List of non-marine molluscs of Cambodia

Location of Cambodia

The non-marine mollusks of Cambodia are a part of the molluscan fauna of Cambodia (the wildlife of Cambodia). A number of species of non-marine mollusks are found in the wild in Cambodia.

Freshwater gastropods

Freshwater snails from the family Ampullariidae are used in Cambodian cuisine

The lower Mekong River area, which includes parts of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, is considered to be a biodiversity hotspot for freshwater gastropods, with dominant taxa from the families Pomatiopsidae, Stenothyridae, Buccinidae and Marginellidae.[1]

Pomatiopsidae

Ampullariidae

Land gastropods

An unidentified land snail from Cambodia

Camaenidae

Dyakiidae

Diapheridae

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

References

  1. Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". Hydrobiologia 595: 149-166. hdl:10088/7390 doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9012-6.
  2. http://www.stanford.edu/group/parasites/ParaSites2009/RebeccaHebner_SchistoMekongi/RebeccaHebner_SchistoMekongi.htm accessed 10 July 2009
  3. Isobe M., Yuakul D., Sigurdsson J. B., Goto T. & Lam T. J. (1991) "Fluorescent Substance in the Luminous Land Snail, Dyakia striata". Agricultural and Biological Chemistry 55(8): 1947-1951. abstract and PDF.
  4. 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: 1-16. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00598.x.

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