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List of non-marine molluscs of Georgia

List of non-marine molluscs of Georgia

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The non-marine molluscs of the country of Georgia are a part of the molluscan fauna of Georgia.

Summary table of number of species
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Location of Georgia

Georgia lies in the Caucasus ecoregion, that is a biodiversity hotspot.[1] Georgia has majority of Caucasian endemic species of gastropods.[1]

Freshwater gastropods

Lymnaeidae

Physidae

Planorbidae

Land gastropods

Species of land gastropods of Georgia include:

Cyclophoridae

  • Caspicyclotus sieversi (L. Pfeiffer, 1871)[1]

Diplommatinidae

  • Toffoletia lederi (O. Boettger, 1881)[1]

Aciculidae

  • Acicula limbata Reuss, 1860[3]
  • Acicula moussoni O. Boettger, 1879[1]

Cochlostomatidae

  • Cochlostoma lederi (O. Boettger, 1881)[3]

Pomatiidae

Ellobiidae

Succineidae

Cochlicopidae

Orculidae

  • Pilorcula aspinosa Hausdorf, 1996[1]
  • Pilorcula pusilla Hausdorf, 1996[1]
  • Schileykula batumensis (Retowski, 1889)[1]

Pupillidae

Chondrinidae

Lauriidae

  • Euxinolauria caucasica (L. pfeiffer, 1857)[1]
  • Euxinolauria glomerosa Suvorov & Schileyko, 1991[1]
  • Euxinolauria honesta Suvorov & Schileyko, 1991[1]
  • Euxinolauria nemethi (Hausdorf, 1996)[1]
  • Euxinolauria paulinae (Lindholm, 1913)[1]
  • Euxinolauria pulchra (Retowski, 1883)[1]
  • Euxinolauria rectidentata Schileyko, 1975[1]
  • Euxinolauria silicea Schileyko, 1975[1]
  • Euxinolauria sinangula Schileyko, 1975[1]
  • Euxinolauria superstructa (Mousson, 1876)[1]
  • Euxinolauria tenuimarginata (Pilsbry, 1922)[1]
  • Euxinolauria zonifera (Pilsbry, 1934)[1]

Vertiginidae

  • Vertigo sieversi (O. Boettger, 1879)[1]

Enidae

  • Adzharia renschi Hesse, 1933[1]
  • Akramowskiella andronakii (Lindholm, 1913)[1]
  • Akramowskiella umbrosa (Kobelt, 1902)[1]
  • Andronakia catenulata (Lindholm, 1914)[1]
  • Caucasicola raddei (Kobelt, 1880)[1] / Ena raddei (Kobelt, 1880)
  • Chondrula sunzhica Steklov, 1962[1]
  • Clausilioides filifer (Lindholm, 1913)[1]
  • Euchondrus acutior (Lindholm, 1922)[1]
  • Georginapaeus hohenackeri (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)[1]
  • Imparietula brevior (Mousson, 1876)[1]
  • Improvisa pupoides (Krynicki, 1833)[1]
  • Ljudmilena sieversi (Mousson, 1873)[1]
  • Ljudmilena tricolis (Mousson, 1876)[1]
  • Peristoma boettgeri (Clessin, 1883)[1]
  • Peristoma lanceum Schileyko, 1984[1]
  • Pseudochondrula lederi (O. Boettger, 1883)[1]
  • Pseudochondrula sinistrosa Kokotschashvili & Schileyko, 1984[1]
  • Pseudochondrula tetrodon (Mortillet, 1854)[1]
  • Pseudochondrula tuberifera (O. Boettger, 1879)[1]
  • Retowskia schlaeflii (Mousson, 1863)[1]

Clausiliidae

  • Acrotoma baryshnikovi Likharev & Schileyko, 2007[1]
  • Acrotoma claussi Nordsieck, 1977[1]
  • Acrotoma gegica Suvorov, 2002[1]
  • Acrotoma juliae Suvorov, 2002[1]
  • Acrotoma komarowi (O. Boettger, 1881)[1]
  • Acrotoma laccata (O. Boettger, 1881)[1]
  • Armenica gracillima (Retowski, 1889)[1]
  • Armenica griseofusca (Mousson, 1676)[1]
  • Armenica unicristata (O. Boettger, 1877)[1]
  • Caspiophaedusa perlucens (O. Boettger, 1877)[1]
  • Elia derasa (Mousson, 1863)[1]
  • Elia ossetica (Mousson, 1863)[1]
  • Elia somchetica (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)[1]
  • Elia tuschetica Likharev et Lezhawa, 1961[1]
  • Euxinastra hamata (O. Boettger, 1888)[1]
  • Filosa filosa (Mousson, 1863)[1]
  • Kazancia lindholm (Kobelt in Lindholm, 1912)[1]
  • Mentissoidea rupicola (Mortillet, 1854)[1]
  • Micropontica closta (O. Boettger, 1881)[1]
  • Mucronaria acuminata (Mousson, 1876)[1]
  • Mucronaria duboisi (Chrapentier, 1852)[1]
  • Mucronaria index (Mousson, 1863)[1]
  • Mucronaria pleuroptychia (O. Boettger, 1878)[1]
  • Mucronaria strauchi (O. Boettger, 1878)[1]
  • Pontophaedusa funiculum (Mousson, 1856)[4][1]
  • Pravispira semilamellata (Mousson, 1863)[1]
  • Quadriplicata aggesta (O. Boettger, 1879)[1]
  • Quadriplicata dipolauchen (O. Boettger, 1881)[1]
  • Quadriplicata lederi (O. Boettger, 1879)[1]
  • Quadriplicata pumiliformis (O. Boettger, 1881)[1]
  • Quadriplicata quadriplicata (A. Schmidt, 1868)[1]
  • Quadriplicata subaggesta (Retowski, 1887)[1]
  • Scrobifera taurica (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)[1]
  • Serrulina sieversi Likharev, 1962[1]
  • Serrulinella senghanensis (Germain, 1933)[1]
  • Strigileuxina lindholmi (Lindholm, 1912)[1]
  • Strigileuxina reuleauxi (O. Boettger, 1887)[1]

Spiraxidae

  • Poiretia mingrelica (O. Boettger, 1881)[1]

Oxychilidae

  • Conulopolita cavatica (Riedel, 1966)[1]
  • Conulopolita raddei (O. Boettger, 1879)[1]
  • Conulopolita sieversi (O. Boettgeri, 1879)[1]
  • Discoxychilus lindholmi Reidel, 1966[1]
  • Oxychilus andronakii (Lindholm, 1914)[1]
  • Oxychilus birsteini Tzvetkov, 1940[1]
  • Oxychilus crenimargo (Retowskii, 1889)[1]
  • Oxychilus decipiens (O. Boettger, 1886)[1]
  • Oxychilus difficilis (O. Boettger, 1888)[1]
  • Oxychilus discrepans (Retowski, 1889)[1]
  • Oxychilus duboisi (Charpentier in Mousson, 1863)[1]
  • Oxychilus imperator Reidel, 1966[1]
  • Oxychilus Koutaisanus (Mousson, 1863)[1]
  • Oxychilus lederi (O. Boettger, 1880)[1]
  • Oxychilus oschtenicus (O. Boettger, 1888)[1]
  • Oxychilus retowskii (Lindholm, 1914)[1]
  • Oxychilus suaneticus (O. Boettgeri, 1883)[1]
  • Oxychilus sucinaceus (O. Boettger, 1883)[1]
  • Daudebardia nivea Schileyko, 1988[1]
  • Inguria wagneri (Rosen, 1911)[1]
  • Sieversia heydeni (O. Boettger, 1879)[1]
  • Szuchumiella jetschini (A. Wagner, 1895)[1]
  • Vitrinoxychilus subsuturalis (O. Boettger, 1888)[1]
  • Vitrinoxychilus suturalis (O. Boettger, 1881)[1]

Pristilomatidae

  • Vitrea contortula (Krynicki, 1837)[1]
  • Vitrea praetermissa Reidel, 1988[1]
  • Vitrea rhododendronis Reidel, 1966[1]
  • Vitrea sorella (Mousson, 1863)[1]

Vitrinidae

  • Trochovitrina lederi (O. Boettger, 1879)[1]

Trigonochlamydidae

Boettgerillidae

Milacidae

Agriolimacidae

Limacidae

  • Caucasolimax caucasicus (Simroth, 1898)[1]
  • Eumilax brandti (Martens, 1880)[1]
  • Eumilax intermittens (O. Boettger, 1883)[1]
  • Gigantomilax koenigi (Simroth, 1912)[1]
  • Gigantomilax lederi (O. Boettger, 1883)[1]
  • Gigantomilax monticola (O. Boettger, 1881)[1]
  • Metalimax elegans Simroth, 1901[1]
  • Metalimax varius (O. Boettger, 1884)[1]

Hygromiidae

  • Caucasigena abchasica (Lindholm, 1927)[1]
  • Caucasigena armeniaca (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)[1]
  • Caucasigena eichwaldi (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)[1]
  • Caucasigena rengarteni Lindholm, 1913[1]
  • Caucasigena schaposchnikovi Rosen, 1911[1]
  • Caucasigena thalestris (Lindholm, 1927)[1]
  • Caucasocressa dasilepida (Mabille, 1881)[1]
  • Caucasocressa ibera Hausdorf, 2003[1]
  • Caucasocressa joannis (Mortillet, 1854)[1][7]
  • Circassina frutis (L. pfeiffer, 1859)[1] - Circassina frutis frutis, Circassina frutis circassica and Circassina frutis veselyi (subgenus Circassina)[8]
  • Circassina pachnodes (O. Boettger, 1884)[1]
  • Circassina pergranulata Hausdorf, 2001[1]
  • Circassina stephaniae (Hudec & Lezhawa, 1970)[1]
  • Euomphalia appeliana (Mousson, 1876)[1]
  • Euomphalia aristata (Krynicki, 1836)[1]
  • Fruticocampylaea kobiensis (O. Boettger, 1883)[1]
  • Fruticocampylaea narzanensis (Krynicki, 1836)[1]
  • Kalitinaia crenimargo (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)[1]
  • Kalitinaia perspectiva Hausdorf, 1993[1]
  • Kalitinaia tiflisiana (Lindholm, 1913)[1]
  • Kokotschashvilia eberhardi Schileyko, 1978[1]
  • Kokotschashvilia holotricha (O. Boettger, 1884)[1]
  • Kokotschashvilia makvalae (Hudec & Lezhawa, 1969)[1]
  • Kokotschashvilia tanta Schileyko, 1978[1]
  • Monacha (Monacha) cartusiana (O. F. Muller, 1774) - introduced[9]
  • Monacha (Paratheba) roseni (Hesse, 1914)[9][1]
  • Monacha (Metatheba) perfrequens (Hesse, 1914)[9][1]
  • Monacha (Metatheba) subcarthusiana (Lindholm, 1913)[9][1]
  • Oscarboettgeria euages (O. Boettger, 1883)[1]
  • Platytheba mingrelica (Hesse, 1921)[1]
  • Platytheba prometheus (O. Boettger, 1883)[1]
  • Shileykoia daghestana (Kobelt, 1877)[1]
  • Stenomphalia maiae (Hudec & Lezhava, 1969)[1]
  • Stenomphalia selecta (Klika, 1894)[1]
  • Teberdina flavolimbata (O. Boettger, 1883)[1]

Helicidae

  • Caucasotachea atrolabiata (Krynicki, 1833)[1]
  • Caucasotachea calligera (Dubois de Montpereux, 1840)[1]
  • Helix goderdziana Mumladze, Tarkhnishvili & Pokryszko, 2008[10][1]
  • Helix buchii (Dubios de Montpereux, 1839)[1]
  • Helix albescens Rossmässler, 1839
  • Helix lucorum Linnaeus, 1758
  • Lindholmia christophi (O. Boettger, 1881)[1] / Caucasotachea christophi (O. Boettger, 1881)
  • Lindholmia nordmanni (Mousson, 1854)[1] / Caucasotachea nordmanni (Mousson, 1854)

Bivalvia

Sphaeriidae

Hothouse aliens

See also

References

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