One third of Ireland’s snail, slug and bivalve fauna is under threat of extinction according to the recent Irish Red List by the National Biodiversity Data Centre in conjunction with the National Parks and Wildlife Service, the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, and the Conchological Society of Britain and Ireland.

Ireland’s non-marine mollusc fauna is of international importance. There are 150 species in Ireland, ten of which have most of their global populations in Ireland. This Red List is an important document in assessing the conservation status of our fauna and providing a guideline for future conservation work. For the full publication, see Red List.