List of non-marine molluscs of Argentina explained

The non-marine molluscs of Argentina are a part of the molluscan fauna of Argentina.

There are hundreds of species of molluscs living in the wild in Argentina.

There are a total of ??? species of gastropods, which breaks down to 101[1] species of freshwater gastropods, and ??? species of land gastropods in ?? genera, plus 65 species of bivalves living in the wild.

There are ?? non-indigenous species of gastropods (4[1] freshwater and ?? land species: ?? snails and ?? slugs) and ? species of bivalves in the wild in Argentina. This is a total of ? freshwater non-indigenous species of wild molluscs.

Potamolithus is the largest genus (with highest species richness) of recent freshwater snails in Argentina.[2]

Summary table of number of species
Argentina
freshwater gastropods101
land gastropods???
gastropods altogether???
bivalves65
molluscs altogether???
non-indigenous gastropods in the wild4 freshwater and ?? land
non-indigenous synantrop gastropods?
non-indigenous bivalves in the wild?
non-indigenous synantrop bivalves?
non-indigenous molluscs altogether4

Freshwater gastropods

There are 10 families of freshwater gastropods in Argentina.[1] There are 40 species of freshwater gastropods endemic to Argentina.[1] There are about 45 endangered freshwater gastropods in Argentina.[1]

Ampullariidae – 12 species, one endemic[2]

Thiaridae – 4 species, 3 endemic[2] but extinct in the wild

Cochliopidae – 16 species, 10 endemic[2]

Lithoglyphidae – 22 species[2] [1]

Glacidorbidae – 1 species[2]

Chilinidae – 17 species,[2] 12 endemic[2]

Lymnaeidae – 5 species, 2 endemic[2]

Planorbidae – 20 species[2]

Physidae – 5 species, 2? endemic[2]

Land gastropods

Cyclophoridae

Charopidae

Helicodiscidae

Diplommatinidae

Succineidae

Scolodontidae (Systrophiidae is a synonym for Scolodontidae)

Odontostomidae

Milacidae

Epiphragmophoridae

Freshwater bivalves

Hyriidae – 1? endemic[2]

Etheriidae – 1? endemic[2]

Sphaeriidae – 25 species, 10 endemic[2]

Corbiculidae

Mytilidae

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Rumi A., Gregoric D. E. G., Núñez V., César I. I., Roche M. A., Tassara M. P., Martín S. M. & Armengol M. F. L. (2006). "Freshwater Gastropoda from Argentina: Species Richness, Distribution Patterns, and an Evaluation of Endangered Species". Malacologia 49(1): 189–208.
  2. Rumi A., Gregoric D. E. G., Núñez V. & Darrigran G. A. (2008). "Malacología Latinoamericana. Moluscos de agua dulce de Argentina". Revista de Biología Tropical 56(1): 77–111. HTM.
  3. 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 .
  4. Mansur, M.C.D. . Mollusc Specialist Group . 2000 . Aylacostoma chloroticum . 2000 . e.T29612A9504703 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T29612A9504703.en . 19 November 2021.
  5. Mansur, M.C.D. . Mollusc Specialist Group . 2000 . Aylacostoma guaraniticum . 2000 . e.T29611A9504659 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T29611A9504659.en . 19 November 2021.
  6. Mansur, M.C.D. . Mollusc Specialist Group . 2000 . Aylacostoma stigmaticum . 2000 . e.T29613A9504747 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T29613A9504747.en . 19 November 2021.
  7. Bouchet, P. (2016). Heleobia parchappii (d'Orbigny, 1835). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=886632 on 2017-11-20
  8. Gregoric D. E. G. & Rumi A. (January 2008) "Chilina iguazuensis (Gastropoda: Chilinidae), New Species From Iguazú National Park, Argentina". Malacologia 50(1): 321–330.
  9. Mansur, M.C.D. 1996. Trochogyra leptotera. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. . Downloaded on 20 November 2009.
  10. Guzmán. Leila B.. Serniotti. Enzo N.. Vogler. Roberto E.. Beltramino. Ariel A.. Rumi. Alejandra. Peso. Juana G.. 2018-09-07. First record of the semi-slug Omalonyx unguis (d'Orbigny, 1837) (Gastropoda, Succineidae) in the Misiones Province, Argentina. Check List. en. 14. 4. 705–712. 10.15560/14.5.705. 1809-127X. free. 11336/85894. free.
  11. Oroño E. S., Cuezzo M. G. & Romero F. (March 2007) "Land snail diversity in subtropical rainforest mountains (Yungas) of Tucumán, northwestern Argentina". American Malacological Bulletin 22(1): 17–26.
  12. Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1–16. .
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  14. Pizá J., Ghezzi N. S. & Cazzaniga N. J. (2006). "A rare endemic land-snail from Argentina: Plagiodontes rocae Doering 1881 (Gastropoda: Orthalicidae: Odontostominae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology 135(1): 91–99. .
  15. Pizá J. & Cazzaniga N. J. (2009). "A new species of Plagiodontes from Argentina, and new data on the anatomy of four other species in the genus (Gastropoda: Orthalicidae, Odontostominae)". Journal of Natural History 43(23–24): 1437–1471. .
  16. Clemente N. L., Faberi A. J., Salvio C. & Lopez A. N. (2010). "Biology and individual growth of Milax gagates (Draparnaud, 1801) (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 54(3): 163–168. .

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