List of non-marine molluscs of Georgia (country)
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The non-marine molluscs of the country of Georgia
are a part of the molluscan fauna of Georgia.
Clausiliidae
Trigonochlamydidae
Boettgerillidae
Milacidae
Agriolimacidae
Limacidae
Hygromiidae
Helicidae
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
are a part of the molluscan fauna of Georgia.
Land gastropods
Species of land gastropods of Georgia include:Clausiliidae
Clausiliidae
Clausiliidae, common name door snails, are a taxonomic family of small, very elongate, mostly left-handed, air-breathing land snails, sinistral terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks....
- Pontophaedusa funiculumPontophaedusa funiculumPontophaedusa funiculum is a species of land snail, a gastropod in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails within the subfamily Serrulininae....
(Mousson, 1856)
Trigonochlamydidae
- Drilolestes retowskiiDrilolestes retowskiiDrilolestes retowskii is a species of predatory air-breathing land slug. It is a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Trigonochlamydidae.Drilolestes retowskii is the only species in the genus Drilolestes....
(O. Boettger, 1884) - Lesticulus nocturnusLesticulus nocturnusLesticulus nocturnus is a species of predatory air-breathing land slug. It is a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Trigonochlamydidae.Lesticulus nocturnus is the only species in the genus Lesticulus.- Distribution :...
Schileyko, 1988 - endemic - Selenochlamys pallidaSelenochlamys pallidaSelenochlamys pallida is a species of predatory air-breathing land slug. It is a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Trigonochlamydidae.Selenochlamys pallida is the type species of the genus Selenochlamys.- Distribution :...
Boettger, 1883 - Trigonochlamys imitatrixTrigonochlamys imitatrixTrigonochlamys imitatrix is a species of predatory air-breathing land slug. It is a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Trigonochlamydidae.Trigonochlamys imitatrix is the only species in the genus Trigonochlamys...
O. Boettger, 1881
Boettgerillidae
- Boettgerilla compressaBoettgerilla compressaBoettgerilla compressa is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Boettgerillidae.Boettgerilla compressa is the type species of the genus Boettgerilla.- Distribution :...
Simroth, 1910 - Boettgerilla pallensBoettgerilla pallensBoettgerilla 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 :...
Simroth, 1912
Milacidae
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 ....
- Milax caucasicusMilax caucasicusMilax caucasicus is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Milacidae.- Distribution :The species occurs in Caucasus: Georgia.Type locality is Borjomi in Georgia....
Agriolimacidae
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 Palearctic....
- Deroceras bakurianumDeroceras bakurianumDeroceras bakurianum is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Agriolimacidae.Its specific name is after its type locality, which is in Bakuriani.- Distribution :...
Limacidae
Limacidae
Limacidae, common name the keelback slugs, are a taxonomic family of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Limacoidea.- Distribution :...
- Eumilax brandti (Martens, 1880)
- Gigantomilax lederi (Boettger, 1883)
Hygromiidae
Hygromiidae
Hygromiidae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.-Anatomy:...
- Caucasocressa
- Circassina frutis frutis, Circassina frutis circassica and Circassina frutis veselyi (subgenus Circassina)
- Monacha (Monacha) cartusianaMonacha cartusianaMonacha cartusiana is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.This is the type species of the genus Monacha.- Distribution :...
(O. F. Muller, 1774) - introduced - Monacha (Paratheba) roseni (Hesse, 1914)
- Monacha (Metatheba) perfrequens (Hesse, 1914)
- Monacha (Metatheba) subcarthusiana (Lindholm, 1913)
Helicidae
Helicidae
The Helicidae, sometimes known as the typical snails, are a taxonomic family of small to large, air-breathing, land snails. In other words, they are terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks....
- Helix goderdzianaHelix goderdzianaHelix goderdziana is a species of large air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snail.This is the largest species in the genus Helix.- Distribution :...
Mumladze, Tarkhnishvili & Pokryszko, 2008
See also
Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:- List of marine molluscs of Georgia / List of marine molluscs of Black Sea
- List of non-marine molluscs of Russia
- List of non-marine molluscs of Turkey
- List of non-marine molluscs of Armenia
- List of non-marine molluscs of Azerbaijan
Further reading
- Simroth H.Heinrich SimrothProf. Dr. phil. Heinrich Simroth, full name Heinrich Rudolf Simroth , was a German zoologist and malacologist. He was a professor of zoology in Leipzig....
(1912). Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der kaukasischen Nacktschneckenfauna. St. Petersburg (Russia).