List of non-marine molluscs of Uruguay

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

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

Summary table of number of species:
Numbers of molluscs by habitatNumber of species
Freshwater gastropods51 [1]
Land gastropods ??
Total number of non-marine gastropods ??
Freshwater bivalves ??
Total number of non-marine molluscs??

Freshwater gastropods

Freshwater gastropods in the Uruguay include:

Ampullariidae - 10 species [1]

Cochliopidae - 6 species [1]

Lithoglyphidae - 17 species [1]

Lymnaeidae - 2 species [1]

Physidae - 1 species [1]

Planorbidae - 13 species [1]

Chilinidae - 2 species [1]

Land gastropods

Charopidae

Freshwater bivalves

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

Related Research Articles

<i>Bulimulus</i> Genus of gastropods

Bulimulus is a genus of small to medium-sized tropical or sub-tropical, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Bulimulinae within the family Bulimulidae.

<i>Littoridina</i> Genus of gastropods

Littoridina is a genus of small freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Cochliopidae.

<i>Pomacea</i> Genus of gastropods

Pomacea is a genus of freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails. The genus is native to the Americas; most species in this genus are restricted to South America.

<i>Diodora</i> Genus of gastropods

Diodora is a genus of small to medium-sized keyhole limpet in the family Fissurellidae.

<i>Chilina</i> Genus of gastropods

Chilina is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Chilinoidea.

<i>Naesiotus</i> Genus of gastropods

Naesiotus is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.

<i>Asolene</i> Genus of gastropods

Asolene is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

<i>Potamolithus</i> Genus of gastropods

Potamolithus is a genus of small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Tateidae.

<i>Drepanotrema</i> Genus of gastropods

Drepanotrema is a genus of molluscs in the family Planorbidae. Two subgenera, Drepanotrema (Drepanotrema) Fischer & Crosse, 1880 and Drepanotrema (Fossulorbis) Pilsbry, 1934, have been eschewed in favour of the genus.

Pomacea scalaris is a species of freshwater snail of the Ampullariidae family, described by Alcide d'Orbigny in 1835.

<i>Pomacea decussata</i> Species of snail

Pomacea decussata is a species of freshwater snail in the family Ampullariidae.

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 59 (in Spanish) Scarabino F. (2004). "Lista sistemática de los Gastropoda dulciacuícolas vivientes de Uruguay". Comunicaciones de la Sociedad Malacológica del Uruguay 8(84–85/86–87): 347–355. PDF Archived 24 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine .
  2. Mansur M. C. D. (1996). Trochogyra leptotera. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 November 2009.