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The non-marine molluscs of India are a part of the molluscan fauna of India.
There are 5070 species of marine and non-marine molluscs living in the wild in India. [1] There are 3371 species of marine molluscs in India. [2]
There are 1671 species of non-marine molluscs living in the wild in India. This includes 1488 terrestrial species in 140 genera and 183 freshwater species in 53 genera. [2]
There are a total of species of gastropods, which breaks down to ?? species of freshwater gastropods, and 1488 species of land gastropods, plus ?? species of bivalves living in the wild.
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freshwater gastropods | ?? |
land gastropods | 1488 (??? species of snails and ??? species of slugs) |
gastropods altogether | ??? |
bivalves | ?? |
non-marine molluscs altogether | 1671 |
non-indigenous gastropods in the wild | ? freshwater and ? land |
non-indigenous synanthropic gastropods | ? |
non-indigenous bivalves in the wild | ? |
non-indigenous synanthropic bivalves | ? |
non-indigenous molluscs altogether | ? |
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Species of gastropods of India include: [2] [8] [9] [10]
Staffordiidae – this family lives only in India [15]
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Dicharax is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Alycaeidae.
Cyathopoma is a genus of land snails with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae.
Ariophantidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails and semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea.
Ariophanta is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ariophantinae of the family Ariophantidae.
Cyclophorus is a genus of operculate land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae.
Macrochlamys is a large genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae.
Streptaxis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.
Cryptozona is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae. These snails are restricted to South India and Sri Lanka.
Euplecta is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ariophantidae.
Khasiella is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae.
Pterocyclos is a genus of tropical land snails in the subfamily Cyclophorinae of the family Cyclophoridae.
Pincerna is a genus of air-breathing land snails in the family Alycaeidae.
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