The non-marine

molluscs Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil sp ...

Andorra , image_flag = Flag of Andorra.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Andorra.svg , symbol_type = Coat of arms , national_motto = la, Virtus Unita Fortior, label=none (Latin)"United virtue is stro ...

are a part of the

fauna of Andorra Fauna is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is ''flora'', and for fungi, it is '' funga''. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as '' biota''. Zoo ...

. That country is land-locked and therefore it has no marine molluscs, only land and

freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does include ...

species, including

snail A snail is, in loose terms, a shelled gastropod. The name is most often applied to land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. However, the common name ''snail'' is also used for most of the members of the molluscan class Gastro ...

slug Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc. The word ''slug'' is also often used as part of the common name of any gastropod mollusc that has no shell, a very reduced shell, or only a smal ...

s and freshwater

bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...

Freshwater gastropods

Land gastropods

Chondrinidae Chondrinidae is a family of mostly minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Pulmonata. Anatomy In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values i ...

* '' Abida occidentalis'' (Fagot, 1888) * '' Abida polyodon'' (Draparnaud, 1801) * '' Abida secale'' (Draparnaud, 1801) - the subspecies ''Abida secale andorrensis'' (Bourguignat, 1863) is native to Andorra and surrounding Spain. * '' Abida vergniesiana'' (Küster, 1847)

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 Pal ...

* ''

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 The distribution of ''Deroceras laeve'' was originally Palearctic, from ...

'' (Müller, 1774)Vicente BORREDÀ, Miguel Àngel COLLADO, Joaquín BLASCO & Juan S. ESPÍN. (1996). "Las babosas (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) de Andorra". Iberus 14(2): 25-38. * '' Deroceras agreste'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''

Deroceras reticulatum ''Deroceras reticulatum'', common names the "grey field slug" and "grey garden slug", is a species of small air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Agriolimacidae. This species is an important agricul ...

'' (Müller, 1774) * ''

Deroceras altimirai ''Deroceras'' is a taxonomic genus of small to medium sized air-breathing land slugs in the family Agriolimacidae. Description Most species reach only 30–35 mm in length (max 45 mm). Coloration varies considerably within an ...

'' Altena, 1969 * '' Deroceras levisarcobelum'' de Winter, 1986 * '' Deroceras rodnae'' Grossu et Lupu, 1965

Limacidae Limacidae, also known by their 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 The distr ...

* '' Malacolimax tenellus'' (Müller, 1774) * ''

Lehmannia marginata ''Lehmannia marginata'' is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae. Sometimes classified in the genus ''Limax'', the species is distinct in its ecology, and its nearly transpare ...

'' (Müller, 1774) * ''

Lehmannia valentiana ''Ambigolimax valentianus'' (also known as ''Lehmannia valentiana'') is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae. Description '' External appearance does not reliably distinguish ...

'' (Férussac, 1821) * '' Limax maximus'' Linnaeus, 1758

Boettgerillidae ''Boettgerilla'' is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Boettgerillidae. The generic name ''Boettgerilla'' is named after the German malacologist Oskar Boettger. Taxonomy ''Boettger ...

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Boettgerilla pallens ''Boettgerilla pallens'', common name the worm slug, is a European species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Boettgerillidae. Distribution The type locality of ''Boettger ...

'' Simroth, 1912 Arionidae * ''

Arion lusitanicus ''Arion lusitanicus'', also known by its common name Portuguese slug, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Arionidae. Distribution ''Arion lusitanicus'' is endemic to forests of the ...

'' Mabille, 1868 * ''

Arion subfuscus ''Arion subfuscus'' is a species of land slug. It forms a species complex In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often u ...

'' (Draparnaud, 1805) * ''

Arion hortensis ''Arion hortensis'', also known by its common name the "garden slug", "small striped slug" or "black field slug" is a species of small air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Arionidae, the roundback ...

'' Férussac, 1819 * ''

Arion intermedius ''Arion intermedius'' is a species of land slug in the family Arionidae, the roundback slugs. It is known commonly as the hedgehog slug,

Hygromiidae Hygromiidae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea. Helicellidae Ihering, 1909 Anatomy Some snails in genera within this family create ...

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Hygromia golasi ''Hygromia golasi'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. This species is endemic to Andorra , image_flag = F ...

'' Prieto & Puente, 1992 - endemicMollusc Specialist Group (1996)
''Hygromia golasi''2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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Bivalves

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Molluscs Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil sp ...

Freshwater gastropods

Land gastropods

Bivalves

See also

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