The non-marine molluscs of

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the ...

are a part of the molluscan fauna of Guadeloupe ( wildlife of Guadeloupe). Guadeloupe is a

Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...

island in the

Lesser Antilles The Lesser Antilles ( es, link=no, Antillas Menores; french: link=no, Petites Antilles; pap, Antias Menor; nl, Kleine Antillen) are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. Most of them are part of a long, partially volcanic island arc betwe ...

. A number of species of non-marine

molluscs Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil sp ...

are found in the wild in Guadeloupe.

Freshwater gastropods

Ampullariidae Ampullariidae, commonly known as the apple snails, is a family of large freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks with a gill and an operculum. These snails simultaneously have a gill and a lung as functional respiratory structures, wh ...

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Marisa cornuarietis ''Marisa cornuarietis'', common name the Colombian ramshorn apple snail, is a species of large freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snail family. These snails are popular ...

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Pomacea glauca ''Pomacea glauca'' is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails. The species varies greatly in color, shape and size, growing to around 70 mm. Its colors include a pale yellow ...

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Ancylidae Ancylini is a tribe of small, freshwater, air-breathing limpets, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies. This tribe used to be treated as a family; the current taxonomic placemen ...

* '' Gundlachia radiata'' (Guilding, 1828)

Bulinidae Bulinidae is a family of gastropods in the superfamily LymnaeoideaMolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bulinidae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdet ...

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Plesiophysa granulata ''Plesiophysa'' is a genus of gastropods in the family Bulinidae Bulinidae is a family of gastropods in the superfamily LymnaeoideaMolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bulinidae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1880. Accessed through: World Register ...

'' (Shuttleworth in Sowerby, 1873) * '' Plesiophysa guadeloupensis'' ("Fischer" Mazé, 1883)Lobato Paraense, W. 2003: Plesiophysa guadeloupensis ("Fischer" Mazé, 1883). 'Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro', 98(4):519-52
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Hydrobiidae Hydrobiidae, commonly known as mud snails, is a large cosmopolitan family of very small freshwater and brackish water snails with an operculum; they are in the order Littorinimorpha. Distribution Hydrobiidae are found in much of the world, ...

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Potamopyrgus coronatus ''Potamopyrgus'' is a genus of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Tateidae.Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2014); Criscione and Ponder 2013. ''Potamopyrgus'' Stimpson, 1865. Acce ...

'' (Pfeiffer, 1840) * '' Pygophorus parvulus'' (Guilding, 1828)

Lymnaeidae Lymnaeidae, common name the pond snails, is a taxonomic family of small to large air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks, that belong to the clade Hygrophila. Lymnaeidae is the only family within the superfamily ...

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Lymnaea cubensis ''Galba cubensis'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails. Distribution ''Galba cubensis'' is native to parts of South America, Mexico, the southern Coastal Pl ...

'' Pfeiffer, 1839

Neritidae Neritidae, common name the nerites, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized saltwater and freshwater snails which have a gill and a distinctive operculum. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neritininae Poey, 1852. Accessed through: ...

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Neritina punctulata ''Nereina punctulata'' is a species of freshwater snail with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, an Aquatic animal, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Nereina punctulata (Lama ...

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Neritina succinea ''Neritina'' (common name: nerite snails), is a genus of small aquatic snails with an operculum in the family Neritidae, the nerites.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neritina Lamarck, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...

'' Recluz, 1841 * ''

Neritina virginea ''Vitta virginea'', the Virgin Nerite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae. Distribution This species is widespread from the Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, West Indies, Greater and Lesser Antilles, Dominica, ...

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Planorbidae Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs. Unlike most molluscs, the blood of ram's horn snails contains iron-based hemoglobin instea ...

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Biomphalaria glabrata ''Biomphalaria glabrata'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails. ''Biomphalaria glabrata'' is an intermediate snail host for the trematode ''Sch ...

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Biomphalaria schrammi ''Biomphalaria schrammi'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Planorbidae Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs ...

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Biomphalaria straminea ''Biomphalaria straminea'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails. This snail is a medically important pest, because an intermediate host for ...

'' (Dunker, 1848) * '' Drepanotrema aeruginosum'' (Morelet, 1851) * ''

Drepanotrema anatinum ''Drepanotrema anatinum'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Planorbidae Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs ...

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Drepanotrema cimex ''Drepanotrema cimex'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Planorbidae Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs. U ...

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Drepanotrema depressissimum ''Drepanotrema'' is a genus of molluscs in the family Planorbidae. Two subgenera, ''Drepanotrema (Drepanotrema)'' Fischer & Crosse, 1880 and ''Drepanotrema (Fossulorbis)'' Pilsbry, 1934,Pilsbry, H. A. (1934). Review of the Planorbidae of Florida, ...

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Drepanotrema kermatoides ''Drepanotrema kermatoides'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Planorbidae Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollu ...

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Drepanotrema lucidum ''Drepanotrema lucidum'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Planorbidae Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs. ...

'' (Pfeiffer, 1839) * '' Gundlachia radiata'' (Guilding, 1828) * ''

Helisoma duryi ''Planorbella duryi'', common name the Seminole rams-horn, is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails. The species is endemic to Florida and is found frequently ...

'' (Wethrby, 1879) * '' Helisoma foveale'' (Menke, 1830) * ''

'' (Shuttleworth in Sowerby, 1873) * '' Plesiophysa guadeloupensis'' ("Fischer" Mazé, 1883)

Physidae Physidae, common name the bladder snails, is a monophyletic taxonomic family of small air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Lymnaeoidea .MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Physidae Fitzin ...

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Aplexa marmorata ''Aplexa'' is a genus of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Physidae. Shell description These small snails are quite distinctive, because they have shells that a ...

'' Guilding, 1828 * '' Physa cubensis'' Pfeiffer, 1839

Thiaridae Thiaridae, common name thiarids or trumpet snails, is a family of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cerithioidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Thiaridae Gill, 1871 (1823). A ...

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Melanoides tuberculata The red-rimmed melania (''Melanoides tuberculata''), also known as Malayan livebearing snails or Malayan/Malaysian trumpet snails (often abbreviated to MTS) by aquarists, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, a parthenogenetic, a ...

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Land gastropods

Achatinidae Achatinidae (New Latin, from Greek "''agate''") is a family of medium to large sized tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks from Africa. Well known species include ''Achatina achatina'' the Giant African Snail, and ''Lis ...

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Achatina fulica ''Lissachatina fulica'' is a species of large land snail that belongs in the subfamily Achatininae of the family Achatinidae. It is also known as the Giant African land snail.Bowdich, 1822

Annulariidae The family Annulariidae is a taxonomic family of small operculate land snails in the superfamily Littorinoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Annulariidae Henderson & Bartsch, 1920. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...

* '' Chondropoma crenulatum'' (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) * '' Chondropoma julieni'' Pfeiffer, 1866

Amphibulimidae Amphibulimidae is a taxonomic family of land snails, semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Orthalicoidea.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superf ...

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Amphibulima patula ''Amphibulima patula'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Amphibulimidae. Subspecies Subspecies of ''Amphibulima patula'' include: * ''Amphibulima patula patula'' (Bruguière, 17 ...

'' (Bruguière, 1789) * '' Amphibulima rubescens'' (Deshayes, 1830)

Bulimulidae Bulimulidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized to large, air-breathing, tropical and sub-tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Orthalicoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bulimulidae Tr ...

* '' Bulimulus diaphanus'' (Pfeiffer, 1855) * '' Bulimulus cf. eyriesii'' (Drouët, 1859) * '' Bulimulus guadalupensis'' (Bruguière, 1789) * '' Bulimulus iherminieri'' (Fischer, 1857) * '' Bulimulus limnoides'' (Férussac, 1832) * ''

Drymaeus elongatus ''Drymaeus'' is a large genus of medium-sized air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Peltellinae of the family Bulimulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Drymaeus Albers, 1850. Ac ...

'' (Röding, 1798) * '' Drymaeus multifaciatus'' (Lamarck, 1822) * '' Naesiotus chrysalis'' (Pfeiffer, 1847) * '' Pellicula depressa'' Rang, 1853

Euconulidae Euconulidae is a taxonomic family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the superfamily Trochomorphoidea. This land snail family is closely allied to the Zonitidae, the glass snails. ...

* '' Guppya (Guppya) gunddlachi'' (Pfeiffer, 1840)

Ferussaciidae Ferussaciidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ferussaciidae Bourguignat, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...

* '' Geostilbia consobrina'' (d´Orbigny, 1845) * '' Geostilbia gundlachi'' Pfeiffer, 1850

Gastrodontidae Gastrodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase ...

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Zonitoides arboreus ''Zonitoides arboreus'', commonly known as the quick gloss snail, is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae. Distribution The native distribution of ''Z. arboreus'' ...

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Helicinidae Helicinidae is a family of small tropical land snails which have an operculum. They are terrestrial operculate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicinoidea. These snails are not at all closely related to the air-breathing land snails, d ...

* '' Alcadia guadaloupensis'' (Sowerby, 1842) * '' Alcadia schrammi'' (Crosse, 1872) * '' Helicina convexa'' Pfeiffer, 1848 * '' Helicina fasciata'' Lamarck, 1822 * '' Lucidella plicatula'' (Pfeiffer, 1848)

Hydrocenidae Hydrocenidae is a taxonomic family of minute land snails or cave snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha. Hydrocenidae are widespread across the Palearctis and Africa, but r ...

* '' Hydrocena dubiosa'' (C.B. Adams, 1851)Bouchet, P & Pointier, J:P: 1998: Les mollusques terrestres et dulçaquicoles de la Guadaloupe
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Neocyclotidae Neocyclotidae is a family of tropical land snails with gills and an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the informal group Architaenioglossa belonging to the clade Caenogastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by B ...

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Amphicyclotulus beauianus ''Amphicyclotulus'' is a genus of tropical land snails with gills and an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Neocyclotidae (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Species Species within th ...

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Amphicyclotulus guadeloupensis ''Amphicyclotulus guadeloupensis'' was a species of tropical land snail with a gill and an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Neocyclotidae. This species was endemic to Guadeloupe. This land snail is now extinct Ex ...

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Amphicyclotulus perplexus ''Amphicyclotulus perplexus'' is a species of tropical land snail with a gill and an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Neocyclotidae. This land snail species is vulnerable to the possibility of extinction. Distribution ...

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Amphicyclotulus schrammi ''Amphicyclotulus schrammi'' is a species of tropical land snail with a gill and an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Neocyclotidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Amphicyclotulus schrammi (Shuttleworth, 1857). ...

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Oleacinidae Oleacinidae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata (according to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & ...

* '' Lavadicella guadeloupensis'' (Pfeiffer, 1856) - endemic, extinctBouchet P. (1996)
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Pleurodontidae Pleurodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pleurodontidae Ihering, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...

* '' Pleurodonte dentiens'' (Férussac, 1822) * '' Pleurodonte josephinae'' (Férussac, 1832) * '' Pleurodonte lychnuchus'' (Müller, 1774) * '' Pleurodonte orbiculata'' (Férussac, 1822) * '' Pleurodonte pachygastra'' (Gray, 1834)

Pupillidae Pupillidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pupillidae W. Turton, 1831. Accessed through: ...

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Pupoides marginatus ''Pupoides albilabris'' is a species of gastropod belonging to the family Pupillidae Pupillidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the superfamily Pupilloide ...

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

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Beckianum beckianum ''Beckianum beckianum'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Achatinidae. Subspecies Subspecies of ''Beckianum beckianum'' include: * ''Beckianum beckianum beckianum'' (L. Pfeif ...

'' (Pfeiffer, 1849) * '' Lamellaxis micra'' (Houton, 1834) * '' Leptinaria lamellata'' (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) * '' Obeliscus swiftianus'' (Pfeiffer, 1852) * '' Opeas pumillum'' (Pfeiffer, 1840) * '' Subulina octona'' (Bruguière, 1789)

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 ...

* '' Succinea approximans'' Shuttleworth, 1854 * '' Succinea candeana'' Lea, 1841 * '' Omalonyx matheronii'' (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) Systrophiidae * '' Moerchia baudoni'' (Petit, 1853)

Truncatellidae Truncatellidae, common name the "looping snails", is a family of small amphibious snails, with gills and an operculum, semi-marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. Shell description This family of snails have small shells which lose th ...

* '' Truncatella bilabiada'' Pfeiffer, 1840

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 ...

* '' Thysanophora vortex'' (Pfeiffer, 1839)

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 ...

* '' Brachypodella collaris'' (Férussac, 1821) * '' Pseudopineria viequensis'' (Pfeiffer, 1856)

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 ...

* '' Vaginula occidentalis'' (Guilding, 1824) * ''

Sarasinula marginata ''Sarasinula marginata'' is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs. Description ''Sarasinula marginata'' is superficially very similar to ''Sarasinul ...

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Zoologische Mededelingen ''Zoologische Mededelingen'' was a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal publishing papers and monographs on animal systematics. The publisher was the National Museum of Natural History Naturalis in the Netherlands. The first issue appeared ...

'' 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 Pisidium punctiferum

Vertiginidae Vertiginidae, common name the whorl snails, is a family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea. Distribution The distribution of the Vertiginidae is in the ...

* '' Gastrocopta servilis'' (Gould, 1843) * '' Vertigo ovata'' Say, 1822

Bivalvia

Sphaeriidae Sphaeriidae is a family of small to minute freshwater bivalve molluscs in the order Sphaeriida. In the US, they are commonly known as pea clams or fingernail clams. Heard, William H. 1977. Reproduction of fingernail clams (Sphaeriidae: ''Sphaeri ...

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Eupera viridans ''Eupera'' is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Sphaeriidae. The species of this genus are found in America and Africa. Species: *'' Eupera bahamensis'' *''Eupera bahiensis'' *'' Eupera barbadensis'' *'' Eupera crassa'' *'' Eupera ...

'' (Prime 1875) * '' Pisidium punctiferum'' (Guppy, 1867)

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