List of marine gastropods of Ireland

Last updated October 06, 2024

This is a list of the marine gastropods of Ireland. It is part of the List of marine molluscs of Ireland.

Contents

Marine gastropods
Nudibranchia
See also
References
External links

Marine gastropods

Akera bullata O. F. Müller, 1776

Aplysia depilans Gmelin, 1791
Aplysia fasciata Poiret, 1789
Aplysia punctata Cuvier, 1803

Tectura virginea (O. F. Müller, 1776)

Iothia fulva (O. F. Müller, 1776)
Propilidium exiguum (Thompson W., 1844)

Testudinalia testudinalis (O.F. Müller, 1776)

Helcion pellucidum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Patella depressa Pennant, 1777#
Patella ulyssiponensis Gmelin, 1791
Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758

Janthina exigua Lamarck, 1816
Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Janthina pallida Thompson W., 1840

Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cylichna cylindracea (Pennant, 1777)

Colpodaspis pusilla M. Sars, 1870
Diaphana minuta T. Brown, 1827

Haminoea hydatis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Haminoea navicula (da Costa, 1778)

Laona pruinosa (Clark W., 1827)
Philine aperta (Linnaeus, 1767)
Philine catena (Montagu, 1803)
Philine denticulata (J. Adams, 1800)
Philine punctata (J. Adams, 1800)
Philine quadrata (S. V. Wood, 1839)
Philine scabra (O. F. Müller, 1784)

Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803)
Retusa truncatula (Bruguière, 1792)
Retusa umbilicata (Montagu, 1803)

Runcina coronata (Quatrefages, 1844)

Roxania utriculus (Brocchi, 1814)
Scaphander lignarius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cima minima (Jeffreys, 1858)

Ebala nitidissima (Montagu, 1803)

Omalogyra atomus (Philippi, 1841)

Brachystomia eulimoides (Hanley, 1844)
Brachystomia scalaris (Macgillivray, 1843)
Chrysallida clathrata (Jeffreys, 1848)
Chrysallida decussata (Montagu, 1803)
Chrysallida excavata (Philippi, 1836)
Chrysallida indistincta (Montagu, 1808)
Chrysallida interstincta (J Adams, 1797)
Chrysallida pellucida (Dillwyn, 1817)

Rissoella diaphana (Alder, 1848)
Rissoella globularis (Forbes & Hanley, 1852)
Rissoella opalina (Jeffreys, 1848)

Aclis ascaris (Turton, 1819)
Aclis gulsonae (Clark W., 1850)
Aclis minor (Brown, 1827)

Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)

Barleeia rubra (Montagu, 1803)
Barleeia unifasciata (Montagu, 1803)

Caecum glabrum (Montagu, 1803)
Caecum imperforatum (Kanmacher in G Adams, 1798)

Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Trichotropis borealis Broderip & Sowerby G.B. I, 1829

Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778)
Cerithium muscarum Say, 1822

Cerithiopsis barleei Jeffreys, 1867
Cerithiopsis jeffreysi Watson, 1885
Cerithiopsis tubercularis (Montagu, 1803)

Eatonina fulgida (Adams J., 1797)

Epitonium clathratulum (Kanmacher in G Adams, 1798)
Epitonium clathrus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Epitonium trevelyanum (Johnston, 1841)
Epitonium turtonis (Turton, 1819)

Eulima bilineata Alder, 1848
Eulima glabra (da Costa, 1778)
Eulimella acicula (Philippi, 1836)
Eulimella compactilis (Jeffreys, 1867)
Eulimella scillae (Scacchi, 1835)
Eulimella ventricosa (Forbes, 1844)
Eulitoma compactilis (Sykes, 1903)
Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
Melanella frielei (Jordan, 1895)
Melanella lubrica (Monterosato, 1890)

Hydrobia ulvae (Pennant, 1777)

Ceratia proxima (Forbes & Hanley, 1850)
Hyala vitrea (Montagu, 1803)

Lamellaria latens (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Lamellaria perspicua (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lacuna crassior (Montagu, 1803)
Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778)
Lacuna parva (da Costa, 1778)
Lacuna vincta (Montagu, 1803)
Littorina irrorata (Say, 1822)
Littorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Littorina mariae Sacchi & Rastelli, 1966
Littorina neglecta Bean in Thorpe, 1844
Littorina neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
Littorina nigrolineata J.E. Gray, 1839
Littorina obtusata Linnaeus, 1758
Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
Littorina tenebrosa (Montagu)

Euspira catena (da Costa, 1778)
Euspira fusca (de Blainville, 1825)
Euspira montagui (Forbes, 1838)
Euspira pulchella (Risso, 1826)
Polinices fuscus (Blainville, 1825)
Polinices pulchellus (Risso, 1826)

Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777)

Alvania beanii (Hanley in Thorpe, 1844)
Alvania cancellata (da Costa, 1778)
Alvania punctura (Montagu, 1803)
Alvania semistriata (Montagu, 1808)
Alvania zetlandica (Montagu, 1815)
Cingula alderi (Jeffreys, 1859)
Cingula semicostata (Montagu, 1803)
Cingula trifasciata (Adams J., 1800)
Manzonia crassa (Kanmacher in G Adams, 1798)
Onoba aculeus (Gould, 1841)
Onoba proxima Forbes & Hanley, 1850^{[ citation needed ]}
Onoba semicostata (Montagu, 1803)
Hyala vitrea (Montagu, 1803)
Pusillina sarsi (Lovén, 1846)
Pusillina inconspicua (Alder, 1844)
Rissoa interrupta (J. Adams, 1800)
Rissoa lilacina Recluz, 1843
Rissoa membranacea (J. Adams, 1800)
Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778)

Skeneopsis planorbis (O Fabricius, 1780)

Tornus subcarinatus (Montagu, 1803)
Tornus unisulcatus (G. W. Chaster, 1895)

Marshallora adversa (Montagu, 1803)
Triphora perversa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Erato voluta (Montagu, 1803)
Trivia arctica (Pulteney, 1799)
Trivia monacha (da Costa, 1778)

Turritella communis Risso, 1826
Turritella cingulata G. B. Sowerby I, 1825

Velutina plicatilis (O. F. Müller, 1776)
Velutina velutina (O. F. Müller, 1776)

Beringius turtoni (Bean, 1834)
Buccinum humphreysianum (Bennett, 1824)
Buccinum hydrophanum (Hancock, 1846)
Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758
Chauvetia brunnea (Donovan, 1804)
Colus glaber (Kobelt, 1876)
Colus gracilis (da Costa, 1778)
Colus islandicus (Gmelin, 1791)
Colus jeffreysianus (Fischer, 1868)
Tritia incrassata (Strøm, 1768)
Tritia reticulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Liomesus ovum (Turton, 1825)
Nassarius pygmaeus (Lamarck, 1822)
Nassarius reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Neptunea antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758)
Turrisipho fenestratus (Turton, 1834)
Turrisipho moebii (Dunker & Metzger, 1874)
Volutopsius norwegicus (Gmelin, 1791)

Bela nebula (Montagu, 1803)
Bela powisiana (Dautzenberg, 1887)
Mangelia attenuata (Montagu, 1803)
Mangelia brachystoma (Philippi, 1844)
Mangelia coarctata (Forbes, 1840)
Trophonopsis muricata (Montagu, 1803)
Philbertia gracilis (Montagu)^{[ citation needed ]}
Raphitoma leufroyi (Michaud, 1828)
Philbertia teres (Reeve)^{[ citation needed ]}
Propebela rufa (Montagu, 1803)
Propebela turricula Montagu, 1803

Boreotrophon truncatus (Ström, 1768)
Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Trophonopsis barvicensis (Johnston, 1825)
Trophonopsis muricatus (Montagu, 1803)
Trophonopsis truncatus (Ström, 1768)

Comarmondia gracilis (Montagu, 1803)
Raphitoma linearis (Montagu, 1803)
Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 1803)
Teretia anceps (Eichwald, 1830)
Haedropleura septangularis (Montagu, 1803)
Oenopota rufa (Montagu, 1803)
Oenopota turricula (Montagu, 1803)

Assiminea grayana (Fleming, 1828)

Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Hydrobia acuta (Draparnaud, 1805)
Hydrobia ventrosa (Montagu, 1803)
Mercuria similis (Draparnaud, 1805)
Peringia ulvae (Pennant, 1777)
Ventrosia ventrosa (Montagu, 1803)

Truncatella subcylindrica (Linnaeus, 1767)

Pleurobranchidae

Berthella plumula (Montagu, 1803)
Pleurobranchus membranaceus (Montagu, 1815)

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (June 2016)

Nudibranchia

See also

List of non-marine molluscs of Ireland

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

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References

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J.D. Nunn and J.M.C. Holmes A catalogue of the Irish and British marine Mollusca in the collections of the National Museum of Ireland ~ Natural History, 1835-2008
P. J. Hayward and J. S. Ryland Eds., 1999 The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: Volume II: Molluscs to Chordates Oxford University Press ISBN 9780198575153
Howson, C.M. & Picton, B.E.(eds) 1997. The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas.Ulster Museum and The Marine Conservation Society, Belfast and Ross-on-Wye.
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

External links

Identification

Pruvot-Fol A., 1954 Mollusques Opisthobranches. Faune de France n° 58 460 p., 1 pl., 173 fig.PDF (21 Mo)

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