List of marine molluscs of Ireland (Gastropoda)

This is a list of the marine gastropods of Ireland. It is part of the List of marine molluscs of Ireland.

Order: Anaspidea

Family Akeridae

• Akera bullata O.F. Müller, 1776

Family Aplysiidae

• Aplysia depilans Gmelin, 1791
• Aplysia fasciata Poiret, 1789
• Aplysia punctata Cuvier, 1803

Order: Archaeogastropoda Paraphyletic

Family: Acmaeidae

• Acmaea virginea (O.F. Müller, 1776)

Family: Lepetidae

• Iothia fulva (Müller O.F., 1776)
• Propilidium exiguum (Thompson W., 1844)

Family: Lottiidae

• Testudinalia testudinalis (O.F. Müller, 1776)

Family: Patellidae

• Helcion pellucidum (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Patella depressa Pennant, 1777#
• Patella ulyssiponensis Gmelin, 1791
• Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758

Order: Caenogastropoda incertae sedis

Family: Janthinidae

• Janthina exigua Lamarck, 1816
• Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Janthina pallida Thompson W., 1840

Order: Cephalaspidea

Family: Acteonidae

• Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Family: Cylichnidae

• Cylichna cylindracea (Pennant, 1777)

Family: Diaphanidae

• Colpodapsis pusilla ( M. Sars, 1870
• Diaphana minuta ( Brown, 1827

Family: Haminoeidae

• Haminoea hydatis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Haminoea navicula (da Costa, 1778)

Family: Philinidae

• Laona pruinosa (Clark W., 1827)
• Philine aperta (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Philine catena (Montagu, 1803)
• Philine nitida ( Jeffreys, )
• Philine punctata (J. Adams, 1800)
• Philine quadrata (S.V. Wood, 1839)
• Philine scabra (O.F. Müller, 1784)

Family: Retusidae

• Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803)
• Retusa truncatula (Bruguière, 1792)
• Retusa umbilicata (Montagu, 1803)

Family: Runcinidae

• Runcina coronata (Quatrefages, 1844)

Family: Scaphandridae

• Roxania utriculus (Brocchi, 1814)
• Scaphander lignarius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Order: Heterobranchia incertae sedis

Family: Cimidae

• Cima minima (Jeffreys, 1858)

Order: Heterostropha

Family: Ebalidae

• Ebala nitidissima (Montagu, 1803)

Family: Omalogyridae

• Omalogyra atomus (Philippi, 1841)

Family: Pyramidellidae

• Brachystomia eulimoides (Hanley, 1844)
• Brachystomia scalaris (Macgillivray, 1843)
• Chrysallida clathrata (Jeffreys, 1848)
• Chrysallida decussata (Montagu, 1803)
• Chrysallida excavata (Philippi, 1836)
• Chrysallida indistincta (Montagu, 1808)
• Chrysallida interstincta (J Adams, 1797)
• Chrysallida pellucida (Dillwyn, 1817)

Family: Rissoellidae

• Rissoella diaphana (Alder, 1848)
• Rissoella globularis (Forbes & Hanley, 1852)
• Rissoella opalina (Jeffreys, 1848)

Order: Mesogastropoda

Family: Aclididae

• Aclis ascaris (Turton, 1819)
• Aclis gulsonae (Clark W., 1850)
• Aclis minor (Brown, 1827)

Family: Aporrhaiidae

• Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)

Family: Barleeidae

• Barleeia rubra (Montagu, 1803)
• Barleeia unifasciata (Montagu, 1803)

Family: Caecidae

• Caecum glabrum (Montagu, 1803)
• Caecum imperforatum (Kanmacher in G Adams, 1798)

Family: Capulidae

• Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Trichotropis borealis Broderip & Sowerby G.B. I, 1829

Family: Cerithiidae

• Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778)
• Cerithium muscarum Say, 1822

Family: Cerithiopsidae

• Cerithiopsis barleei Jeffreys, 1867
• Cerithiopsis jeffreysi Watson, 1885
• Cerithiopsis tubercularis (Montagu, 1803)

Family: Cingulopsidae

• Eatonina fulgida (Adams J., 1797)

Family: Epitoniidae

• Epitonium clathratulum (Kanmacher in G Adams, 1798)
• Epitonium clathrus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Epitonium trevelyanum (Johnston, 1841)
• Epitonium turtonis (Turton, 1819)

Family: Eulimidae

• Eulima bilineata Alder, 1848
• Eulima glabra (da Costa, 1778)
• Eulimella acicula (Philippi, 1836)
• Eulimella compactilis (Jeffreys, 1867)
• Eulimella scillae (Scacchi, 1835)
• Eulimella ventricosa (Forbes, 1844)
• Eulitoma compactilis (Sykes, 1903)
• Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
• Melanella frielei (Jordan, 1895)
• Melanella lubrica (Monterosato, 1890)

Family: Hydrobiidae

• Hydrobia ulvae (Pennant, 1777)
• Potamopyrgus antipodarum (J E Gray, 1843)

Family: Iravadiidae

• Ceratia proxima (Forbes & Hanley, 1850)
• Hyala vitrea (Montagu, 1803)

Family: Lamellariidae

• Lamellaria latens (O.F. Müller, 1776)
• Lamellaria perspicua (Linnaeus, 1758)

Family: Littorinidae

• Lacuna crassior (Montagu, 1803)
• Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778)
• Lacuna parva (da Costa, 1778)
• Lacuna vincta (Montagu, 1803)
• Littorina irrorata (Say, 1822)
• Littorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Littorina mariae Sacchi & Rastelli, 1966
• Littorina neglecta Bean in Thorpe, 1844
• Littorina neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Littorina nigrolineata J.E. Gray, 1839
• Littorina obtusata Linnaeus, 1758
• Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792)
• Littorina tenebrosa (Montagu)

Family: Naticidae

• Euspira catena (da Costa, 1778)
• Euspira fusca (de Blainville, 1825)
• Euspira montagui (Forbes, 1838)
• Euspira pulchella (Risso, 1826)
• Polinices fuscus (Blainville, 1825)
• Polinices pulchellus (Risso, 1826)

Family: Ovulidae

• Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777)

Family: Rissoidae

• Alvania beanii (Hanley in Thorpe, 1844)
• Alvania cancellata (da Costa, 1778)
• Alvania punctura (Montagu, 1803)
• Alvania semistriata (Montagu, 1808)
• Alvania zetlandica (Montagu, 1815)
• Cingula alderi (Jeffreys,1859)
• Cingula semicostata (Montagu, 1803)
• Cingula trifasciata (Adams J., 1800)
• Manzonia crassa (Kanmacher in G Adams, 1798)
• Onoba aculeus (Gould, 1841)
• Onoba proxima (Alder)
• Onoba semicostata (Montagu, 1803)
• Onoba vitrea (Montagu)
• Pusillina sarsi (Lovén, 1846)
• Rissoa inconspicua Alder
• Rissoa interrupta (J. Adams, 1800)
• Rissoa lilacinaRecluz, 1843
• Rissoa membranacea (J. Adams, 1800)
• Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778)

Family: Skeneopsidae

• Skeneopsis planorbis (O Fabricius, 1780)

Family: Tornidae

• Tornus imperspicuus (G.W. Chaster, 1895)
• Tornus subcarinatus (Montagu, 1803)
• Tornus unisulcatus (G.W. Chaster, 1895)

Family: Triphoridae

• Marshallora adversa (Montagu, 1803)
• Triphora perversa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Family: Triviidae

• Erato voluta (Montagu, 1803)
• Trivia arctica (Pulteney, 1799)
• Trivia monacha (da Costa, 1778)

Family: Turritellidae

• Turritella communis Risso, 1826
• Turritella tricarnata (Schitz, 1920)

Family: Velutinidae

• Velutina plicatilis (O.F. Müller, 1776)
• Velutina velutina (O.F. Müller, 1776)

Order: Neogastropoda

Family: Buccinidae

• Beringius turtoni (Bean, 1834)
• Buccinum humphreysianum (Bennett, 1824)
• Buccinum hydrophanum (Hancock, 1846)
• Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758
• Chauvetia brunnea (Donovan, 1804)
• Colus glaber (Kobelt, 1876)
• Colus gracilis (da Costa, 1778)
• Colus islandicus (Gmelin, 1791)
• Colus jeffreysianus (Fischer, 1868)
• Hinia incrassata (Strøm, 1768)
• Hinia reticulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Liomesus ovum (Turton, 1825)
• Nassarius pygmaeus (Lamarck, 1822)
• Nassarius reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Neptunea antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Turrisipho fenestratus (Turton, 1834)
• Turrisipho moebii (Dunker & Metzger, 1874)
• Volutopsius norwegicus (Gmelin, 1791)

Family: Conidae

• Bela nebula (Montagu, 1803)
• Bela powisiana (Dautzenberg, 1887)
• Mangelia attenuata (Montagu, 1803)
• Mangelia brachystoma (Philippi, 1844)
• Mangelia coarctata (Forbes, 1840)
• Philbertia asperrima (Brown)
• Philbertia gracilis (Montagu)
• Philbertia leufroyi (Michaud)
• Philbertia teres (Reeve)
• Propebela rufa (Montagu, 1803)
• Propebela turricula Montagu, 1803

Family: Muricidae

• Boreotrophon truncatus (Ström, 1768)
• Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Trophonopsis barvicensis (Johnston, 1825)
• Trophonopsis muricatus (Montagu, 1803)
• Trophonopsis truncatus (Ström, 1768)

Family: Turridae

• Comarmondia gracilis (Montagu, 1803)
• Raphitoma linearis (Montagu, 1803)
• Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 1803)
• Teretia anceps (Eichwald, 1830)
• Haedropleura septangularis (Montagu, 1803)
• Oenopota rufa (Montagu, 1803)
• Oenopota turricula (Montagu, 1803)

Order: Neotaenioglossa

Family: Assimineidae

• Assiminea grayana (Fleming, 1828)

Family: Bithyniidae

• Bithynia leachii (Sheppard, 1823)
• Bithynia tentaculata Linnaeus, 1758

Family: Calyptraeidae

• Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Family: Hydrobiidae

• Hydrobia acuta (Draparnaud, 1805)
• Hydrobia ventrosa (Montagu, 1803)
• Mercuria similis (Draparnaud, 1805)
• Peringia ulvae (Pennant, 1777)
• Ventrosia ventrosa (Montagu, 1803)

Family: Truncatellidae

• Truncatella subcylindrica (Linnaeus, 1767)

Order: Neritopsina

Family: Neritidae

• Theodoxus fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Order: Notaspidea

Family: Pleurobranchidae

• Berthella plumula (Montagu, 1803)
• Pleurobranchus membranaceus (Montagu, 1815)

Order: Nudibranchia See List of Nudibranchia of Ireland

References

• J.D. Nunn and J.M.C. Holmes A catalogue of the Irish and British marine Mollusca in the collections of the National Museum of Ireland ~ Natural History, 1835-2008
• P. J. Hayward and J. S. Ryland Eds., 1999 The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: Volume II: Molluscs to Chordates Oxford University Press ISBN 9780198575153
• Howson, C.M. & Picton, B.E.(eds) 1997. The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas.Ulster Museum and The Marine Conservation Society, Belfast and Ross-on-Wye.
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

External links

• Roche C., Clarke S. & O’Connor B. (2005) Inventory of Irish marine wildlife publications. Irish Wildlife Manuals, No. 16. National Parks and Wildlife Service,Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin, Ireland.
• Marine species identification portal
• Natural History Museum Rotterdam Mollusca Images

Identification

• Pruvot-Fol A., 1954 Mollusques Opisthobranches. Faune de France n° 58 460 p., 1 pl., 173 fig.PDF (21 Mo)