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Molluscs of the Slovak Republic

The current version of the check-list follows Horsák et al. (2013) with up-to-date modifications supplemented with a reference. The fauna of Slovakia comprises 260 species, including 231 gastropods (55 aquatic and 176 terrestrial) and 29 bivalves.

As of 2. June 2023

Esperiana esperi 1
Acicula parcelineata 2
Smooth Needle Snail 3
Platyla polita
Viviparus acerosus 4
Lister's River-snail 5
Viviparus contectus
Lithoglyphus naticoides 4
New Zealand Mudsnail 6
Potamopyrgus antipodarum
Bythinella austriaca 7
Hauffenia lozekiana
Bythinella pannonica 7
Hauffenia kissdalmae
Alzoniella slovenica 8
Leach's Bithynia 9
Bithynia leachii
Mud Bithynia 10
Bithynia tentaculata
Bithynia transsilvanica 11
Theodoxus danubialis 12
River Nerite 13
Theodoxus fluviatilis
Theodoxus transversalis 9
Borysthenia naticina 9
Flat Valvata 14
Valvata cristata
Valvata macrostoma 15
European Stream Valvata 13
Valvata piscinalis
Radix ampla 16
Big-eared Radix 5
Radix auricularia
Radix ovata 17
Radix peregra 18
Great Pond Snail 19
Lymnaea stagnalis
Ladislavella occulta 20
Dwarf pond snail 21
Galba truncatula
Stagnicola corvus 16
Stagnicola palustris 22
Stagnicola turricula 13
Lake Limpet 6
Acroloxus lacustris
Moss Bladder-snail 23
Aplexa hypnorum
Physella acuta 24
Physa acuta
Common Bladder Snail 13
Physa fontinalis
Twisted Ram's-horn 25
Bathyomphalus contortus
Button Ram's-horn 9
Anisus leucostoma
Anisus septemgyratus 26
Anisus spirorbis 16
Whirlpool Ram's-horn 27
Anisus vortex
Anisus vorticulus 28
Thames Gyro 29
Gyraulus acronicus
White Gyro 22
Gyraulus albus
Star Gyro 22
Gyraulus crista
Smooth Gyro 25
Gyraulus laevis
Ash Gyro 30
Gyraulus parvus
Gyraulus riparius
Gyraulus rossmaessleri
Keeled Ram's-horn 28
Planorbis carinatus
Margined Ram's-horn 31
Planorbis planorbis
Flat Ram's-horn 15
Hippeutis complanatus
Shiny Ram's-horn 32
Segmentina nitida
Great Ram's-horn 33
Planorbarius corneus
River Limpet 34
Ancylus fluviatilis
Ferrissia californica 6
Discus perspectivus 35
Rounded Snail 15
Discus rotundatus
Discus ruderatus 36
Lucilla scintilla 37
Smooth Coil 37
Lucilla singleyana
Dwarf Snail 38
Punctum pygmaeum
Brown-banded Arion 39
Arion circumscriptus
Orange-banded Arion 40
Arion fasciatus
Forest Arion 41
Arion silvaticus
Western Dusky Slug 42
Arion subfuscus
Darkface Arion 43
Arion distinctus
Hedgehog Slug 44
Arion intermedius
Chocolate Arion 45
Arion rufus
Spanish Slug 46
Arion vulgaris
Cochlodina cerata
Plaited Door-snail 47
Cochlodina laminata
Cochlodina orthostoma 48
Alopia bielzii clathrata
Wall Snail 49
Balea perversa
Laciniaria plicata 15
Vestia elata 50
Vestia gulo 51
Vestia turgida 50
Two lipped door snail 5
Alinda biplicata
Bulgarica cana 52
Strigillaria cana
Macrogastra borealis 53
Macrogastra plicatula 34
Macrogastra tumida 54
Macrogastra ventricosa 55
Clausilia cruciata 52
Craven Door-snail 29
Clausilia dubia
Clausilia pumila 28
Pseudofusulus varians 9
Ruthenica filograna 37
Turkish Snail 56
Helix lucorum
Helix lutescens 57
Roman Snail 58
Helix pomatia
Thessalian Snail 59
Helix thessalica
Vineyard Snail 60
Caucasotachea vindobonensis
White-lipped Snail 61
Cepaea hortensis
Brown-lipped Snail 62
Cepaea nemoralis
Garden Snail 63
Cornu aspersum
Chocolate-band Snail 64
Massylaea vermiculata
Copse Snail 65
Arianta arbustorum

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