Location of Peru
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 ,
[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 include:
Ampullariidae
Planorbidae
Lymnaeidae
Physidae
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(December 2009 )
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]
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
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]
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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
Sphaeriidae
Corbiculidae
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Archiv für Molluskenkunde 129(1-2): 69-75. DOI: 10.1127/arch.moll/129/2001/69
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