List of non-marine molluscs of Metropolitan France

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The non-marine molluscs of France are a part of the molluscan fauna of Metropolitan France (including Corsica).

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There are 695 species of non-marine molluscs living in the wild in continental France. [1]

Summary table of number of species:
Numbers of molluscs by habitatNumber of species
Freshwater gastropods  ??
Land gastropods ??
Total number of non-marine gastropods ??
Freshwater bivalves  ??
Total number of non-marine molluscs695 in continental France [1]

Freshwater gastropods

Hydrobiidae

Lithoglyphidae

Moitessieriidae

Amnicolidae

Land gastropods

Aciculidae

Chondrinidae

Cochlicopidae

Vertiginidae

Pristilomatidae

Parmacellidae

Helicidae

Freshwater bivalves

Unionidae

Hothouse aliens

"Hothouse aliens" in France include:

See also

French Overseas territories

Surrounding countries

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References

  1. 1 2 Gargominy O., Prié V., Bichain J.-M., Cucherat X. & Fontaine B. (2011). "Liste de référence annotée des mollusques continentaux de France". MalaCo 7: 307-382. PDF Archived 12 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine .
  2. 1 2 Fontaine B., Bouchet P., Van Achterberg K., Alonso-Zarazaga M. A., Araujo R. et al. (2007). "The European union’s 2010 target: Putting rare species in focus." Biological Conservation139: 167-185. Table 2 on the page 173. doi : 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.06.012. PDF.
  3. ↑ Falkner G., Ripken T. E. J. & Falkner M. (2002). Mollusques Continentaux de la France: Liste de Reference Annotee et Bibliographie. Museum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris.
  4. ↑ Mouthon J. (2007). "Lithoglyphus naticoides (Pfeiffer) (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia): distribution in France, population dynamics and life cycle in the Saône river at Lyon (France)". Ann. Limnol. - Int. J. Lim.43(1): 53-59. doi : 10.1051/limn/2007027
  5. ↑ Prie V. (2010). "Spiralix rayi". In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 8 February 2013.
  6. 1 2 (in French) Girardi H., Bichain J. M. & Wienin M. (2002) "Description de deux nouvelles espèces de Bythinella (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae) de l’exsurgence de Castelbouc (Lozère, France)". Documents Malacologiques3: 43-54. "HENRI GIRARDI .::. Bulletin en 13 pages". Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
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