List of non-marine molluscs of Belize

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

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Freshwater gastropods

Land gastropods

Cyclophoridae

Helicinidae

Sagdidae

Subulinidae

Helicarionidae

Orthalicidae

Zonitidae

Urocoptidae

Eucalodiidae

Helicodiscidae

Carychiidae

Thysanophoridae

Pupillidae

Pomatiidae

Spiraxidae

Vertiginidae

Helminthoglyptidae

Freshwater bivalves

See also

Related Research Articles

Carychiinae Subfamily of gastropods

Carychiinae is a taxonomic subfamily of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.

<i>Zospeum</i> Genus of gastropods

Zospeum is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails.

Ellobiidae Family of gastropods

Ellobiidae, common name the hollow-shelled snails, is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata. Ellobiidae is the only family in the superfamily Ellobioidea, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

<i>Carychium</i> Genus of gastropods

Carychium is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Adam W. Rollins & Ronald S. Caldwell (2013). "Rapid ecological assessment of land snails (Gastropoda) across a disturbance continuum in a southern Belize lowland rainforest". Brenesia 79: 64-71.
  2. Fred G. Thompson & Daniel C. Dourson (2013). "A new land snail of the genus Eucalodium from Belize (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Urocoptoidea: Eucalodiidae)". Nautilus -Greenville then Sanibel- 127(4): 153-155.
  3. Jochum, A.; Weigand, A.M.; Bochud, E.; Inäbit, T.; Dörge, D.D.; Ruthensteiner, B.; Favre, A.; Martels, G.; Kampschulte, M. (2017). "Three new species of Carychium O.F. Müller, 1773 from the Southeastern USA, Belize and Panama are described using computer tomography (CT) (Eupulmonata, Ellobioidea, Carychiidae)". ZooKeys (675): 97–127. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.675.12453 . PMC   5523888 . PMID   28769681.