The non-marine molluscs of

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are a part of the

wildlife of Costa Rica The Wildlife of Costa Rica comprises all naturally occurring animals, fungi and plants that reside in this Central American country. Costa Rica supports an enormous variety of wildlife, due in large part to its geographic position between the No ...

. 233 species and subspecies have been reported (50 freshwater and 183 terrestrial), however scientists estimate that a full inventory can reach up to 300 or 400 species. The terrestrial gastropods reported for Costa Rica belong to 25 families and 59 genera, and include 11 doubtful identifications. 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
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/ref> Species are commonly found in paramo and oak forests Samples of the species collected in Costa Rica can be found in the Museum of Zoology of the Universidad de Costa Rica. The terrestrial malacofauna of Costa Rica presents an endemism of 31% in terrestrial species and 8% in freshwater species. These species can be affected by water pollution, deforestation and the destruction of calcium-rich habitats.

Gastropods

The land gastropods belong to the class Gastropoda. In Costa Rica the taxonomy of this group is as follows: Helicinidae (17 subspecies) Cyclophoridae (15 subspecies) Diplommatinidae (1 species) *''

Adelopoma costaricense ''Adelopoma'' is a genus of land snails that have an operculum and a gill, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Diplommatinidae. Species Species within the genus ''Adelopoma'' include: *'' Adelopoma brasiliense'' Morretes, 1954 *'' Ade ...

'' Bartsch & Morrison, 1942

Carychiidae Carychiinae is a taxonomic subfamily of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Carychiinae Jeffreys, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://w ...

(1 species) *''

Carychium exiguum ''Carychium exiguum'', common name the obese thorn snail, is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Carychiinae Carychiinae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Subfamily (biology ...

costaricanum'' Achatinellidae (2 species) *'' Tornatellina biolleyi'' Martens, 1902 *'' Tornatellina pittieri'' Martens, 1898 Vertiginidae (3 species) *'' Gastrocopta gularis'' Thompson & López, 1996 *''

Nesopupa cocosensis ''Nesopupa'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Nesopupinae of the family Vertiginidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Nesopupa Pilsbry, 1900. Accessed through: ...

'' Dall, 1900 *''

Pupisoma dioscoricola ''Pupisoma dioscoricola'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pupisoma dioscoricola (C. B. Adams, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marin ...

'' C.B. Adams, 1845

Orthalicidae Orthalicidae (orthalicid land snails) are a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks are classified in the subfamily Orthalicoidea of the order Stylommatophora. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase ...

(30 species)

Urocoptidae Urocoptidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Urocoptoidea. Taxonomy 2005 taxonomy The family Urocoptidae was classified in the superfamily Orthalicoidea (according to ...

(1 species) *'' Microceramus concisus'' Morelet, 1849

Subulinidae Subulininae is a subfamily of small tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae. Distribution Worldwide.

(23 species)

Spiraxidae Spiraxidae is a family of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the superfamily Testacelloidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Distribution The distribution of th ...

(33 species)

Systrophiidae Scolodontidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Scolodontoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Scolodontidae H. B. Baker, 1925. Accessed through: World Regist ...

(5 species)

Helicodiscidae Helicodiscidae is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Genera Genera within the family i ...

(2 species) *'' Chanomphalus pilsbryi'' (Baker, 1922) *''

Radiodiscus millecostatus ''Radiodiscus'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Charopidae. Species The genus ''Radiodiscus'' includes the following species: * ''Radiodiscus amoenus'' (Thiele, 1927 Salvador R. B., Ch ...

costaricanus'' Pilsbry, 1926 Charopidae (1 species) *''

Rotadiscus pilsbryi ''Rotadiscus'' is a genus of discoidal animal known from the Cambrian Chengjiang biota and classified with the eldoniid Eldoniids are an extinct clade of enigmatic disc-shaped animals which lived in the early to middle Paleozoic (Cambrian to D ...

'' Rehder, 1942

Succineidae Succineidae are a family of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails (and slugs), terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Succineoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Succineidae Beck, 1837. Accessed thr ...

(5 species)

Helicarionidae Helicarionidae is a family of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea. Distribution The distribution of Helicarionidae includes the eastern Palearctic, Malagasy, Ind ...

(15 species)

Zonitidae Zonitidae, common name the true glass snails, are a family of mostly rather small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Zonitoidea. Zonitidae is the only family in the superfamily Zonitoidea. Th ...

(6 species)

Limacidae Limacidae, also known by their common name the keelback slugs, are a taxonomic family of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Limacoidea. Distribution The distr ...

(1 species) *''

Deroceras laeve ''Deroceras laeve'', the marsh slug, is a species of small air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Agriolimacidae. Distribution The distribution of ''Deroceras laeve'' was originally Palearctic, from ...

'' (Müller, 1774)

Polygyridae Polygyridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Polygyridae Pilsbry, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species a ...

(1 species) *'' Praticolella griseola'' (Pfr., 1891)

Thysanophoridae Thysanophoridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). These are common woodland snails of Nort ...

(2 species) **'' Microconus wilhelmi'' (Pfr., 1866) *'' Thysanophora costaricensis'' Rehder, 1942 Camaenidae (4 species) *'' Labyrinthus quadridentatus quadridentatus'' (Broderip, 1832) *''Labyrinthus quadridentatus biolleyi'' Solem, 1966 *'' Labyrinthus triplicatus'' (Martens, 1868) *''

Solaropsis tiloriensis ''Solaropsis'', also known by the common name sundial snails or sun snails, is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Solaropsidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Solaropsis H. Beck, ...

'' (Angas, 1879) Helicidae (1 species) *'' Cornu aspersum'' = ''Helix aspersa'' Müller, 1774 Helminthoglyptidae (8 species)

Arionidae Arionidae, common name the "roundback slugs" or "round back slugs" are a taxonomic family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Arionoidea. Distribution The distribution of this family of slug ...

(1 species) *'' Ariolimax costaricensis'' Cockerell, 1890 Philomycidae (1 species) *''

Pallifera costaricensis ''Pallifera'' is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Philomycidae. Species Species include: *'' Pallifera costaricensis'' (Mörch, 1857) *''Pallifera dorsalis'' (Binney, 1842) – p ...

'' (Mörch, 1857)

Veronicellidae The Veronicellidae, also known by their common name the leatherleaf slugs, are a family of pulmonate terrestrial slugs. The herbivorous molluscs occur mainly in the tropical and subtropical areas of America, Asia and Africa. They act as intermed ...

(2 species) *''

Diplosolenodes occidentalis ''Diplosolenodes occidentalis'' is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs. Distribution ''Diplosolenodes occidentalis'' was originally discovered an ...

'' (Guilding, 1825) *''

Sarasinula plebeia ''Sarasinula plebeia'', commonly called the bean slug or the Caribbean leatherleaf slug, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs. As of November 201 ...

'' (Fischer, 1868) '' Incertae sedis'' *'' Hyalinia glomerula'' Martens, 1892 *'' Hyalinia permodesta minor'' Martens, 1892

Bivalvia

Some

bivalves Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...

can be found in freshwater ecosystems.

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* Barrientos Z. (2010). "Los moluscos terrestres (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de Costa Rica: clasificación, distribución y conservación". '' Revista de Biología Tropical'' 58(4): 1165–1175
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Gastropods

Bivalvia

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