List of non-marine molluscs of Costa Rica

Location of Costa Rica

The non-marine molluscs of Costa Rica are a part of the molluscan wildlife of Costa Rica. A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Costa Rica.

There are ?? species of gastropods (?? species of freshwater gastropods, 183[1] species and subspecies of land gastropods) and ?? species of freshwater bivalves living in the wild.

Land gastropods

Subulinidae - 19 species (23 including subspecies):[1]

Succineidae

Veronicellidae

Arionidae

Philomycidae

Xanthonychidae

Oleacinidae

incertae sedis

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 (Spanish) Barrientos Z. (2003). "Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica". Revista de Biología Tropical 51(Suppl. 3): 293-304. PDF
  2. Perez A. M. (1996). Beckianum sinistrum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
  3. Villalobos M. C., Monge-Nájera J., Barrientos Z. & Franco J. (1995). "Life cycle and field abundance of the snail Succinea costaricana (Stylommatophora: Succineidae), a tropical pest". Revista de Biología Tropical 43: 181-188. PDF.
  4. Perez A. M. (1996). Streptostyla turgidula. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.

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