List of non-marine molluscs of Georgia (country)
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The non-marine molluscs of the country of Georgia
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 funiculum
    Pontophaedusa funiculum
    Pontophaedusa funiculum is a species of land snail, a gastropod in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails within the subfamily Serrulininae....

    (Mousson, 1856)


Trigonochlamydidae
  • Drilolestes retowskii
    Drilolestes retowskii
    Drilolestes 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 nocturnus
    Lesticulus nocturnus
    Lesticulus 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 pallida
    Selenochlamys pallida
    Selenochlamys 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 imitatrix
    Trigonochlamys imitatrix
    Trigonochlamys 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 compressa
    Boettgerilla compressa
    Boettgerilla 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 pallens
    Boettgerilla pallens
    Boettgerilla 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 caucasicus
    Milax caucasicus
    Milax 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 bakurianum
    Deroceras bakurianum
    Deroceras 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) cartusiana
    Monacha cartusiana
    Monacha 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 goderdziana
    Helix goderdziana
    Helix 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:

Further reading

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