The non-marine molluscs of Sweden are a part of the molluscan fauna of Sweden ( wildlife of Sweden). There are unknown species of

gastropods The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. The ...

(52 species of freshwater gastropods, unknown species of land gastropods) and 32 species of bivalves living in the wild—84 species of freshwater molluscs altogether. von Proschwitz T. (February 23, 2001). "Svenska sötvattensmollusker (snäckor och musslor) - en uppdaterad checklista med vetenskapliga och svenska namn".

Naturhistoriska riksmuseet The Swedish Museum of Natural History ( sv, Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, literally, the National Museum of Natural History), in Stockholm, is one of two major museums of natural history in Sweden, the other one being located in Gothenburg. The ...

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Freshwater gastropods

Freshwater gastropods in Sweden include:

Neritidae Neritidae, common name the nerites, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized saltwater and freshwater snails which have a gill and a distinctive operculum. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neritininae Poey, 1852. Accessed through: ...

* '' Theodoxus fluviatilis'' (Linnaeus, 1758)

Viviparidae Viviparidae, sometimes known as the river snails or mystery snails, are a family of large operculate freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks. This family is classified in the informal group Architaenioglossa according to the taxonomy ...

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Viviparus contectus ''Viviparus contectus'', common name Lister's river snail, is a species of large, freshwater snail with an operculum and a gill, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails. Distribution This species is palaearcti ...

'' (Millet, 1813) * ''

Viviparus viviparus ''Viviparus viviparus'' is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails. This species is a viviparous ( ovoviviparous) snail. Description The heig ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758)

Thiaridae Thiaridae, common name thiarids or trumpet snails, is a family of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cerithioidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Thiaridae Gill, 1871 (1823). Ac ...

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Melanoides tuberculata The red-rimmed melania (''Melanoides tuberculata''), also known as Malayan livebearing snails or Malayan/Malaysian trumpet snails (often abbreviated to MTS) by aquarists, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, a parthenogenetic, a ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous Bithyniidae * '' Bithynia tentaculata'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''

Bithynia leachii ''Bithynia leachii'' is species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae. Distribution It is a Palearctic species found in North Africa and Europe to East Siberia. * ...

'' (Sheppard, 1823) * '' Bithynia transsilvanica'' (E. A. Bielz, 1853) - regionally extinct in Sweden

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, ...

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Potamopyrgus antipodarum The New Zealand mud snail (''Potamopyrgus antipodarum'') is a species of very small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum. This aquatic gastropod mollusk is in the family Tateidae. It is native to New Zealand, where it is found throug ...

'' (J. E. Gray, 1843) - non-indigenous * ''

Hydrobia ventrosa ''Ecrobia ventrosa'', common name spire snail, is a European species of small brackish water snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. Distribution This species occurs on the coasts of: * Ic ...

'' (Montagu, 1803) * '' Hydrobia ulvae'' (Pennant, 1777) * '' Hydrobia neglecta'' Muus, 1963

Amnicolidae Amnicolidae is a family of small freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rissooidea. This family is in the clade Littorinimorpha (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & ...

* '' Marstoniopsis scholtzi'' (A. Schmidt, 1856) Valvatidae * '' Valvata cristata'' O. F. Müller, 1774 * ''

Valvata macrostoma ''Valvata macrostoma'', also known as the large mouthed valve snail, is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails. Distribution This species occurs in the ...

'' Mörch, 1864 -

Near Threatened A near-threatened species is a species which has been categorized as "Near Threatened" (NT) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as that may be vulnerable to endangerment in the near future, but it does not currently qualify f ...

in Sweden * '' Valvata sibirica'' Middendorff, 1851 - Near Threatened in Sweden * ''

Valvata piscinalis ''Valvata piscinalis'', common name the European stream valvata or European valve snail, is a species of minute freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails. It is also k ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) Acroloxidae * ''

Acroloxus lacustris ''Acroloxus lacustris'', or the lake limpet, is a small freshwater limpet or snail, a species of aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Acroloxidae. Description The 4–7 mm. (7 mm long, 3 mm wide and 2 mm high) shell is l ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lymnaeidae Lymnaeidae, common name the pond snails, is a taxonomic family of small to large air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks, that belong to the clade Hygrophila. Lymnaeidae is the only family within the superf ...

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Galba truncatula ''Galba truncatula'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.Neubauer, Thomas A. (2014). Galba (Galba) truncatula (Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World R ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * '' Stagnicola palustris'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * '' Stagnicola fuscus'' (C. Pfeiffer, 1821) * '' Stagnicola corvus'' (Gmelin, 1791) * '' Omphiscola glabra'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) - Vulnerable in Sweden * '' Radix auricularia'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''

Radix peregra ''Peregriana peregra'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails. Distribution and habitat This small pond snail is found in Europe, Newfoundland and northern A ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * '' Radix ovata'' (Draparnaud, 1805) * '' Myxas glutinosa'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) - Near Threatened in Sweden * ''

Lymnaea stagnalis ''Lymnaea stagnalis'', better known as the great pond snail, is a species of large air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae. The great pond snail is a model organism to study parasitology, ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''

Pseudosuccinea columella ''Pseudosuccinea columella'' , the American ribbed fluke snail, is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails. This snail is an intermediate host for '' Fasciola ...

'' (Say, 1817) - non-indigenous

Physidae Physidae, common name the bladder snails, is a monophyletic taxonomic family of small air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Lymnaeoidea .MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Physida ...

* '' Physa fontinalis'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''

Physella acuta ''Physella acuta'' is a species of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Physidae. Common names include European physa, tadpole snail, bladder snail, and acute bladder snail ...

'' (Draparnaud, 1805) - non-indigenous * '' Physella heterostropha'' (Say, 1817) - non-indigenous * '' Aplexa hypnorum'' (Linnaeus, 1758) - Near Threatened in Sweden

Planorbidae Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs. Unlike most molluscs, the blood of ram's horn snails contains iron-based hemoglobin instea ...

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Planorbarius corneus ''Planorbarius corneus'', common name the great ramshorn, is a relatively large species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids, which all have ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''

Planorbella duryi ''Planorbella duryi'', common name the Seminole rams-horn, is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails. The species is endemic to Florida and is found frequen ...

'' (Wetherby, 1879) - non-indigenous * '' Ferrissia clessiniana'' (Jickeli, 1882) - non-indigenous, synonym: ''Ferrissia wautieri'' (Mirolli, 1960) * '' Planorbis planorbis'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Planorbis carinatus'' O. F. Müller, 1774 * ''

Anisus leucostoma ''Anisus leucostoma'' is a European species of small air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies. Taxonomy Glöer (2002) Glöer P. (2002). ''Die Süßwasserga ...

'' (Millet, 1813) * ''

Anisus spirorbis ''Anisus spirorbis'' is a species of small freshwater air-breathing snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Anisus spirorbis (Linnaeus, 1758). Access ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) - Data Deficient * '' Anisus vortex'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''

Anisus vorticulus ''Anisus vorticulus'' (lesser ramshorn snail or little whirlpool ramshorn snail) is a species of minute, air-breathing, freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails. Description The lesser ramsho ...

'' (Troschel, 1834) - Critically Endangered in Sweden * '' Bathyomphalus contortus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Gyraulus albus'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * '' Gyraulus acronicus'' (A. Férussac, 1807) * '' Gyraulus chinensis'' (Dunker, 1848) - non-indigenous * '' Gyraulus laevis'' (Alder, 1838) -

Endangered An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching and in ...

in Sweden * '' Gyraulus parvus'' (Say, 1817) - non-indigenous * '' Gyraulus riparius'' (Westerlund, 1865) * '' Gyraulus crista'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Hippeutis complanatus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Segmentina nitida'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) - Vulnerable in Sweden * ''

Ancylus fluviatilis The river limpet (''Ancylus fluviatilis'') is a species of very small, freshwater, air-breathing limpet, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the tribe Ancylini within the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies. ...

'' O. F. Müller, 1774

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Sweden include:

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 pratensis'' (Clessin, 1871)von Proschwitz T., Schander C., Jueg U. & Thorkildsen S. (2009). "Morphology, ecology and DNA-barcoding distinguish ''Pupilla pratensis'' (Clessin, 1871) from ''Pupilla muscorum'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pulmonata: Pupillidae)". ''

Journal of Molluscan Studies The ''Journal of Molluscan Studies'' is the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the Malacological Society of London, covering research in malacology.

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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''

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 lilljeborgi''

Milacidae Milacidae is a family of air-breathing, keeled, land slugs. These are shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Parmacelloidea. This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocro ...

* '' Milax gagates'' (Draparnaud, 1801) Vitrinidae Boettgerillidae * ''

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

'' Simroth, 1912 Limacidae * '' Limax maximus'' Linnaeus, 1758 * ''

Limax cinereoniger ''Limax cinereoniger'' is a large species of air-breathing land slug in the terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk family Limacidae, the keelback slugs. This is the largest land slug species in the world.Limacus flavus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Malacolimax tenellus'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * '' Lehmannia marginata'' (O. F. 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 ...

'' (A. Férussac, 1822)

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 laeve'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * '' Deroceras reticulatum'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * '' Deroceras sturanyi'' (Simroth, 1894) * '' Deroceras panormitanum'' (Lessona & Pollonera, 1882) Arionidae * ''

Arion rufus The red slug (''Arion rufus''), also known as the large red slug,Arion lusitanicus'' J. Mabille, 1868 * '' Arion fuscus'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * '' Arion circumscriptus'' Johnston, 1828 * '' Arion fasciatus'' (Nilsson, 1823) * '' Arion silvaticus'' Lohmander, 1937 * '' Arion distinctus'' J. Mabille, 1868 * ''

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,Arion ater''

Bradybaenidae Bradybaeninae is a taxonomic subfamily of medium-sized to small land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae, superfamily Helicoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Bradybaeninae Pilsbry, 1934 (1898). ...

Helicodontidae Helicodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. He ...

Hygromiidae * '' Trochulus hispidus'' (Linnaeus, 1758)Irina P. Shepeleva (2014). "A comparative analysis of the camera eyes of gastropod pulmonate mollusk Trochulus hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) from the South Sweden and Kaliningrad Region (Stylommatophora, Hygromiidae)".

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. ...

24(2): 123-127.

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 ...

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Cepaea hortensis The white-lipped snail or garden banded snail, scientific name ''Cepaea hortensis'', is a medium-sized species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicidae. It is a close rel ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774)Robert A. D. Cameron, Rhona J. Cox, Ted von Proschwitz & Michal Horsák (2014). "Cepaea nemoralis (L.) in Göteborg, S.W. Sweden: Variation in a recent urban invader". Folia Malacologica 22(3): 169–182. * ''

Cepaea nemoralis The grove snail, brown-lipped snail or Lemon snail (''Cepaea nemoralis'') is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cepaea nemoralis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed thr ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758)

Freshwater bivalves

Freshwater gastropods in Sweden include: Margaritiferidae * ''

Margaritifera margaritifera The freshwater pearl mussel (''Margaritifera margaritifera'') is an endangered species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Margaritiferidae. Although the name "freshwater pearl mussel" is often used for this species, ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) - Vulnerable in Sweden

Unionidae The Unionidae are a family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionida, the bivalve molluscs sometimes known as river mussels, or simply as unionids. The range of distribution for this family is world-wide. It is at its most divers ...

* '' Unio pictorum'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Unio tumidus'' Philipsson, 1788 * '' Unio crassus'' Philipsson, 1788 - Endangered in Sweden * ''

Anodonta anatina ''Anodonta'' is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Species Species in this genus include: * '' Anodonta anatina'' Linné, 1758 – duck mussel * ''Anodonta beringiana'' Middendorff, 1851 – Yukon ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Anodonta cygnea'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''

Pseudanodonta complanata The depressed river mussel or compressed river mussel, ''Pseudanodonta complanata'', is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. The species name comes from the flattened shape o ...

'' (Rossmässler, 1835) -

in Sweden

Sphaeriidae Sphaeriidae is a family of small to minute freshwater bivalve molluscs in the order Sphaeriida. In the US, they are commonly known as pea clams or fingernail clams. Heard, William H. 1977. Reproduction of fingernail clams (Sphaeriidae: ''Sphae ...

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Sphaerium corneum ''Sphaerium corneum'', also known as the European fingernailclam, is a very small freshwater clam, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Sphaeriidae, the fingernail clams. Description The shell is fairly globular and can grow up to 9–13.5 ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Sphaerium nucleus'' (S. Studer, 1820) * '' Sphaerium nitidum'' Clessin, 1876 * ''

Musculium lacustre ''Musculium lacustre'' is a species of small freshwater clam, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Sphaeriidae, the fingernail clams and pea clams. Description The 8–11 mm. shell is oval to quadrangular in shape. The umbos which are ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * '' Pisidium amnicum'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * '' Pisidium dilatatum'' Westerlund, 1897 - Near Threatened in Sweden, synonym: ''Pisidium subtilestriatum'' Lindholm, 1909 * '' Pisidium casertanum'' (Poli, 1791) * '' Pisidium globulare'' Clessin, 1873 * '' Pisidium hinzi'' Kuiper, 1975 - Vulnerable in Sweden * '' Pisidium nitidum'' Jenyns, 1832 * ''

Pisidium personatum ''Pisidium personatum'' is a species of freshwater bivalve from the family Sphaeriidae. Description The 2.5-3.5 mm shell is a characteristic round-regular oval shape. It has centrally placed low, rounded umbos. The surface (periostracum) is ...

'' Malm, 1855 * '' Pisidium conventus'' Clessin, 1877 * '' Pisidium obtusale'' (Lamarck 1818) * '' Pisidium henslowanum'' (Sheppard, 1823) * '' Pisidium hibernicum'' Westerlund, 1894 * '' Pisidium lilljeborgii'' Clessin, 1886 * '' Pisidium supinum'' A. Schmidt, 1851 - Vulnerable in Sweden * '' Pisidium waldeni'' Kuiper, 1975 * '' Pisidium tenuilineatum'' Stelfox, 1918 - Data Deficient * '' Pisidium moitessierianum'' Paladilhe, 1866 * '' Pisidium subtruncatum'' Malm, 1855 * '' Pisidium pulchellum'' Jenyns, 1832 * '' Pisidium milium'' Held, 1836 * '' Pisidium pseudosphaerium'' J. Favre, 1927

Dreissenidae The Dreissenidae are a family of small freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs. They attach themselves to stones or to any other hard surface using a byssus. The shells of these bivalves are shaped somewhat like those of true mussels, and ...

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Dreissena polymorpha The zebra mussel (''Dreissena polymorpha'') is a small freshwater mussel. The species originates from the lakes of southern Russia and Ukraine, but has been accidentally introduced to numerous other areas and has become an invasive species in ma ...

'' (Pallas, 1771) - non-indigenous

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Freshwater bivalves

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