List of marine molluscs of Slovenia

The marine molluscs of Slovenia are a part of the molluscan fauna of Slovenia (wildlife of Slovenia). A number of species of marine molluscs are found in the wild in Slovenia.

Location of Slovenia

Lipej et al. reported 70 species of opisthobranchs from Slovenia in 2012.[1] Zenetos et al. reported 74 species of opisthobranchs from Slovenia in 2016.[2]

Summary table of number of species

	Slovenia
polyplacophorans	??
marine gastropods	74 species of opisthobranchs[2]
marine bivalves	??
scaphopods	??
cephalopods	??
marine molluscs altogether	??

Marine gastropods

Acteonidae

• Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)[3][2]

Ringiculidae

• Ringicula auriculata (Ménard de la Groye, 1811)[3][2]

Bullidae

• Bulla striata Bruguière, 1792[3][2]

Haminoeidae

• Haminoea hydatis (Linnaeus, 1758)[3][2]
• Haminoea navicula (da Costa, 1778)[3][2]
• Atys jeffreysi (Weinkauff, 1866)[3][2]
• Weinkauffia turgidula (Forbes, 1844)[3][2]

Philinidae

• Philine catena (Montagu, 1803)[3][2]
• Philine quadripartita Ascanius, 1772[2] - It was listed as Philine aperta (Linnaeus, 1767) by Lipej et al. in 2008.[3] However Philine aperta (Linnaeus, 1767) sensu Jeffreys, 1867 is a synonym of Philine quadripartita because of misidentification.[4]

Aglajidae

• Philinopsis depicta (Renier, 1807)[3][2]

Cylichnidae

• Cylichna cylindracea (Pennant, 1777)[3][2]

Scaphandridae

• Scaphander lignarius (Linnaeus, 1758)[3][2]

Retusidae

• Retusa laevisculpta (Granata-Grillo, 1877)[3][2]
• Retusa mammillata (Philippi, 1836)[3][2]
• Retusa multiquadrata Oberling, 1970[3][2] - nomen dubium
• Retusa truncatula (Bruguière, 1792)[3][2]
• Retusa umbilicata (Montagu, 1803)[3][2]

Rhizoridae

• Volvulella acuminata (Bruguière, 1792)[3][2]

Runcinidae

• Runcina adriatica T. Thompson, 1980[3][2]

Creseidae

• Creseis clava Rang, 1828[2]

Plakobranchidae

• Elysia gordanae Thompson & Jaklin, 1988[2]
• Elysia timida (Risso, 1818)[2]
• Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804)[2]
• Thuridilla hopei (Vérany, 1853)[2]

Boselliidae

• Bosellia mimetica Trinchese, 1891[2]

Limapontiidae

• Calliopaea bellula d’Orbigny, 1837[2]
• Ercolania coerulea Trinchese, 1892[2]

Tylodinidae

• Tylodina perversa (Gmelin, 1791)[1][2]

Akeridae

• Akera bullata O. F. Müller, 1776[2]

Aplysiidae

• Aplysia depilans Gmelin, 1791[2]
• Aplysia fasciata Poiret, 1789[2]
• Aplysia punctata (Cuvier, 1803)[2]
• Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817[5][2]

Pleurobranchidae

• Berthella ocellata (delle Chiaje, 1830)[2]
• Berthella stellata (Risso, 1826)[2]
• Pleurobranchaea meckeli (Blainville, 1825)[2]

Dorididae

• Doris bertheloti (d’Orbigny, 1839)[2]
• Doris pseudoargus Rapp, 1827[2]

Discodorididae

• Geitodoris planata (Alder & Hancock, 1846)[2]
• Jorunna tomentosa (Cuvier, 1804)[2]
• Platydoris argo (Linnaeus, 1767)[2]
• Rostanga rosi (Ortea, 1979)[2]
• Rostanga rubra (Risso, 1818)[2]
• Thordisa filix Pruvot-Fol, 1951[2]

Chromodorididae

• Felimare orsinii (Vérany, 1846)[2]
• Felimare tricolor (Cantraine, 1835)[2]
• Felimare villafranca (Risso, 1818)[2]
• Felimida krohni (Vérany, 1846)[2]
• Felimida luteorosea (Rapp, 1827)[2]
• Felimida purpurea (Risso in Guérin, 1831)[2]

Dendrodorididae

• Dendrodoris grandiflora (Rapp, 1827)[2]
• Dendrodoris limbata (Cuvier, 1804)[2]

Onchidorididae

• Onchidoris neapolitana (delle Chiaje, 1841)[2]

Goniodorididae

• ...

Proctonotidae

• Janolus cristatus (Delle Chiaje, 1841)[1]

Eubranchidae

• Eubranchus tricolor Forbes, 1838[1]

Facelinidae

• Dicata odhneri Schmekel, 1967[1]

Flabellinidae

• Cumanotus beaumonti (Eliot, 1906)[6]

Species removed from the faunal list:

• Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803) - It was listed from Slovenia by De Min & Vio in 1997,[7] probably based on misidentification.[8] It is not listed by other authors.[3][2]

See also

• List of non-marine molluscs of Slovenia

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

• List of marine molluscs of Croatia
• List of marine molluscs of Italy

References

1. Lipej, Lovrenc; Mavric, Borut; Moskon, Saso (2012). "NEW RECORDINGS OF OPISTHOBRANCH MOLLUSKS (MOLLUSCA: OPISTHOBRANCHIA) IN THE SLOVENIAN PORTION OF THE ADRIATIC SEA/NUOVE SEGNALAZIONI DI MOLLUSCHI OPISTOBRANCHI (MOLLUSCA: OPISTHOBRANCHIA) NELLA PARTE SLOVENA DEL MARE ADRIATICO". Annales: Series Historia Naturalis. 22. Scientific and Research Center of the Republic of Slovenia. p. 133. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
2. Zenetos, A., Mačić, V., Jaklin, A., Lipej, L., Poursanidis, D., Cattaneo-Vietti, R., Beqiraj, S., Betti, F., Poloniato, D., Kashta, L., Katsanevakis, S. and Crocetta, F. (2016). "Adriatic ‘opisthobranchs’ (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia): shedding light on biodiversity issues". Marine Ecology 37: 1239–1255. doi:10.1111/maec.12306.
3. Lipej, L., Ž. Dobrajc, B. Mavrič, S. Šamu & S. Alajbegovič (2008). "Opisthobranch mollusks (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Slovenian coastal waters (northern Adriatic)". Annales, Ser. Hist. Nat. 18(2): 213-226. PDF.
4. Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2011). Philine quadripartita. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574582 on 2017-10-19
5. Turk, Tom; Furlan, Borut (2011). "New records of Indo-Pacific and Atlantic mollusc species (Opisthobranchia) in the eastern Mediterranean and Adriatic Sea" (PDF). Annales, Series Historia Naturalis. 21. pp. 5–10. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
6. Turk, T. (2005). "Unusual sea slug from Cape Madona (Piran, Slovenia) the first record of Cumanotus beaumonti (Eliot, 1906) in the Mediterranean Sea". Annales, Ser. Hist. Nat. 15(1): 1-4.
7. De Min R. & Vio E. (1997). "Molluschi conchiferi del litorale sloveno". Annales, Series Historia Naturalis 7(1): 241-258.
8. Crocetta F. & Tringali L. P. (2015). "Mapping alien Mollusca distribution in the Mediterranean Sea: the Lessepsian immigrant Retusa desgenettii (Audouin, 1826) reaches Turkey". Quaternary International 390: 15-20. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.03.009.

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