercularis
  • Gyraulus circumstriatus
  • Planorbella pilsbryi
  • Gyraulus deflectus
  • Planorbella trivolvis
    Planorbella trivolvis
    Planorbella trivolvis is a species of freshwater air-breathing snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids, which all have sinistral or left-coiling shells.-Description:...

  • Planorbula campestris
  • Promenetus exacuous megas
  • Planorbella subcrenata
  • Promenetus exacuous
  • Gyraulus crista
    Gyraulus crista
    Gyraulus crista, commonly called the Nautilus ramshorn, is a minute species of freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.Synonyms:* Armiger crista* Planorbis crista...

  • Planorbula armigera
  • Helisoma anceps
    Helisoma anceps
    Helisoma anceps, common name the two-ridge rams-horn, is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.-Distribution:...

  • Promenetus umbilicatellus
  • Ferrissia rivularis
  • Ferrissia fragilis
    Ferrissia fragilis
    Ferrissia fragilis is a species of small freshwater limpet, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae.- Distribution :This species is found in European countries and islands including:*Czech Republic*Germany*Netherlands*Poland...

  • Ferrissia parallelus

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Montana include:

Succineidae
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...

  • Catinella rehderi
  • Catinella vermeta
  • Oxyloma decampi
  • Oxyloma gouldi
  • Oxyloma haydeni
    Oxyloma haydeni
    Oxyloma haydeni, is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Succineidae, the amber snails.- Subspecies :* Oxyloma haydeni haydeni - Niobrara ambersnail...

  • Oxyloma missoula
  • Oxyloma nuttallianum
  • Oxyloma retusum
  • Succinea grosvenori

Arionidae
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 ater
  • Arion circumscriptus
    Arion circumscriptus
    Arion circumscriptus, common name Brown-banded arion, 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:...

  • Arion distinctus
    Arion distinctus
    Arion distinctus, common name the darkface arion, is species of air-breathing land slug in the family Arionidae, sometimes known as the roundback slugs...

  • Arion fasciatus
    Arion fasciatus
    Arion fasciatus, common name the Orange-banded Arion, is a species of air-breathing, completely shell-less, land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Arionidae, the round-back slugs, first described by Sven Nilsson in 1823....

  • Arion intermedius
    Arion intermedius
    Arion intermedius is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Arionidae. This slug is sometimes called by the common name "hedgehog slug" or "hedgehog arion" because when the slug is resting in the contracted state, the tubercles on its back look...

  • Arion rufus
  • Arion subfuscus
  • Hemphillia camelus
    Hemphillia camelus
    Hemphillia camelus is a species of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Arionidae, the roundback slugs....

  • Hemphillia danielsi
    Hemphillia danielsi
    Hemphillia danielsi is a species of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Arionidae, the roundback slugs....

  • Kootenaia burkei
  • Magnipelta mycophaga
  • Prophysaon andersoni
  • Prophysaon humile
  • Udosarx lyrata - with subspecies: Udosarx lyrata lyrata and Udosarx lyrata russelli
  • Zacoleus idahoensis


Megomphicidae
Megomphicidae
Megomphicidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Acavoidea .-Genera:...

  • Polygyrella polygyrella


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

  • Columella columella
    Columella columella
    Columella columella is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the vertigo snails.This species is not listed in the IUCN red list and not evaluated...

  • Columella edentula
    Columella edentula
    Columella edentula, common name the "toothless column snail", is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Vertiginidae.-Distribution:...

  • Gastrocopta armifera
    Gastrocopta armifera
    Gastrocopta armifera, common name the armed snaggletooth, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae.- Distribution :...

  • Gastrocopta holzingeri
  • Gastrocopta pentodon
    Gastrocopta pentodon
    Gastrocopta pentodon, common name the comb snaggletooth, is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the vertigo snails.- External links :*...

  • Vertigo binneyana
  • Vertigo concinnula
  • Vertigo cristata
  • Vertigo elatior
  • Vertigo gouldi
  • Vertigo modesta
    Vertigo modesta
    Vertigo modesta, common name cross vertigo, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the vertigo snails.-Distribution:...

  • Vertigo ovata
    Vertigo ovata
    Vertigo ovata, common name the ovate vertigo, is a species of gastropod in the Vertiginidae family....



Pupillidae
Pupillidae
Pupillidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the clade Stylommatophora....

  • Pupilla blandi
    Pupilla blandi
    Pupilla blandi, common name the Rocky Mountain column, is a species of very small or minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pupillidae.- External links :...

  • Pupilla hebes
  • Pupilla muscorum
    Pupilla muscorum
    Pupilla muscorum is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pupillidae.- Taxonomy :A variety Pupilla muscorum var...

  • Pupilla syngenes


Discidae
Discidae
Discidae is a taxonomic family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea.-Genera:The family Discidae has no subfamilies...

  • Anguispira kochi
  • Discus whitneyi
  • Discus brunsoni
  • Discus shimekii

Limacidae
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 maximus


Agriolimacidae
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 laeve
    Deroceras laeve
    Deroceras laeve, the marsh slug, is a species of small air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Agriolimacidae.-Distribution:...

  • Deroceras panormitanum
    Deroceras panormitanum
    Deroceras panormitanum, previously known as Deroceras caruanae and as Agriolimax caruanae, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Agriolimacidae....

  • 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...



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

  • Nesovitrea electrina
  • Nesovitrea binneyana
    Nesovitrea binneyana
    Nesovitrea binneyana, common name the blue glass snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails....

  • Oxychilus draparnaudi
    Oxychilus draparnaudi
    Oxychilus draparnaudi is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.-Shell description:...

  • Oxychilus alliarius
    Oxychilus alliarius
    Oxychilus alliarius, common name the "garlic snail" or "garlic glass-snail", is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails....



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

  • Striatura pugetensis
  • Zonitoides arboreus
    Zonitoides arboreus
    Zonitoides arboreus is species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae.-Distribution:The native distribution of Zonitoides arboreus includes:* North America...

  • Zonitoides nitidus
    Zonitoides nitidus
    Zonitoides nitidus is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae.Zonitoides nitidus is the type species of the genus Zonitoides.-Distribution:...



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,...

  • Hawaiia minuscula
    Hawaiia minuscula
    Hawaiia minuscula, common name the minute gem or minute gem snail, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pristilomatidae.- Distribution :Non-indigenous:...

  • Pristiloma arcticum
  • Pristiloma chersinella
  • Pristiloma wascoense


Vitrinidae
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 :...



Euconulidae
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...



Haplotrematidae
Haplotrematidae
Haplotrematidae is a taxonomic family of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rhytidoidea.-Distribution:These are North American land snails...

  • Haplotrema vancouverense
    Haplotrema vancouverense
    Haplotrema vancouverense, common name the robust lancetooth, is a species of predatory air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Haplotrematidae....



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

  • Oreohelix alpina
  • Oreohelix amariradix
  • Oreohelix carinifera
    Oreohelix carinifera
    Oreohelix carinifera, common name keeled mountainsnail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oreohelicidae.- Original description :...

  • Oreohelix elrodi
  • Oreohelix haydeni
  • Oreohelix pygmaea
  • Oreohelix strigosa - with subspecies: Oreohelix strigosa berryi and Oreohelix strigosa depressa
  • Oreohelix subrudis
    Oreohelix subrudis
    Oreohelix subrudis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oreohelicidae....

  • Oreohelix yavapai - with subspecies: Oreohelix yavapai mariae'


Polygyridae
Polygyridae
Polygyridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.The Polygyridae make up a significant proportion of the land snail fauna of eastern North America, and are also found in western North America, northern Central America, and...

  • Allogona ptychophora
    Allogona ptychophora
    Allogona ptychophora is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae....

  • Cryptomastix mullani
    Cryptomastix mullani
    Cryptomastix mullani, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae.- Subspecies :*Cryptomastix mullani blandi *Cryptomastix mullani clappi...

  • Cryptomastix sanburni


Cochlicopidae
Cochlicopidae
Cochlicopidae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cochlicopoidea.-Anatomy:...

  • Cochlicopa lubrica
    Cochlicopa lubrica
    Cochlicopa lubrica is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlicopidae.This species can be hard to differentiate from the similar species Cochlicopa lubricella.-Taxonomy:...



Charopidae
Charopidae
Charopidae is a taxonomic family of small air-breathing land snails , terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea .- Subfamilies and genera :The family Charopidae consists of the following subfamilies:* Charopinae Hutton, 1884 - synonyms:...

  • Radiodiscus abietum


Punctidae
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 ....

  • Paralaoma caputspinulae
  • Punctum randolphi
    Punctum randolphi
    Punctum randolphi is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Punctidae, the dot snails.-Shell description:...

  • Punctum californicum
  • Punctum minutissimum
    Punctum minutissimum
    Punctum minutissimum is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Punctidae, the dot snails.-Shell description:...



Thysanophoridae
Thysanophoridae
Thysanophoridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea .These are common woodland snails of North America...

  • Microphysula ingersolli


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

  • Vallonia albula
  • Vallonia costata
    Vallonia costata
    Vallonia costata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in areas including:* Great Britain* Ireland* Czech Republic* Slovakia* Poland...

  • Vallonia cyclophorella
    Vallonia cyclophorella
    Vallonia cyclophorella, common name Silky Vallonia, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae....

  • Vallonia gracilicosta
    Vallonia gracilicosta
    Vallonia gracilicosta, common name multirib vallonia or Multiribbed Vallonia, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae.- Subspecies :...

  • Vallonia perspectiva
  • Vallonia pulchella
    Vallonia pulchella
    Vallonia pulchella, common name the lovely vallonia, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in countries and islands including:...

  • Zoogenetes harpa

Freshwater bivalves

Freshwater bivalves in Montana include:

Margaritiferidae
Margaritiferidae
Margaritiferidae is a family of medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the order Unionoida. They are known as freshwater pearl mussels, because they are capable of producing pearls.-Genera within the family Margaritiferidae:...

  • Margaritifera falcata


Unionidae
Unionidae
Unionidae is a family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionoida, the bivalve mollusks sometimes known as river mussels, naiads, or simply as unionids.The range of distribution for this family is world-wide...

  • Lampsilis siliquoidea
    Lampsilis siliquoidea
    Lampsilis siliquoidea also known as the Fatmucket Clam is a species of freshwater bivalve in the Unionidae family. It is widespread in North America, found in the drainages of both the Mississippi River, the Great Lakes, and Hudson Bay....

  • Lasmigona complanata
  • Ligumia recta
    Ligumia recta
    Ligumia recta is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.This species is found in eastern North America. It is native to the drainages of the Mississippi River, the drainages of the Great Lakes, and some Gulf Coast drainages....

  • Pyganodon grandis
  • Quadrula quadrula
    Quadrula quadrula
    The mapleleaf, scientific name Quadrula quadrula, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.This species is endemic to the United States.-References:...



Sphaeriidae
Sphaeriidae
The Sphaeriidae are a family of small to minute freshwater bivalve molluscs, in the order Veneroida. In the USA they are commonly known as the pea clams and the fingernail clams.-Genera:Genera in the family Sphaeriidae include:* Musculium...

 
  • Musculium lacustre
    Musculium lacustre
    Musculium lacustre is a species of small freshwater clam, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Sphaeriidae, the fingernail clams and pea clams.-Distribution:...

  • Musculium partumeium
  • Musculium securis
  • Musculium transversum
    Musculium transversum
    Musculium lacustre is a species of freshwater bivalve from family Sphaeriidae.-Distribution and conservation status:* Not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated * Germany...

  • Pisidium adamsi
  • Pisidium arbortivum
  • Pisidium casertanum
    Pisidium casertanum
    Pisidium casertanum, the pea cockle or pea clam, is a minute freshwater bivalve mollusc of the family Sphaeriidae.- Description :...

  • Pisidium compressum
  • Pisidium conventus
    Pisidium conventus
    Arctic-alpine Pea Clam, Pisidium conventus is a species of freshwater bivalve from family Sphaeriidae.-Distribution and conservation status:* Not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated * Germany - endangered...

  • Pisidium fallax
  • Pisidium ferrugineum
  • Pisidium idahoense
  • Pisidium imbecille
  • Pisidium insigne
  • Pisidium lilljeborgii
    Pisidium lilljeborgii
    Pisidium lilljeborgii is a species of freshwater bivalve from family Sphaeriidae.-Distribution and conservation status:* Not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated * Germany - high endangered...

  • Pisidium milium
    Pisidium milium
    Pisidium milium is a species of very small freshwater bivalve in the family Sphaeriidae, the fingernail clams and pea clams.-Distribution :The native distribution of this species is Holarctic.* Czech Republic - in Bohemia, in Moravia, vulnerable...

  • Pisidium nitidum
    Pisidium nitidum
    Pisidium nitidum or the "shining pea clam" is a species of minute freshwater clam, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Sphaeriidae, the pea clams and fingernail clams.The adult size of the shell of this species is 3 mm.-Distribution:...

  • Pisidium obtusale
    Pisidium obtusale
    Pisidium obtusale is a species of freshwater bivalve from family Sphaeriidae.-Distribution:It's native distribution is Holarctic.* Czech Republic - in Bohemia, in Moravia, near threatened * Germany -...

  • Pisidium ovum
  • Pisidium roperi
  • Pisidium rotundatum
  • Pisidium scutulatum
  • Pisidium subtruncatum
    Pisidium subtruncatum
    Pisidium subtruncatum is a species of pill clam, a minute freshwater bivalve in the family Sphaeriidae.-Distribution:Its native distribution is Holarctic.* Czech Republic - in Bohemia, in Moravia, least concern...

  • Pisidium variabile - with subspecies: Pisidium variabile magnum
  • Pisidium ventricosum
  • Pisidium walkeri
  • Sphaerium fabale
  • Sphaerium nitidum
  • Sphaerium occidentale
  • Sphaerium patella
  • Sphaerium rhomboideum
  • Sphaerium simile
  • Sphaerium striatinum
  • Sphaerium sulcatum
  • Sphaerium tenue

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