List of marine molluscs of Croatia

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The marine molluscs of Croatia are a part of the molluscan fauna of Croatia (wildlife of Croatia).

Contents

A number of species of marine molluscs are found in the wild in Croatia.

Summary table of number of species
Croatia
polyplacophorans ??
marine gastropods ??
marine bivalves ??
scaphopods ??
cephalopods ??
marine molluscs altogether ??

Polyplacophorans

Marine gastropods

Hermaeidae

Aglajidae

Aplysiidae

Marine bivalves

Scaphopods

Cephalopods

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

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<i>Atrina fragilis</i> Species of bivalve

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<i>Lithophaga lithophaga</i> Species of bivalve

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<i>Pinna nobilis</i> Species of bivalve

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<i>Pododesmus macrochisma</i> Species of bivalve

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<i>Siphonaria pectinata</i> Species of gastropod

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Hermaeidae Family of gastropods

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<i>Bufonaria</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Stramonita haemastoma</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Aplysiopsis</i> Genus of gastropods

Aplysiopsis is a genus of sacoglossan sea slugs, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Hermaeidae.

<i>Cavolinia tridentata</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Arca noae</i> Species of bivalve

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<i>Gastrochaena</i> Genus of bivalves

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<i>Glycymeris nummaria</i> Species of bivalve

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<i>Panopea glycimeris</i> Species of mollusc

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References

  1. Mavrič B., Trkov D. & Lipej L. (2014). "First record of the Aplysiopsis elegans (Deshayes1853) (Gastropoda Opisthobranchia: Saccoglossa) in the Adriatic Sea". Acta Adriat. 55(2): 245-248.
  2. 1 2 Turk, Tom; Furlan, Borut (2011). "New records of Indo-Pacific and Atlantic mollusc species (Opisthobranchia) in the eastern Mediterranean and Adriatic Sea" (PDF). Annales, Series Historia Naturalis. Vol. 21. pp. 5–10. Retrieved 2017-10-09.