List of non-marine molluscs of Taiwan

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

Summary table of number of species
Taiwan
freshwater gastropods ??
land gastropods 329 land snails[1] + some slugs
gastropods altogether ???
bivalves ??
molluscs altogether ???

Location of Taiwan

Land gastropods
an unidentified land snail from Taiwan
an unidentified land snail from Taiwan
an unidentified land snail from Taiwan
Subulina octona

Assimineidae

Truncatellidae

Ellobiidae

  • Melampus castanea (Mühlfeld, 1818) – on Pratas Island[2]
  • Melampus nuxeastaneus Kuroda, 1949 – on Pratas Island[2]
  • Melampus flavus (Gmelin, 1791) – on Pratas Island[2]
  • Melampus sculptus (Pfeiffer, 1855) – on Pratas Island[2]
  • Melampus taeniolatus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854) – on Pratas Island[2]
  • Tralia malanastoma Garrett, 1873 – on Pratas Island[2]

Veronicelloidae

Pupillidae

  • Gastrocopta pediculus (Shuttleworth, 1852) – on Pratas Island[2]
    • Gastrocopta pediculus ovatula (Moellendorff, 1890)[2]
  • Gastrocopta servilis (Gould, 1843) – on Pratas Island[2]

Vertiginidae

  • Nesopupa yamagutii Kuroda, 1941 – on Pratas Island, endemic to Taiwan[2]
  • Vertigo sp. – on Pratas Island[2]

Succineidae

  • Succinea erythrophana Ancey, 1883 – on Pratas Island[2]

Subulinidae

Achatinidae

Streptaxidae

  • Indoennea bicolor (Hutton, 1834) – on Pratas Island[2]
  • Elma Adams, 1866[3]

Helicarionidae

  • Liardetia yaeyamensis (Pilsbry, 1901) – on Pratas Island[2]

Gastrodontidae

Philomycidae

Arionidae

Agriolimacidae

Bradybaenidae

Bivalvia

Unionidae[6]

  • Unio douglasiae taiwanicus (Pilsbry, 1905)
  • Cristaria tenuis (Gray, 1833) [=Cristaria discoidea (Lea, 1834)]
  • Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834)[7]

See also
  • List of marine molluscs of Taiwan

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

References
  1. Hsieh B.-C., Wu S.-. & Tsai C.-L. (2013). Landsnails of Taiwan. 381 pp.
  2. Wu S.-P., Hwang C.-C., Huang H.-M., Chang H.-W., Lin Y.-S. & Lee P.-F. (2007). "Land Molluscan Fauna of the Dongsha Island with Twenty New Recorded Species". Taiwania 52(2): 145-151. PDF Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. 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): 1–16. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00598.x.
  4. Tsai, C.-L.; Wu, S.-K. (2008). "A new Meghimatium slug (Pulmonata: Philomycidae) from Taiwan" (PDF). Zoological Studies. 47 (6): 759–766.
  5. "Gastropoda Detail". Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  6. Chen, W. D.; Wu, S.-K. (2011). Freshwater Molluscs of Taiwan (in Chinese and English). Pingtung: National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium. 321 pp. ISBN 978-9860279474.
  7. "Bivalvia Detail". Taiwan Malacofauna Database. Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
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