List of non-marine molluscs of Nepal

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The non-marine molluscs of Nepal are a complete molluscan fauna of Nepal (wildlife of Nepal, environment of Nepal), because Nepal is landlocked country.

Contents

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

Summary table of number of species

(Summary table is based on species counted in this list and include also those ones with question marks)

Nepal
freshwater gastropods>10
land gastropods138 species [1]
gastropods altogether ???
bivalves>4
molluscs altogether???
non-indigenous gastropods in the wild ?? freshwater and ?? land
non-indigenous hot-house alien gastropods ?
non-indigenous bivalves in the wild ?
non-indigenous hot-house alien bivalves ?
non-indigenous molluscs altogether ?

Land slug Limax seticus lives in altitudes 4,700–4,800 m a.s.l. in Nepal. It is the highest locality where occurrence of land slugs was recorded. [2]

Freshwater gastropods

Freshwater gastropods in Nepal include:

Amnicolidae

Viviparidae

Ampullariidae

Thiaridae

Pachychilidae

Lymnaeidae

Planorbidae

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Nepal include:

Alycaeidae

Cyclophoridae

Diplommatinidae

Pupinidae

Gastrocoptidae

Pyramidula kuznetsovi Pyramidula kuznetsovi.jpg
Pyramidula kuznetsovi

Pyramidulidae

Valloniidae

Limacidae

Ariophantidae

Achatinidae

Plectopylidae

Anadenidae

Freshwater bivalves

Unionidae

Amblemidae

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

Related Research Articles

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<i>Diplommatina</i> Genus of gastropods

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

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

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Plectopyloidea</span> Superfamily of gastropods

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<i>Endothyrella plectostoma</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Trachia</i> Genus of gastropods

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Budha P., Naggs F. & Backeljau T. (2015). "Annotated Checklist of the Terrestrial Gastropods of Nepal". ZooKeys 492: 1-48. doi : 10.3897/zookeys.492.9175.
  2. 1 2 Wiktor A. & Bössneck U. (2004). "Limax (Limax) seticus n. sp. from high mountains in Nepal (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Limacidae)". Folia Malacologica 12(4): 183–187. doi : 10.12657/folmal.012.017.
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