List of marine molluscs of Montenegro

The marine molluscs of Montenegro are a part of the molluscan fauna of Montenegro (wildlife of Montenegro).

A number of species of marine molluscs are found in the wild in Montenegro.


 * Summary table of number of species

There were recognized 354 marine species of molluscs in Montenegro in 2017.

Polyplacophorans
Chitonidae
 * Chiton corallinus (Risso, 1826)
 * Chiton olivaceus Spengler, 1797

Acanthochitonidae
 * Acanthochitona fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767)

Marine gastropods
Patellidae
 * Patella caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Patella rustica (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Patella vulgata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fissurellidae
 * Diodora gibberula (Lamarck, 1822)
 * Diodora graeca (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Diodora italica (Defrance, 1820)
 * Emarginula huzardii Payraudeau, 1826
 * Emarginula fissura (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Emarginula octaviana Coen, 1939
 * Puncturella noachina (Linnaeus, 1771)

Haliotidae
 * Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758

Trochidae
 * Clanculus corallinus (Gmelin, 1791)
 * Clanculus cruciatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Clelandella miliaris (Brocchi, 1814)
 * Gibbula umbilicaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Gibbula adriatica (Philippi, 1844)
 * Gibbula albida (Gmelin, 1791)
 * Gibbula divaricata (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Gibbula drepanensis (Brugnone, 1873)
 * Gibbula fanulum (Gmelin, 1791)
 * Gibbula guttadauri (Philippi, 1836)
 * Gibbula magus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Gibbula philberti (Récluz, 1843)
 * Gibbula rarilineata (Michaud, 1829)
 * Gibbula varia (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Phorcus richardi (Payraudeau, 1826)
 * Jujubinus exasperatus (Pennant, 1777)
 * Jujubinus striatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Phorcus articulatus (Lamarck, 1822)
 * Phorcus mutabilis (Philippi, 1846)
 * Phorcus turbinatus (Born, 1778)

Calliostomatidae
 * Calliostoma conulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Calliostoma laugieri (Payraudeau, 1826)
 * Calliostoma zizyphinum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Turbinidae
 * Bolma rugosa (Linnaeus, 1767)

Phasianellidae
 * Tricolia pullus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Colloniidae
 * Homalopoma sanguineum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Neritidae
 * Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cerithiidae
 * Bittium latreillii (Payraudeau, 1826)
 * Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778)
 * Bittium submamillatum (de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854)
 * Cerithium vulgatum Bruguière, 1792

Turritellidae
 * Turritella communis (Risso, 1826)
 * Turritella turbona (Monterosato, 1877)

Triphoridae
 * Monophorus perversus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Marshallora adversa (Montagu, 1803)
 * Metaxia metaxa (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
 * Strobiligera brychia (Bouchet & Guillemot, 1978)

Cerithiopsidae
 * Cerithiopsis jeffreysi (Watson, 1885)

Epitoniidae
 * Epitonium clathrus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Epitonium muricatum (Risso, 1826)
 * Epitonium turtonis (Turton, 1819)

Eulimidae
 * Eulima glabra (da Costa, 1778)
 * Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
 * Melanella compactilis (Locard, 1892)

Littorinidae
 * Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rissoidae
 * Alvania cancellata (da Costa, 1778)
 * Alvania lineata (Risso, 1826)
 * Alvania cimex (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Alvania cimicoides (Forbes, 1844)
 * Alvania hispidula (Monterosato, 1884)
 * Peringiella elegans (Locard, 1892)
 * Pusillina marginata (Michaud, 1830)
 * Rissoa guerinii (Récluz, 1843)
 * Rissoa membranacea (Adams J., 1800)
 * Rissoa monodonta (Philippi, 1836)
 * Rissoa parva (da Costa, 1778)
 * Rissoa splendida (Eichwald, 1830)
 * Setia ambigua (Brugnone, 1873)

Caecidae
 * Caecum trachea (Montagu, 1803)
 * Parastrophia asturiana de Folin, 1870

Hydrobiidae
 * Peringia ulvae (Pennant, 1777)

Iravadiidae
 * Hyala vitrea (Montagu, 1803)

Tornidae
 * Circulus striatus (Philippi, 1836)

Vermetidae
 * Thylacodes arenarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Petaloconchus glomeratus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Aporrhaidae
 * Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)

Calyptraeidae
 * Calyptraea chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Crepidula moulinsii (Michaud, 1829)

Capulidae
 * Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Triviidae
 * Trivia multilirata (Sowerby, G. B. II, 1870)

Cypraeidae
 * Luria lurida (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Zonaria pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)
 * Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ovulidae
 * Pseudosimnia adriatica (Sowerby, G. B. II, 1870)

Naticidae
 * Euspira macilenta (Philippi, 1844)
 * Euspira nitida (Donovan, 1804)
 * Natica hebraea (Martyn, 1786)
 * Euspira catena (da Costa, 1778)
 * Euspira intricata (Donovan, 1804)
 * Notocochlis dillwynii (Payraudeau, 1826)
 * Neverita josephinia (Risso, 1826)
 * Natica stercusmuscarum (Gmelin, 1791)

Tonnidae
 * Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ranellidae
 * Cabestana cutacea (Linnaeus, 1767)

Cassidae
 * Galeodea echinophora (Linnaeus, 1758)

Muricidae
 * Bolinus brandaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Coralliophila squamosa (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838)
 * Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Muricopsis cristata (Brocchi, 1814)
 * Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Stramonita haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1767)

Marginellidae
 * Granulina marginata (Bivona Ant., 1832)

Costellariidae
 * Vexillum tricolor (Gmelin, 1791)
 * Vexillum luculentum (Reeve, 1845)
 * Vexillum acuminatum (Gmelin, 1791)

Buccinidae
 * Euthria cornea (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Pollia dorbignyi (Payraudeau, 1826)
 * Pisania striata (Gmelin, 1791)

Nassariidae
 * Cyclope neritea (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Nassarius corniculum (Olivi, 1792)
 * Nassarius cuvierii (Payraudeau, 1826)
 * Nassarius mutabilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Nassarius pygmaeus (Lamarck, 1822)
 * Nassarius reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Nassarius incrassatus (Strøm, 1768)

Columbellidae
 * Columbella rustica (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Mitrella scripta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fasciolariidae
 * Fusinus pulchellus (Philippi, 1840)
 * Fusinus rostratus (Olivi, 1792)
 * Fusinus parvulus (Monterosato, 1884)
 * Fusinus syracusanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Tarantinaea lignaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Conidae
 * Conus ventricosus Gmelin, 1791

Horaiclavidae
 * Haedropleura septangularis (Montagu, 1803)

Mangeliidae
 * Bela brachystoma (Philippi, 1844)
 * Bela taprurensis (Pallary, 1904)
 * Mangelia attenuata (Montagu, 1803)
 * Mangelia costulata Risso, 1826
 * Mangelia striolata Risso, 1826
 * Mangelia scabrida Monterosato, 1890
 * Mangelia stosiciana Brusina, 1869
 * Mangelia unifasciata (Deshayes, 1835)

Raphitomidae
 * Raphitoma aequalis (Jeffreys, 1867)
 * Raphitoma philberti (Michaud, 1829)
 * Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 1803)
 * Raphitoma echinata (Brocchi, 1814)
 * Raphitoma cordieri (Payraudeau, 1826)

Mathildidae
 * Mathilda quadricarinata (Brocchi, 1814)

Pyramidellidae
 * Eulimella acicula (Philippi, 1836)
 * Eulimella scillae (Scacchi, 1835)
 * Megastomia conoidea (Brocchi, 1814)
 * Turbonilla delicata (Monterosato, 1874)
 * Turbonilla gradata (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883)
 * Turbonilla lactea (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Turbonilla pusilla (Philippi, 1844)

Acteonidae
 * Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ringiculidae
 * Ringicula auriculata (Ménard de la Groye, 1811)
 * Ringicula conformis (Monterosato, 1877)
 * Ringicula gianninii Nordsieck, 1974

Bullidae
 * Bulla striata (Bruguière, 1792)

Haminoeidae
 * Haminoea hydatis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Haminoea navicula (da Costa, 1778)
 * Weinkauffia turgidula (Forbes, 1844)

Philinidae
 * Philine quadripartita Ascanius, 1772
 * Philine scabra (O. F. Müller, 1784)

Cylichnidae
 * Cylichna cylindracea (Pennant, 1777)

Retusidae
 * Volvulella acuminata (Bruguière, 1792)

Plakobranchidae
 * Elysia timida (Risso, 1818)
 * Thuridilla hopei (Vérany, 1853)

Umbraculidae
 * Umbraculum umbraculum (Lightfoot, 1786)

Tylodinidae
 * Tylodina perversa (Gmelin, 1791)

Akeridae
 * Akera bullata O. F. Müller, 1776

Aplysiidae
 * Aplysia depilans (Gmelin, 1791)
 * Aplysia dactylomela (Rang, 1828)
 * Aplysia fasciata Poiret, 1789
 * Bursatella leachii de Blainville, 1817

Dorididae
 * Doris bertheloti (d'Orbigny, 1839)

Discodorididae
 * Atagema rugosa Pruvot-Fol, 1951
 * Baptodoris cinnabarina Bergh, 1884
 * Geitodoris portmanni (Schmekel, 1972)
 * Discodoris erubescens Bergh 1884
 * Platydoris argo (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Peltodoris atromaculata (Bergh, 1880)

Chromodorididae
 * Felimare orsinii (Vérany, 1864)
 * Felimare picta (Schultz in Philippi, 1836)
 * Felimare tricolor (Cantraine, 1835)
 * Felimida krohni (Vérany, 1846)
 * Felimida luteorosea (Rapp, 1827)

Phyllidiidae
 * Phyllidia flava (Aradas, 1847)

Dendrodorididae
 * Doriopsilla areolata Bergh, 1880

Polyceridae
 * Thecacera pennigera (Montagu, 1813)

Calycidorididae
 * Diaphorodoris papillata Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960

Tritoniidae
 * Tritonia nilsodhneri (Marcus Ev., 1983)

Tethydidae
 * Melibe viridis Kelaart 1858
 * Tethys fimbria Linnaeus, 1767

Proctonotidae
 * Janolus cristatus (Delle Chiaje, 1841)

Facelinidae
 * Cratena peregrina (Gmelin, 1791)
 * Dicata odhneri (Schmekel, 1967)
 * Dondice banyulensis Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960
 * Facelina fusca Schmekel, 1966

Flabellinidae
 * Flabellina affinis (Gmelin, 1791)
 * Flabellina babai Schmekel, 1972
 * Flabellina ischitana (Hirano & Thompson, 1990)
 * Flabellina iodinea (J. G. Cooper, 1863)
 * Flabellina pedata (Montagu, 1816)

Rissoellidae
 * Rissoella diaphana (Alder, 1848)

Rissoinidae
 * Rissoina bruguieri (Payraudeau, 1826)

Marine bivalves
Nuculidae
 * Nucula nitidosa (Winckworth, 1930)
 * Nucula nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Nucula sulcata (Bronn, 1831)

Nuculanidae
 * Nuculana pella (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Saccella commutata (Philippi, 1844)

Arcidae
 * Acar gradata (Broderip & Sowerby, G. B. I 1829)
 * Anadara polii (Mayer, 1868)
 * Anadara transversa (Say, 1822)
 * Arca noae (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Arca tetragona (Poli, 1795)
 * Barbatia barbata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Noetiidae
 * Striarca lactea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Glycymerididae
 * Glycymeris glycymeris (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Glycymeris bimaculata (Poli, 1795)
 * Glycymeris nummaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Mytilidae
 * Dacrydium vitreum (Møller, 1842)
 * Modiolus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Lithophaga lithophaga (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Mytilaster lineatus (Gmelin, 1791)
 * Mytilaster minimus (Poli, 1795)
 * Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lamarck, 1819)
 * Mytilus edulis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Arcuatula senhousia (Benson in Cantor, 1842)
 * Gibbomodiola adriatica (Lamarck, 1819)

Pinnidae
 * Pinna nobilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Atrina fragilis (Pennant, 1777)

Pteriidae
 * Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pectinidae
 * Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Manupecten pesfelis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Flexopecten glaber (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Pecten jacobeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Pseudamussium sulcatum (Müller O. F., 1776)
 * Talochlamys multistriata (Poli, 1795)
 * Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Spondylidae
 * Spondylus gaederopus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anomiidae
 * Anomia ephippium (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Heteranomia squamula (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Monia patelliformis (Linnaeus, 1761)

Limidae
 * Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791)

Ostreidae
 * Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
 * Ostrea stentina (Payraudeau, 1826)

Lucinidae
 * Anodontia fragilis (Philippi, 1836)
 * Ctena decussata (Costa O.G., 1829)
 * Myrtea spinifera (Montagu, 1803)
 * Loripes lucinalis (Lamarck, 1818)
 * Lucinella divaricata (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Lucinoma borealis (Linnaeus, 1767)

Thyasiridae
 * Thyasira flexuosa (Montagu, 1803)

Ungulinidae
 * Diplodonta brocchii (Deshayes, 1850)
 * Diplodonta rotundata (Montagu, 1803)

Chamidae
 * Chama circinata (di Monterosato, 1878)
 * Chama gryphoides (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lasaeidae
 * Lepton squamosum (Montagu, 1803)

Montacutidae
 * Kurtiella bidentata (Montagu, 1803)

Sportellidae
 * Sportella recondita (Fischer P. in de Folin, 1872)

Cardiidae
 * Acanthocardia echinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Acanthocardia deshayesii (Payraudeau, 1826)
 * Acanthocardia paucicostata (Sowerby G. B. II, 1834)
 * Acanthocardia tuberculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Cerastoderma glaucum (Bruguière, 1789)
 * Laevicardium oblongum (Gmelin, 1791)
 * Papillicardium papillosum (Poli, 1791)
 * Parvicardium exiguum (Gmelin, 1791)
 * Parvicardium minimum (Philippi, 1836)
 * Parvicardium scabrum (Philippi, 1844)

Mactridae
 * Mactra glauca (Born, 1778)
 * Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)

Mesodesmatidae
 * Donacilla cornea (Poli, 1791)

Tellinidae
 * Arcopagia balaustina (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Arcopagia crassa (Pennant, 1777)
 * Gastrana fragilis (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Tellina distorta Poli, 1791
 * Tellina donacina Linnaeus, 1758
 * Tellina pulchella (Lamarck, 1818)
 * Tellina serrata (Brocchi, 1814)
 * Tellina tenuis (da Costa, 1778)

Donacidae
 * Donax semistriatus Poli, 1791
 * Donax trunculus Linnaeus, 1758

Psammobiidae
 * Gari fervensis (Gmelin, 1791)
 * Gari depressa (Pennant, 1777)
 * Gari tellinella (Lamarck, 1818)

Semelidae
 * Abra alba (Wood. W., 1802)
 * Abra nitida (Müller O. F., 1776)
 * Abra prismatica (Montagu, 1808)
 * Abra segmentum (Récluz, 1843)
 * Scrobicularia cottardii (Payraudeau, 1826)
 * Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778)

Solecurtidae
 * Azorinus chamasolen (da Costa, 1778)
 * Solecurtus candidus (Brocchi, 1814)

Trapeziidae
 * Coralliophaga lithophagella (Lamarck, 1819)

Glossidae
 * Glossus humanus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Veneridae
 * Callista chione (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Clausinella fasciata (da Costa, 1778)
 * Dosinia lupinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Dosinia exoleta (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Gouldia minima (Montagu, 1803)
 * Irus irus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Mysia undata (Pennant, 1777)
 * Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788)
 * Pitar rudis (Poli, 1795)
 * Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791)
 * Ruditapes philippinarum (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
 * Ruditapes decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Timoclea ovata (Pennant, 1777)
 * Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758
 * Venus casina Linnaeus, 1758

Corbulidae
 * Corbula gibba (Olivi, 1792)

Teredinidae
 * Teredo navalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Gastrochaenidae
 * Gastrochaena dubia (Pennant, 1777)

Solenidae
 * Solen marginatus (Pulteney, 1799)

Pharidae
 * Ensis siliqua (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Ensis ensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Ensis minor (Chenu, 1843)
 * Pharus legumen (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777)

Hiatellidae
 * Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Hiatella rugosa (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Saxicavella jeffreysi (Winckworth, 1930)

Thraciidae
 * Thracia corbuloidea de Blainville, 1827
 * Thracia gracilis Jeffreys, 1865
 * Thracia phaseolina (Lamarck, 1818)
 * Thracia pubescens (Pulteney, 1799)

Pandoridae
 * Pandora pinna (Montagu, 1803)

Poromyidae
 * Poromya granulata (Nyst & Westendorp, 1839)

Cuspidariidae
 * Cuspidaria cuspidata (Olivi, 1792)
 * Cuspidaria rostrata (Spengler, 1793)

Scaphopods
Dentaliidae
 * Antalis dentalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Antalis vulgaris (da Costa, 1778)
 * Antalis inaequicostata (Dautzenberg, 1891)

Fustiariidae
 * Fustiaria rubescens (Deshayes, 1825)

Gadilidae
 * Dischides politus (S. Wood, 1842)

Cephalopods
Sepiidae
 * Sepia elegans Blainville, 1827
 * Sepia officinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Sepia orbignyana (Férussac, 1826)

Sepiolidae
 * Rossia macrosoma (Delle Chiaje, 1830)
 * Sepietta oweniana (d'Orbigny, 1841)
 * Sepiola rondeletii Leach, 1817

Loliginidae
 * Alloteuthis media (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Loligo vulgaris (Lamarck, 1798)

Ommastrephidae
 * Illex coindetii (Vérany, 1839)
 * Todarodes sagittatus (Lamarck, 1798)

Octopodidae
 * Eledone cirrhosa (Lamarck, 1798)
 * Eledone moschata (Lamarck, 1798)
 * Octopus salutii (Vérany, 1836)
 * Octopus vulgaris (Cuvier, 1797)
 * Pteroctopus tetracirrhus (Delle Chiaje, 1830)
 * Scaeurgus unicirrhus (Delle Chiaje [in de Férussac & d'Orbigny], 1841)

Argonautidae
 * Argonauta argo (Linnaeus, 1758)