List of non-marine molluscs of Peru

The non-marine molluscs of Peru are a part of the molluscan fauna of Peru (wildlife of Peru).

Location 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,[1] 763 species of land gastropods)[1] and 40 species of freshwater bivalves living in the wild.[1]

There is altogether 129 species of freshwater molluscs in Peru.[1]


Summary table of number of species:
Numbers of molluscs by habitat Number of species
Freshwater gastropods 89[1]
Land gastropods 763[1]
Total number of non-marine gastropods 852
Freshwater bivalves 40[1]
Total number of non-marine molluscs 892

Freshwater gastropods

Freshwater gastropods include:

Ampullariidae

Planorbidae

Lymnaeidae

Physidae

Land gastropods
an unidentified land snail from Peru
an unidentified land snail from Peru

There are other 30 genera of land gastropods, than mentioned below next to families, with 56 species.[1]

Helicinidae - 2 genera, 25 species[1]

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Neocyclotidae - 4 genera, 20 species[1]

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Orthalicidae - without Bulimulinae has 4 genera and 18 species in Peru.[1]

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Orthalicidae, Bulimulinae - only Bulimulinae has 15 genera, 424 species in Peru[1]

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Veronicellidae

Subulinidae - 5 genera, 19 species[1]

Clausiliidae - 14 genera, 75 species[1]

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Scolodontidae - 8 genera, 55 species[1]

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Charopidae - 3 genera, 13 species[1]

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Pleurodontidae - 2 genera, 13 species[1]

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Camaenidae - 2 genera, 12 species

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Helminthoglyptidae - 2 genera, 33 species[1]

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Freshwater bivalves

Freshwater bivalves include:

Hyriidae

Castalia schombergiana
Paxyodon syrmathophorus
  • 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

Anodontites trapesialis
  • 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:

References
  1. (in Spanish) Ramírez R., Paredes C. & Arenas J. (2003). "Moluscos del Perú". Revista de Biología Tropical 51(3): 225-284. PDF Archived 2012-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 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 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-97.
  3. Paraense W. L. (September 2003) "Planorbidae, Lymnaeidae and Physidae of Peru (Mollusca: Basommatophora)". Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 98(6): 767-771. PDF
  4. 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 Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
  • 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. doi:10.15381/rpb.v6i1.8298.
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