List of non-marine molluscs of Peru explained
The non-marine molluscs of Peru are a part of the molluscan fauna of Peru (wildlife of Peru).
A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Peru.
There are 852 species of gastropods (89 species of freshwater gastropods, 763 species of land gastropods) and 40 species of freshwater bivalves living in the wild.
There is altogether 129 species of freshwater molluscs in Peru.[1]
Numbers of molluscs by habitat! | Number of species |
| Freshwater gastropods | 89 |
| Land gastropods | 763 |
| Total number of non-marine gastropods | 852 |
| Freshwater bivalves | 40 |
| Total number of non-marine molluscs | 892 | |
Freshwater gastropods
Freshwater gastropods include:
Ampullariidae
Planorbidae
Lymnaeidae
Physidae
Land gastropods
There are other 30 genera of land gastropods, than mentioned below next to families, with 56 species.[1]
Helicinidae - 2 genera, 25 species[1]
Neocyclotidae - 4 genera, 20 species[1]
Orthalicidae - without Bulimulinae has 4 genera and 18 species in Peru.[1]
Orthalicidae, Bulimulinae - only Bulimulinae has 15 genera, 424 species in Peru[1]
Veronicellidae
- Colosius pulcher (Colosi 1921)[4]
- Heterovaginina limayana (Lesson 1830)[4]
- Latipes lisei Thomé & Gomes 1999[4]
- Montivaginulus coriaceus (Kraus 1954)[4]
- Novovaginula carinata (Thiele 1927)[4]
- Novovaginula rosaneae Thomé & Gomes 1999[4]
- Phyllocaulis gayi (Fischer 1871)[4]
- Sarasinula marginata (Semper, 1885)[5] [4]
Subulinidae - 5 genera, 19 species[1]
Clausiliidae - 14 genera, 75 species[1]
Scolodontidae - 8 genera, 55 species[1]
Charopidae - 3 genera, 13 species[1]
Pleurodontidae - 2 genera, 13 species[1]
Camaenidae - 2 genera, 12 species
Helminthoglyptidae - 2 genera, 33 species[1]
Freshwater bivalves
Freshwater bivalves include:
Hyriidae
- Callonaia duprei (Recluz, 1843)[1]
- Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819 - Castalia ambigua ambigua Lamarck, 1819[1]
- Castalia multisulcata Hupé, 1857[1]
- Castalia schombergiana Sowerby, 1869[1]
- Castalia sulcata - Castalia sulcata orbygnyi Hupé & Deville, 1850[1]
- Diplodon limensis (Kust-Chemnitz, 1851)[1]
- Diplodon obsolescens Baker, 1914[1]
- Diplodon suavidicus (Lea, 1856)[1]
- Diplodontites cookei Kust & Chemnitz, 1851[1]
- Paxyodon syrmathophorus Meuschen, 1781[1]
- Prisodon obliquus Schumacher, 1817[1]
- Triplodon corrugatus (Lamarck, 1819)[1]
Mycetopodidae
- Anodonta solidula Lamarck, 1819[1]
- Anodonta subsinuata Phillippi, 1869[1]
- Anodonta subrostrata Phillippi, 1869[1]
- Anodonta ucayalensis Phillippi, 1869[1]
- Anodontites elongatus (Swainson, 1823)[1]
- Anodontites ensiformis (Spix & Wagner, 1827)[1]
- Anodontites incarum (Philippi, 1869)[1]
- Anodontites tenebricosa (Lea, 1834)[1]
- Anodontites trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819) - Anodontites trapesialis trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819)[1]
- Anodontites trapezeus (Spix, 1827)[1]
- Anodontites trigonus (Spix, 1827) - Anodontites trigonus trigonus (Spix, 1827)[1]
- Anodontites weirauchi Hass, 1930[1]
- Iheringiella sp.[1]
- Leila blainvilliana (Lea, 1834)[1]
- Leila esula (Orbigny, 1835)[1]
- Monocondylaea semisulcata Adams, 1870[1]
- Mycetopoda siliquosa Spix, 1827[1]
- Mycetopoda soleniformis Orbigny, 1835[1]
- Mycetopodella falcata (Higgins, 1868)[1]
- Tamsiella sp.[1]
Etheriidae
- Barlettia stefanensis (Moricand, 1856)[1]
Sphaeriidae
- Eupera simoni Jousseaume, 1889[1]
- Eupera primei Klappenbach, 1967[1]
- Pisidium meierbrooki Kuiper & Hinz, 1983[1]
- Sphaerium forbesii Philippi, 1869[1]
- Sphaerium lauricocheae Philippi, 1870[1]
- Sphaerium titicacence (Pilsbry, 1924)[1]
Corbiculidae
See also
- List of marine molluscs of Peru
Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:
External links
- Paredes C., Huamán P., Cardoso F., Vivar R. & Vera V. (1999). "Estado actual del conocimiento de los moluscos acuáticos en el Perú". Revista Peruana de Biología 6(1): 5-47. .
Notes and References
- Ramírez R., Paredes C. & Arenas J. (2003). "Moluscos del Perú". Revista de Biología Tropical 51(3): 225-284. PDF
- 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 .
- Paraense W. L. (September 2003) "Planorbidae, Lymnaeidae and Physidae of Peru (Mollusca: Basommatophora)". Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 98(6): 767-771. PDF
- Thomé, José Willibaldo; Rodrigues Gomes, Suzete; Souza da Silva, Rosane (2001). "Illustrierte und kommentierte Liste der Veronicellidae von Peru (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 129(1-2): 69-75. DOI: 10.1127/arch.moll/129/2001/69
- Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13
