List of non-marine molluscs of Metropolitan France

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

Location of France

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 habitat Number of species
Freshwater gastropods ??
Land gastropods ??
Total number of non-marine gastropods ??
Freshwater bivalves ??
Total number of non-marine molluscs 695 in continental France[1]

Freshwater gastropods

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Hydrobiidae

Lithoglyphidae

Moitessieriidae

Amnicolidae

Land gastropods

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Aciculidae

Chondrinidae

Cochlicopidae

Vertiginidae

Pristilomatidae

Parmacellidae

Helicidae

Freshwater bivalves

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Unionidae

Hothouse aliens

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"Hothouse aliens" in France include:

See also

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French Overseas territories

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Surrounding countries

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References

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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 Conservation 139: 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. ^ a b (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 Malacologiques 3: 43–54. "HENRI GIRARDI .::. Bulletin en 13 pages". Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
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