The non-marine molluscs of Uruguay are a part of the molluscan fauna of Uruguay (wildlife of Uruguay).
A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Uruguay.
Numbers of molluscs by habitat | Number of species |
---|---|
Freshwater gastropods | 51 [1] |
Land gastropods | ?? |
Total number of non-marine gastropods | ?? |
Freshwater bivalves | ?? |
Total number of non-marine molluscs | ?? |
Freshwater gastropods in the Uruguay include:
Ampullariidae - 10 species [1]
Cochliopidae - 6 species [1]
Lithoglyphidae - 17 species [1]
Lymnaeidae - 2 species [1]
Planorbidae - 13 species [1]
Chilinidae - 2 species [1]
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Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:
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.
Littoridina is a genus of small freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Cochliopidae.
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.
Diodora is a genus of small to medium-sized keyhole limpet in the family Fissurellidae.
Chilina is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Chilinoidea.
Naesiotus is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.
Asolene is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.
Potamolithus is a genus of small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Tateidae.
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.
Pomacea decussata is a species of freshwater snail in the family Ampullariidae.