List of non-marine molluscs of Mexico

Location of Mexico

The non-marine molluscs of Mexico are a part of the molluscan wildlife of Mexico. A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Mexico.

There are about 1,178 species and subspecies of terrestrial gastropods in the Mexico. ^[1]

Summary table of number of species:

Numbers of molluscs by habitat	Number of species
Freshwater gastropods	?
Land gastropods	1,178 species and subspecies [1]
Total number of non-marine gastropods	over 1200
Freshwater bivalves	?
Total number of non-marine molluscs	?

There are not enough records of terrestrial gastropods from states of Aguascalientes and Tlaxcala. ^[1]

Freshwater gastropods

Neritidae

• Clypeolum latissimum (Broderip, 1833) ^[2]
• Neritina virginea (Linnaeus, 1758) ^[2]
• Vitta clenchi (Russell, 1940) ^[2]
• Vitta usnea (Röding, 1798) ^[2]

Ampullariidae

• Pomacea cerasum (Hanley, 1854) ^[2]
• Pomacea flagellata (Say, 1829) ^[2]
• Pomacea cumingii (King & Broderip, 1831) ^[2]
• Pomacea catemacensis (H. B. Baker 1922) ^[2]
• Pomacea picta (Reeve, 1856) ^[2]

Viviparidae

• Viviparus inornatus (Binney, 1865) ^[2]

Pachychilidae

• Amnipila pila (Pilsbry & Hinkley, 1910) ^[2]
• Pachychilus apheles F. G. Thompson, 1967 ^[2]
• Pachychilus apis (I. Lea & H.C. Lea, 1851) ^[2]
• Pachychilus atratus Pilsbry & Hinkley, 1910 ^[2]
• Pachychilus chrysalis (Brot, 1872) ^[2]
• Pachychilus corpulentus F. G. Thompson, 1967 ^[2]
• Pachychilus corvinus (Morelet, 1849) ^[2]
• Pachychilus dalli Pilsbry, 1896 ^[2]
• Pachychilus glaphyrus (Morelet, 1849) ^[2]
• Pachychilus graphium (Morelet, 1849) ^[2]
• Pachychilus hellerii (Brot, 1862) ^[2]
• Pachychilus humerosus Pilsbry & Hinkley, 1910 ^[2]
• Pachychilus indiorum (Morelet, 1849) ^[2]
• Pachychilus largillierti (Philippi, 1843) ^[2]
• Pachychilus larvatus (Brot, 1877) ^[2]
• Pachychilus liebmanni (Philippi, 1848) ^[2]
• Pachychilus moctezumensis (Pilsbry & Hinkley, 1910) ^[2]
• Pachychilus pilsbryi von Martens, 1899 ^[2]
• Pachychilus pleurotoma Pilsbry & Hinkley, 1910 ^[2]
• Pachychilus pluristriatus (Say, 1831) ^[2]
• Pachychilus potomarchus Pilsbry, 1892 ^[2]
• Pachychilus radix (Brot, 1872) ^[2]
• Pachychilus rasconensis Thiele, 1928 ^[2]
• Pachychilus rubidus (Lea, 1856) ^[2]
• Pachychilus saussurei (Brot, 1874) ^[2]
• Pachychilus schiedeanus (Philippi, 1843) ^[2]
• Pachychilus schumoi Pilsbry, 1931 ^[2]
• Pachychilus suturalis Pilsbry & Hinkley, 1910 ^[2]
• Pachychilus tristis Pilsbry & Hinkley, 1910 ^[2]
• Pachychilus turati (A. Villa & G. B. Villa, 1854) ^[2]
• Pachychilus vallesensis Hinkley, 1907 ^[2]

Pleuroceridae

• Lithasiopsis crassus Thompson, 1959 ^[2]
• Lithasiopsis darnelli Thompson, 1959 ^[2]
• Lithasiopsis hinkleyi Pilsbry, 1910 ^[2]
• Lithasiopsis mexicanus Pilsbry, 1910 ^[2]

Assimineidae

• Angustassiminea californica (Tryon, 1865) ^[2]
• Assiminea cienegensis Hershler, Liu & Lang, 2007 ^[2]

Cochliopidae

• Aroapyrgus alleei Morrison, 1946 ^[2]
• Aroapyrgus clenchi (Goodrich & Van der Schalie, 1937) ^[2]
• Aroapyrgus guatemalensis (Fischer & Crosse, 1891) ^[2]
• Aroapyrgus mexicanus (Pilsbry, 1910) ^[2]
• Aroapyrgus orizabensis (Crosse & Fischer, 1891) ^[2]
• Aroapyrgus pasionensis (Goodrich & Van der Schalie, 1937) ^[2]
• Balconorbis sabinasense Czaja, Cardoza-Martínez & Estrada-Rodríguez, 2019 ^[2]
• Chorrobius crassilabrum Hershler, Liu & Landye, 2011 ^[2]
• Coahuilix hubbsi Taylor, 1966 ^[2]
• Coahuilix landyei Hershler, 1985 ^[2]
• Cochliopina compacta (Pilsbry, 1910) ^[2]
• Cochliopina francesae (Goodrich & Van der Schalie, 1937) ^[2]
• Cochliopina infundibulum (Martens, 1899) ^[2]
• Cochliopina milleri Taylor, 1966 ^[2]
• Cochliopina picta (Pilsbry, 1910) ^[2]
• Cochliopina riograndensis (Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906) ^[2]
• Emmericiella longa (Pilsbry, 1909) ^[2]
• Emmericiella novimundi (Pilsbry, 1909) ^[2]
• Eremopyrgus elegans Hershler, Liu & Landye, 2002 ^[2]
• Juturnia coahuilae (Taylor, 1966) ^[2]
• Littoridina crosseana (Pilsbry, 1910) ^[2]
• Littoridina orcutti (Pilsbry, 1928) ^[2]
• Littoridinops monroensis (Frauenfeld, 1863) ^[2]
• Littoridinops tampicoensis (Pilsbry & Hinkley, 1907) ^[2]
• Littoridinops tenuipes (Couper, 1844) ^[2]
• Mexicenotica xochii Grego, Angyal & Liévano-Beltrán, 2019 ^[2]
• Mexipyrgus carranzae Taylor, 1966 ^[2]
• Mexithauma quadripaludium Taylor, 1966 ^[2]
• Minckleyella balnearis Hershler, Liu & Landye, 2011 ^[2]
• Paludiscala caramba Taylor, 1966 ^[2]
• Phreatoceras taylori (Hershler & Longley, 1986) ^[2]
• Pseudotryonia mica Hershler, Liu & Landye, 2011 ^[2]
• Pseudotryonia pasajae Hershler, Liu & Landye, 2011 ^[2]
• Pyrgophorus coronatus (Pfeiffer, 1840) ^[2]
• Pyrgophorus cisterninus (Küster, 1852) ^[2]
• Pyrgophorus spinosus (Call & Pilsbry, 1886) ^[2]
• Pyrgophorus cenoticus Grego, Angyal & Beltrán, 2019 ^[2]
• Tepalcatia bakeri (Pilsbry, 1891) ^[2]
• Tepalcatia polia (Thompson & Hershler, 1991) ^[2]
• Tepalcatia tela Thompson & Hershler, 2002 ^[2]
• Texadina sphinctostoma (Abbott & Ladd, 1951) ^[2]
• Tryonia allendae Hershler, Liu & Landye, 2011 ^[2]
• Tryonia angosturae Hershler, Liu & Landye, 2011 ^[2]
• Tryonia chuviscarae Hershler, Liu & Landye, 2011 ^[2]
• Tryonia contrerasi Hershler, Liu & Landye, 2011 ^[2]
• Tryonia dugesiana (Morrison, 1945) ^[2]
• Tryonia hertleini (Drake, 1956) ^[2]
• Tryonia imitator (Pilsbry, 1899) ^[2]
• Tryonia julimesensis Hershler, Liu & Landye, 2011 ^[2]
• Tryonia mariae (Morrison, 1945) ^[2]
• Tryonia minckleyi Hershler, Liu & Landye, 2011 ^[2]
• Tryonia molinae Hershler, Liu & Landye, 2011 ^[2]
• Tryonia ovata Hershler, Liu & Landye, 2011 ^[2]
• Tryonia peregrina Hershler, Liu & Landye, 2011 ^[2]
• Tryonia pilsbryi (Morrison, 1945) ^[2]
• Tryonia porrecta (Mighels, 1845) ^[2]
• Tryonia santarosae Hershler, Landye, Liu, De la Maza-Benignos, Ornelas & Carson, 2014 ^[2]
• Tryonia seemani (Frauenfeld, 1863) ^[2]
• Tryonia shikueii Hershler, Landye, Liu, De la Maza-Benignos, Ornelas & Carson, 2014 ^[2]
• Tryonia taylori Hershler, Liu & Landye, 2011 ^[2]
• Tryonia zaragozae Hershler, Liu & Landye, 2011 ^[2]

Hydrobiidae

• Cincinnatia integra (Say, 1829) ^[2]
• Ecrobia truncata (Vanatta, 1924) ^[2]
• Pyrgulopsis acarinatus (Hershler, 1985) ^[2]
• Pyrgulopsis bernardina (Taylor, 1987) ^[2]
• Pyrgulopsis brandi (Drake, 1953) ^[2]
• Pyrgulopsis californiensis (Gregg & Taylor, 1965) ^[2]
• Pyrgulopsis cedrosensis (Pilsbry, 1927) ^[2]
• Pyrgulopsis chihuahua (Pilsbry, 1928) ^[2]
• Pyrgulopsis manantiali (Hershler, 1985) ^[2]
• Pyrgulopsis minckleyi (Taylor, 1966) ^[2]
• Pyrgulopsis palomasensis (Pilsbry, 1895) ^[2]
• Pyrgulopsis patzcuarensis Pilsbry, 1891 ^[2]
• Pyrgulopsis thompsoni Hershler, 1988 ^[2]

Lithoglyphidae

• Phreatomascogos gregoi Czaja & Estrada-Rodríguez, 2019 ^[2]
• Pterides bisinulabris Pilsbry, 1909 ^[2]
• Pterides pterostoma Pilsbry, 1909 ^[2]
• Pterides rhabdus Pilsbry, 1909 ^[2]

Valvatidae

• Valvata beltrami Contreras-Arquieta, 1993 ^[2]
• Valvata humeralis Say, 1829 ^[2]

Lymnaeidae

• Galba bulimoides (Lea, 1841) ^[2]
• Galba cubensis (Pfeiffer, 1839) ^[2]
• Galba humilis (Say, 1822) ^[2]
• Galba modicella (Say, 1825) ^[2]
• Galba obrussa (Say, 1825) ^[2]
• Galba viator (Orbigny, 1835) ^[2]
• Ladislavella elodes (Say, 1821) ^[2]
• Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) ^[2]
• Pseudosuccinea columella (Say, 1817) ^[2]

Physidae

• Amecanauta jaliscoensis Taylor, 2003 ^[2]
• Austrinauta elatus (Gould, 1853) ^[2]
• Chiapaphysa grijalvae Taylor, 2003 ^[2]
• Mayabina bullula (Crosse & Fischer, 1882) ^[2]
• Mayabina polita Taylor, 2003 ^[2]
• Mayabina spiculata (Morelet, 1849) ^[2]
• Mayabina tapanensis (Crosse & Fischer, 1882) ^[2]
• Mexinauta aurantia (Carpenter, 1857) ^[2]
• Mexinauta impluviatus (Morelet, 1849) ^[2]
• Mexinauta nitens (Philippi, 1841) ^[2]
• Mexinauta princeps (Philippi, 1846) ^[2]
• Physella acuta (Draparnaud, 1805) ^[2]
• Physella boucardi (Crosse and Fischer, 1881) ^[2]
• Physella gyrina (Say, 1821) ^[2]
• Physella mexicana (Philippi, 1841) ^[2]
• Physella patzcuarensis (Pilsbry, 1891) ^[2]
• Physella solidissima (Pilsbry, 1920) ^[2]
• Physella squalida (Morelet, 1851) ^[2]
• Physella virgata (Gould, 1855) ^[2]
• Ultraphysella sinaloae Taylor, 2003 ^[2]

Planorbidae

• Antillorbis aeruginosus (Morelet, 1851) ^[2]
• Biomphalaria belizensis (Crosse & Fischer, 1878) ^[2]
• Biomphalaria boucardianus (Preston, 1907) ^[2]
• Biomphalaria gracilenta (Gould, 1855) ^[2]
• Biomphalaria havanensis (Pfeiffer, 1839) ^[2]
• Biomphalaria helophila (d'Orbigny, 1835) ^[2]
• Biomphalaria orbicula (Morelet, 1849) ^[2]
• Biomphalaria petenensis (Morelet, 1851) ^[2]
• Biomphalaria retusus (Morelet, 1849) ^[2]
• Biomphalaria subprona (Von Martens, 1899) ^[2]
• Biomphalaria tepicensis (Von Martens, 1899) ^[2]
• Drepanotrema anatinum (d'Orbigny, 1835) ^[2]
• Drepanotrema cimex (Moricand, 1839) ^[2]
• Drepanotrema cultratum (d'Orbigny, 1841) ^[2]
• Drepanotrema depressissimum (Moricand, 1839) ^[2]
• Drepanotrema kermatoides (d'Orbigny, 1835) ^[2]
• Drepanotrema lucidum (Pfeiffer, 1839) ^[2]
• Drepanotrema sumichrasti (Crosse & Fischer, 1879) ^[2]
• Drepanotrema surinamense (Clessin, 1884) ^[2]
• Ferrissia californica (Rowell, 1863) ^[2]
• Ferrissia rivularis (Say, 1817) ^[2]
• Gundlachia radiata (Guilding, 1828) ^[2]
• Gyraulus circumstriatus (Tryon, 1866) ^[2]
• Gyraulus deflectus (Say, 1824) ^[2]
• Gyraulus parvus (Say, 1817) ^[2]
• Hebetancylus excentricus (Morelet, 1851) ^[2]
• Helisoma anceps (Menke, 1830) ^[2]
• Laevapex papillaris (Von Martens, 1899) ^[2]
• Laevapex sallei (Bourguignat, 1857) ^[2]
• Menetus dilatatus (Gould, 1841) ^[2]
• Micromenetus brogniartianus (Lea, 1842) ^[2]
• Planorbella contrerasi (Pilsbry, 1920) ^[2]
• Planorbella duryi (Wetherby, 1879) ^[2]
• Planorbella foveale (Menke, 1830) ^[2]
• Planorbella tenue (Dunker, 1850) ^[2]
• Planorbella trivolvis (Say, 1817) ^[2]
• Planorbula armigera (Say, 1821) ^[2]

Land gastropods

an unidentified slug from Mexico

probably Drymaeus serperastrus from Mexico

an unidentified land snail from Mexico

Helicinidae - 72 species ^[1]

Veronicellidae

• Leidyula floridana (Leidy & Binney in Binney, 1851) - needs confirmation ^[3]
• Leidyula moreleti (Fischer, 1871) ^[3]
• Phyllocaulis gayi (Fischer, 1871) - needs confirmation ^[3]
• Sarasinula dubia (Semper, 1885) ^[3]
• Sarasinula plebeia (P. Fischer, 1868) ^[3]

Subulinidae

• Allopeas gracile (Hutton, 1834) ^[4]
• Allopeas micra (d’Orbigny, 1835) ^[4]

Urocoptidae - 265 species ^[1]

Spiraxidae - 246 species ^[1]

Orthalicidae/Bulimulinae = Bulimulidae - 140 species ^[1]

Agriolimacidae

• Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774) ^[5]
• Deroceras invadens Reise, Hutchinson, Schunack and Schlitt, 2011 ^[5]
• Deroceras reticulatum (Müller, 1774) ^[5]

Pupillidae - 47 species ^[1]

Polygyridae - 65 species ^[1]

Xanthonychidae - 58 species ^[1]

• Semiconchula custepecana Naranjo-García, Polaco & Pearce, 2000 ^[6]

Echinichidae

• Echinix granulata Thompson & Naranjo-García, 2012 ^[7]
• Echinix ochracea Thompson & Naranjo-García, 2012 ^[7]
• Echinix rugosa Thompson & Naranjo-García, 2012 ^[7]

Humboldtianidae - 49 species ^[1]

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of the United States
• List of non-marine molluscs of Guatemala
• List of non-marine molluscs of Belize
• List of non-marine molluscs of Cuba

References

1. Naranjo-García E. & Fahy N. E. (2010). "The Lesser Families of Mexican Terrestrial Molluscs". American Malacological Bulletin 28(1-2): 59-80. doi : 10.4003/006.028.0222.
2. Alexander Czaja, Iris Gabriela Meza-Sánchez, José Luis Estrada-Rodríguez, Ulises Romero-Méndez, Jorge Sáenz-Mata, Verónica Ávila-Rodríguez, Jorge Luis Becerra-López, Josué Raymundo Estrada-Arellano, Gabriel Fernando Cardoza-Martínez, David Ramiro Aguillón-Gutiérrez, Diana Gabriela Cordero-Torres, Alan P. Covich (2020). "The freshwater snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Mexico: updated checklist, endemicity hotspots, threats and conservation status". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 91: 1-22. https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2020.91.2909
3. Naranjo-García E., Thomé J. W. & Castillejo J. (2007). "A review of the Veronicellidae from Mexico (Gastropoda: Soleolifera). Revisión de los Veronicellidae de México (Gastropoda: Soleolifera)". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 78: 41-50."
4. Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
5. Victoria Araiza Gómez, Edna Naranjo-García & Gerardo Zúñiga (2017). "The Exotic Slugs of the Genus Deroceras (Agriolimacidae) in Mexico: Morphological and Molecular Characterization, and New Data on Their Distribution". American Malacological Bulletin 35(2): 126-133. DOI: 10.4003/006.035.0205
6. Naranjo-García, Edna; Polaco, Oscar J.; Pearce, Timothy A. (2000). "A new genus and species of semi-slug from southern Chiapas, Mexico (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Xanthonychidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 128(1-2): 153-161.
7. Thompson, F. G.; Naranjo-García, E. (2012). "Echinichidae, a new family of dart-bearing helicoid slugs from Mexico, with the description of a new genus and three new species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Xanthonychoidea)" (PDF). Archiv für Molluskenkunde . 141 (2): 197–208. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/197-208.

Further reading

• Fischer P. H. & Crosse H. (1900). Études sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatales du Mexique et du Guatemala. volume 2. Paris, 731 pp. + 72 plates.