List of non-marine molluscs of Hong Kong explained

The non-marine mollusks of Hong Kong are a part of the molluscan fauna of Hong Kong. A number of species of non-marine mollusks are found in the wild in Hong Kong.

Freshwater gastropods

Thiaridae

• Brotia hainanensis (Brot, 1872)^[1]

Land gastropods

Cyclophoridae

• Cyclophorus volvulus (O. F. Müller, 1774)^[2]

Rhytididae

• Macrocycloides crenulata Yen, 1939^[3]

Streptaxidae

• Haploptychius sinensis (Gould, 1858)^[3]

Ariophantidae

• Megaustenia imperator imperator (Gould, 1858)^[3]

Camaenidae

• Moellendorffia eastlakeana (Möllendorff, 1882)^[3]

See also

• Environment of Hong Kong
• Conservation in Hong Kong
• List of marine molluscs of Hong Kong

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of China
• List of non-marine molluscs of Taiwan
• List of non-marine molluscs of the Philippines

Further reading

• Dudgeon D. (1989). "Ecological strategies of Hong Kong Thiaridae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)". Malacological Review 22: 39-53.

Notes and References

1. Dudgeon D. (1982). "The life history of Brotia hainanensis (Brot, 1872) (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Thiaridae) in a tropical forest stream". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 76: 141-154. .
2. DO Duc Sang, DO Van Nhuong (2019). "Family Cyclophoridae in Vietnam (Gastropoda: Cyclophoroidea): the genus Cyclophorus Montfort, 1810". Ruthenica 29(1): 1-53.
3. A. A. Schileyko (2011). "Check-list of land pulmonate molluscs of Vietnam(Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". Ruthenica 21(1): 1-68.