title: List of marine molluscs of Montenegro
text: # 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
  
  | | Montenegro |
  | - | - |
  | polyplacophorans | 3 |
  | marine gastropods | 199 (198 + 1) |
  | marine bivalves | 131 |
  | scaphopods | 5 |
  | cephalopods | 17 |
  | marine molluscs altogether | 355 |
  
  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)
  