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 species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is estim ...

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ...

are a part of the molluscan

fauna of Armenia Fauna in Armenia is diverse given the country's relatively small geographic size, owing to the varied habitats created by the area's mountainous terrain. Armenia is an important area for migratory animals, about 350 different bird species were re ...

( wildlife of Armenia). A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Armenia.

Freshwater gastropods

Hydrobiidae Hydrobiidae, commonly known as mud snails, is a large cosmopolitan family of very small freshwater and brackish water snails with an operculum; they are in the order Littorinimorpha. Distribution Hydrobiidae are found in much of the world, ...

* '' Nicolaia schniebsae'' Glöer, Bößneck, Walther & Neiber, 2015Peter Glöer, Ulrich Bößneck, Frank Walther & Marco Thomas Neiber (2015). "New taxa of freshwater molluscs from Armenia (Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloidea: Hydrobiidae)".

Folia Malacologica ''La Folía'' (Spanish), or ''Follies'' (English), also known as ''folies d'Espagne'' (French), ''La Follia'' (Italian), and ''Folia'' (Portuguese), is one of the oldest remembered European musical themes, or primary material, generally melodic, ...

24(1): 3–8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.12657/folmal.024.001 * '' Shadinia akramowskii'' (Zhadin, 1952) * '' Shadinia bjniensis'' Glöer, Bößneck, Walther & Neiber, 2015 * '' Shadinia terpoghassiani'' (Akramowski, 1952)

Valvatidae ''Valvatidae'', the valve snails, is a taxonomic family of very small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks. Taxonomy The family Valvatidae has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouche ...

* '' Valvata armeniaca'' Glöer & Walther, 2019

Land gastropods

Pomatiidae The family Pomatiidae is a taxonomic family of small operculate land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that can be found over the warmer parts of the Old World. In the older literature, this family is designated as Pomatiasidae. This famil ...

* '' Pomatias rivulare'' (Eichwald, 1829)N. V. Gural-Sverlova, A. L. Amiryan & R. I. Gural (2017). "Land molluscs of Southern Armenia (Syunik Region)".

Ruthenica ''Ruthenica'' is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Clausiliinae of the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. ...

27(3): 109-118. Carychiidae * ''

Carychium minimum ''Carychium minimum'' is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae. Description The width of the shell is 0.9-1.1 mm. The height of the shell is 1.6-2.2 mm. It ...

'' O.F.Müller, 1774 Succineidae * '' Succinella oblonga'' (Draparnaud, 1801) * ''

Oxyloma elegans ''Oxyloma elegans'' is a species of small European land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Succineidae, the amber snails. Description The shell usually has fewer than 3 whorls. The body whorl is very la ...

'' (Risso, 1826) * ''

Oxyloma sarsii ''Oxyloma sarsii'' is a species of small European land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Succineidae, the amber snails. Description Only reliably separated from the very similar '' Oxyloma elegans'' by ...

'' (Esmark, 1886)

Cochlicopidae Cochlicopidae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cochlicopoidea. Anatomy In this family, the number of haploid chromosome A chromosome is a long DN ...

* ''

Cochlicopa lubrica ''Cochlicopa lubrica'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlicopidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cochlicopa lubrica (O. F. Müller, 1774). Accessed through: ...

'' (O.F.Müller, 1774) * ''

Cochlicopa lubricella ''Cochlicopa lubricella'' is a European species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlicopidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cochlicopa lubricella (Porro, 1838). Accessed thr ...

'' (Porro, 1838)

Orculidae Orculidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails; terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea Pupilloidea is a superfamily of small and very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastr ...

* ''

Orculella ruderalis ''Orculella'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orculidae. The genus ''Orculella'' occurs in the whole Mediterranean region. The richest areas in terms of species are Turkey and th ...

'' Akramowski, 1947N. V. Gural-Sverlova, A. L. Amiryan & R. I. Gural (2017). "Addition to the studies of land molluscs of Armenia".

27(2): 87-93. * ''

Sphyradium doliolum ''Sphyradium doliolum'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orculidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Sphyradium doliolum (Bruguière, 1792). Accessed through: World Regis ...

'' (Bruguière, 1792) Lauriidae * ''

Lauria cylindracea ''Lauria cylindracea'', common name "the common chrysalis snail", is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lauriidae. Description For terms see gastropod shell The 3-4 x 1.8 mm ...

'' (Da Costa, 1778)

Valloniidae Valloniidae is a taxonomic family of small and minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Valloniidae Morse, 1864. Accessed through: Worl ...

* ''

Acanthinula aculeata ''Acanthinula aculeata'' is a species of minute, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Valloniidae. Description For terms see gastropod shell. The 1.9-2.1 mm. shell is sligh ...

'' (O.F.Müller, 1774) * ''

Vallonia costata ''Vallonia costata'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia costata (O. F. Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World Re ...

'' (O.F.Müller, 1774) * '' Vallonia pulchella'' (O.F.Müller, 1774)

Pupillidae Pupillidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pupillidae W. Turton, 1831. Accessed through: ...

* '' Pupilla bipapulata'' Akramowski, 1947 * '' Pupilla inops'' (Reinhardt, 1877) * '' Pupilla kyrostriata'' Walther & Hausdorf, 2014 * ''

Pupilla muscorum ''Pupilla muscorum'', commonly known as the Moss Chrysalis snail or widespread column, is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pupillidae. Taxonomy A variety ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Pupilla triplicata'' (Studer, 1820) * '' Gibbulinopsis interrupta'' (Reinhardt, 1876) * '' Gibbulinopsis signata'' (Mousson, 1873)

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

* '' Vertigo antivertigo'' (Draparnaud, 1801) * '' Vertigo moulinsiana'' (Dupuy, 1849) * '' Vertigo nitidula'' (Mousson, 1876) * '' Columella columella'' (Martens, 1830) * '' Columella edentula'' (Draparnaud, 1805) * '' Truncatellina callicratis'' (Scacchi, 1833) * ''

Truncatellina costulata ''Truncatellina costulata'' is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Truncatellinidae. Distribution This species occurs in: * Czech Republic - in Bohemia and in Moravia. Hor ...

'' (Nilsson, 1822) * ''

Truncatellina cylindrica ''Truncatellina cylindrica'' is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Truncatellinidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Truncatellina cylindrica (J. B. Férussac, 1807) ...

'' (Férussac, 1807) Chondrinidae * '' Chondrina granum'' (Draparnaud, 1801) Pyramidulidae * '' Pyramidula pusilla'' (Vallot, 1801) Enidae * '' Akramovskiella schuschaensis'' (Kobelt, 1902) * '' Geminula isseliana'' (Bourguignat in Issel, 1865) * '' Imparietula brevior'' (Mousson, 1876) * '' Ljudmilena sieversi'' (Mousson, 1873) * '' Merdigera obscura'' (O.F.Müller, 1774) * '' Pseudochondrula tetrodon'' (Mortillet, 1854) * '' Chondrula cf. sunzhica'' Steklov, 1962 * '' Chondrula tridens'' (O.F.Müller, 1774) * '' Georginapaeus hohenackeri'' (L.Pfeiffer, 1848) * '' Improvisa pupoides'' (Krynicki, 1833)

Clausiliidae Clausiliidae, also known by their common name the door snails, are a taxonomic family of small, very elongate, mostly left-handed, air-breathing land snails, sinistral terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). Mollusca ...

* '' Caspiophaedusa perlucens'' (O.Boettger, 1877) * '' Akramowskia akramowskii'' (Likharev, 1962) * '' Akramowskia valentini'' (Loosjes, 1964) * '' Armenica disjuncta armenica'' Nordsieck, 1977 * '' Armenica likharevi'' Nordsieck, 1975 * '' Armenica narineae'' Gevorgyan & Egorov, 2020Gevorgyan, H. & Egorov, R. (2020). "A new species of the genus Armenica O. Boettger, 1877 (Mollusca: Stylommatophora: Clausiliidae) from Armenia".

30(1): 1-6. * '' Armenica unicristata'' (O. Boettger, 1877) * '' Elia derasa'' (Mousson, 1863) * '' Mentissoidea rupicola'' (Mortillet, 1854) * '' Scrobifera taurica'' (L.Pfeiffer, 1848) * '' Mucronaria duboisi'' (Charpentier, 1852) * '' Quadriplicata quadriplicata'' (A.Schmidt, 1868) Ferussaciidae * '' Cecilioides acicula'' (O.F.Müller, 1774)

Punctidae Punctidae, common name the "dot snails" or "pinhead snails", is a family of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the informal group Sigmurethra (according to the taxonomy of the Ga ...

* '' Punctum pygmaeum'' (Draparnaud, 1801) Discidae * '' Discus ruderatus'' (Férussac, 1821) Pristilomatidae * '' Vitrea contortula'' (Krynicki, 1837) * '' Vitrea pygmaea'' (O.Boettger, 1880)

Oxychilidae Oxychilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea. Distribution The distribution of Oxychilidae includes the Nearctic, western- Palearctic, eastern-P ...

* '' Conulopolita sieversi'' (O.Boettger, 1879) * '' Perpolita petronella'' (L.Pfeiffer, 1853) * '' Eopolita derbentina'' (O.Boettger, 1886) * '' Oxychilus cf. filicum'' (Krynicki, 1836) * '' Oxychilus koutaisanus koutaisanus'' (Mousson, 1863) * '' Oxychilus koutaisanus mingrelicus'' (Mousson, 1863) * '' Oxychilus subeffusus'' (O.Boettger, 1879) Vitrinidae * ''

Vitrina pellucida ''Vitrina pellucida'' is species of small land snail, a terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vitrinidae, the glass snails. Description This species is a 'semi-slug' with a flattened, globular shell. The ...

'' (O.F.Müller, 1774) * '' Phenacolimax annularis'' (Studer, 1820)

Gastrodontidae Gastrodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaB ...

* '' Aegopinella pura'' (Alder, 1830) * ''

Zonitoides nitidus ''Zonitoides nitidus'' (sometimes ''Zonitoides nitida'') is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Gastrodontidae. ''Zonitoides nitidus'' is the type species of the genus '' Zonitoid ...

'' (O.F.Müller, 1774)

Euconulidae Euconulidae is a taxonomic family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the superfamily Trochomorphoidea. This land snail family is closely allied to the Zonitidae, the glass sna ...

* '' Euconulus fulvus'' (O.F.Müller, 1774)

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 agreste'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Deroceras reticulatum'' (O.F.Müller, 1774) * '' Deroceras caucasicum'' (Simroth, 1901) * '' Krynickillus melanocephalus'' Kaleniczenko, 1851 Limacidae * '' Gigantomilax brunneus'' (Simroth, 1901) * '' Gigantomilax daghestanus'' (Simroth, 1898) * '' Gigantomilax monticola armeniacus'' (Simroth, 1886) * '' Limacus flavus'' Linnaeus, 1758 * '' Limacus maculatus'' (Kaleniczenko, 1851) Trigonochlamydidae * '' Hyrcanolestes velitaris'' (Martens, 1880) * '' Trigonochlamys imitatrix'' O.Boettger, 1881 Parmacellidae * '' Parmacella ibera'' Eichwald, 1841

Helicidae Helicidae is a large, diverse family (biology), family of small to large, air-breathing land snails, sometimes called the "typical snails." A number of species in this family are valued as food items, including ''Cornu aspersum'' (formerly ''Heli ...

* '' Levantina djulfensis'' (Dubois de Montpéreux, 1840) * ''

Levantina escheriana ''Levantina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Levantina Kobelt, 1871. Accessed throug ...

'' (Bourguignat, 1864) * '' Helix albescens'' Rossmässler, 1839 * '' Helix lucorum'' Linnaeus, 1758 Hygromiidae * '' Xeropicta derbentina'' (Krynicki, 1836) * '' Kalitinaia crenimargo'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1848) * '' Stenomphalia selecta'' (Klika, 1894) * '' Stenomphalia pisiformis'' (L.Pfeiffer, 1846) * '' Stenomphalia ravergiensis'' (Férussac, 1835) * '' Monacha fruticola'' (Krynicki, 1833) * '' Harmozica zangezurica'' Gural-Sverlova, Amiryan & Gural, 2017Gural-Sverlova N.V., Amiryan A.L., Gural R.I. (2017). "A new species of land molluscs from Southern Armenia Harmozica zangezurica sp. nov. (Pulmonata, Hygromiidae), with a key to Caucasian species Harmozica Lindholm, 1927". Biological Journal of Armenia 1(69): 107-112.

Freshwater 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 species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is estim ...

Molluscs of Asia

Freshwater gastropods

Land gastropods

Freshwater bivalves

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