List of non-marine molluscs of Iraq explained

This is a list of non-marine molluscs of Iraq.

Freshwater gastropods

Neritidae

• Theodoxus jordani (Sowerby, 1844)^[1]

Assimineidae

• Assiminea mesopotamica Glöer, Naser & Yasser, 2007^{[2] [3]}
• Assiminea zubairensis Glöer & Naser, 2013^[3]

Bithyniidae

• Bithynia hareerensis Glöer & Naser, 2008^[4]

Viviparidae

• Bellamya bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822)^[1]

Melanopsidae

• Melanopsis buccinoidea Olivier, 1801^[1]
• Melanopsis costata (Olivier, 1804)^[1]
• Melanopsis nodosa A. Férussac, 1822^[1]

Thiaridae

• Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)^[1]

Lymnaeidae

• Lymnaea auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758)^[1]

Physidae

• Physella acuta (Draparnaud, 1805)^[1]

Planorbidae

• Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827)^[1]
• Gyraulus huwaizahensis Glöer & Naser, 2005^{[1] [5]}

Land gastropods

Orculidae

• Orculella palatalis (Pilsbry, 1922)^[6]
• Orculella sirianocoriensis libanotica (Tristram, 1865)^[6]

Helicidae

• Eobania vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Freshwater bivalves

• Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834)^[7]

See also

Lists of non-marine molluscs of surrounding countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of Turkey
• List of non-marine molluscs of Iran
• List of non-marine molluscs of Jordan

Notes and References

1. Ali B. M. Al-Bdairi, Mohammad K. Mohammad & Hadi M. Al-Miali (2014). "Freshwater snails diversity in the middle and south regions of Iraq". Advances in Bioresearch 5(3): 166-171.
2. Glöer . P. . Naser . M.D . Yasser . A.G. . Assiminea mesopotamica n.sp. - a new species from Mesopotamia, Iraq (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Assimineidae) . Mollusca . 2007 . 25 . 1 . 3–6.
3. Glöer . P. . Naser . M.D. . Assiminea zubairensis n. sp. - a new species from Iraq (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Assimineidae) . Journal of Conchology . 2013 . 41 . 3 . 305–307.
4. Glöer . P. . Naser . M.D. . Bithynia hareerensis n.sp., a new Bithynia from Mesopotamia (Iraq) (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae) . Mollusca . 2008 . 26 . 2 . 159–162.
5. Glöer . P. . Naser . M.D. . Gyraulus huwaizahensis n. sp. - a new species from Mesopotamia, Iraq (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Planorbidae) . Mollusca . 2007 . 25 . 2 . 147–152.
6. Hausdorf . B. . Die Orculidae Asiens (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora) . Archiv für Molluskenkunde . 1996 . 125 . 1/2 . 1–86. 10.1127/arch.moll/125/1996/1 .
7. Bogan . Arthur E. . Al-Fanharawi . Ali Abdulhamza . Lopes-Lima . Manuel . First record of Sinanodonta woodiana and report for freshwater bivalves from Iraq (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionidae) . Ecologica Montenegrina . 23 October 2021 . 46 . 52–60 . 10.37828/em.2021.46.2. free .