List of non-marine molluscs of Japan

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The non-marine molluscs of Japan are a part of the molluscan fauna of Japan (wildlife of Japan).

Contents

A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Japan.

Extinct gastropods in Japan include: Vitrinula chaunax , Vitrinula chichijimana , Vitrinula hahajimana .

Freshwater gastropods

Pomatiopsidae

Thiaridae

Acroloxidae

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Japan include:

Cyclophoridae

Helicinidae

Achatinellidae

Enidae

Vertiginidae

Ariophantidae

Camaenidae

Diapheridae

Bivalvia

Hothouse aliens

"Hothouse aliens" in Japan include:

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bradybaeninae</span> Subfamily of gastropods

Bradybaeninae is a taxonomic subfamily of medium-sized to small land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae, superfamily Helicoidea.

<i>Euhadra</i> Genus of gastropods

Euhadra is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Bradybaeninae of the family Camaenidae.

<i>Aegista</i> Genus of gastropods

Aegista is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.

Aegista intonsa is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.

<i>Dicharax</i> Genus of gastropods

Dicharax is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Alycaeidae.

<i>Diplommatina</i> Genus of gastropods

Diplommatina is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.

Elasmias kitaiwojimanum is a species of tropical tree-living, air-breathing, land snails, arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to Japan.

Euhadra sadoensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bradybaenidae. This species is found in Japan.

<i>Japonia</i> Genus of gastropods

Japonia is a genus of land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropods in the subfamily Cyclophorinae of the family Cyclophoridae.

Vitrinula hahajimana is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Ariophantidae. This species was endemic to Japan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Streptaxidae</span> Family of gastropods

Streptaxidae is a family of carnivorous air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora. Six Streptaxidae subfamilies are accepted in the 2005 taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi.

Tokubei Kuroda was a Japanese scientist and academic. He is best known as a pioneering taxonomist and malacologist specializing in Japanese marine and terrestrial Mollusca.

<i>Sinoennea</i> Genus of gastropods

Sinoennea is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Diapheridae.

<i>Plectotropis</i> Genus of gastropods

Plectotropis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.

<i>Ganesella</i> Genus of gastropods

Ganesella is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Camaeninae of the family Camaenidae.

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