List of non-marine molluscs of Portugal
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The non-marine molluscs of Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

are a part of the molluscan fauna of Portugal.

There are numerous species of non-marine molluscs living in the wild in Portugal.

Land gastropods

  • Helix pomatia
    Helix pomatia
    Helix pomatia, common names the Burgundy snail, Roman snail, edible snail or escargot, is a species of large, edible, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae...



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 :...

  • Geomalacus maculosus Allman, 1843
  • Geomalacus anguiformis
    Geomalacus anguiformis
    Geomalacus anguiformis is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Arionidae, the round back slugs.- Distribution:This species occurs in south Portugal and central Spain....

    (Morelet, 1845)
  • Geomalacus oliveirae
    Geomalacus oliveirae
    Geomalacus oliveirae is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Arionidae, the round back slugs.- Distribution:Distribution of Geomalacus oliveirae include:* Portugal...

    Simroth, 1891

See also

  • List of marine molluscs of Portugal


Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:
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