List of non-marine molluscs of Uruguay

Location of Uruguay

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

A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Uruguay.

Summary table of number of species:
Numbers of molluscs by habitat Number of species
Freshwater gastropods 51[1]
Land gastropods ??
Total number of non-marine gastropods ??
Freshwater bivalves ??
Total number of non-marine molluscs ??

Freshwater gastropods

Freshwater gastropods in the Uruguay include:

Ampullariidae - 10 species[1]

Cochliopidae - 6 species[1]

Lithoglyphidae - 17 species[1]

Lymnaeidae - 2 species[1]

Physidae - 1 species[1]

Planorbidae - 13 species[1]

Chilinidae - 2 species[1]

Land gastropods

Charopidae

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 (Spanish) Scarabino F. (2004). "Lista sistemática de los Gastropoda dulciacuícolas vivientes de Uruguay". Comunicaciones de la Sociedad Malacológica del Uruguay 8(84–85/86–87): 347-355. PDF.
  2. Mansur M. C. D. (1996). Trochogyra leptotera. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 November 2009.
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