List of non-marine molluscs of Peru

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

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

There are 852 species of gastropods (89 species of freshwater gastropods, [1] 763 species of land gastropods) [1] and 40 species of freshwater bivalves living in the wild. [1]

There is altogether 129 species of freshwater molluscs in Peru. [1]


Summary table of number of species:
Numbers of molluscs by habitatNumber of species
Freshwater gastropods89 [1]
Land gastropods763 [1]
Total number of non-marine gastropods852
Freshwater bivalves40 [1]
Total number of non-marine molluscs892

Freshwater gastropods

Freshwater gastropods include:

Ampullariidae

Planorbidae

Lymnaeidae

Physidae

Land gastropods

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an unidentified land snail from Peru
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an unidentified land snail from Peru

There are other 30 genera of land gastropods, than mentioned below next to families, with 56 species. [1]

Helicinidae - 2 genera, 25 species [1]

Neocyclotidae - 4 genera, 20 species [1]

Orthalicidae - without Bulimulinae has 4 genera and 18 species in Peru. [1]

Orthalicidae, Bulimulinae - only Bulimulinae has 15 genera, 424 species in Peru [1]

Veronicellidae

Subulinidae - 5 genera, 19 species [1]

Clausiliidae - 14 genera, 75 species [1]

Scolodontidae - 8 genera, 55 species [1]

Charopidae - 3 genera, 13 species [1]

Pleurodontidae - 2 genera, 13 species [1]

Camaenidae - 2 genera, 12 species

Helminthoglyptidae - 2 genera, 33 species [1]

Freshwater bivalves

Freshwater bivalves include:

Hyriidae

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Castalia schombergiana
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Paxyodon syrmathophorus

Mycetopodidae

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Anodontites trapesialis

Etheriidae

Sphaeriidae

Corbiculidae

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 (in Spanish) Ramírez R., Paredes C. & Arenas J. (2003). "Moluscos del Perú". Revista de Biología Tropical 51(3): 225-284. PDF Archived 2012-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Rawlings T. A., Hayes K. A., Cowie R. H. & Collins T. M. (2007). "The identity, distribution, and impacts on non-native apple snails in the continental United States". BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 97 doi : 10.1186/1471-2148-7-97.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Paraense W. L. (September 2003) "Planorbidae, Lymnaeidae and Physidae of Peru (Mollusca: Basommatophora)". Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz98(6): 767-771. PDF
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Thomé, José Willibaldo; Rodrigues Gomes, Suzete; Souza da Silva, Rosane (2001). "Illustrierte und kommentierte Liste der Veronicellidae von Peru (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 129(1-2): 69-75. DOI: 10.1127/arch.moll/129/2001/69
  5. 1 2 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
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