List Of Non-marine Molluscs Of Hong Kong
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The non-marine
mollusks 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 species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
of
Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
are a part of the molluscan
fauna of Hong Kong Fauna is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is ''flora'', and for fungi, it is '' funga''. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as '' biota''. Zoo ...
. A number of species of non-marine mollusks are found in the wild in Hong Kong.


Freshwater gastropods

Thiaridae * '' Brotia hainanensis'' (Brot, 1872)


Land gastropods

Cyclophoridae * '' Cyclophorus volvulus'' (O. F. Müller, 1774)DO Duc Sang, DO Van Nhuong (2019). "Family Cyclophoridae in Vietnam (Gastropoda: Cyclophoroidea): the genus Cyclophorus Montfort, 1810". Ruthenica 29(1): 1-53. Rhytididae * '' Macrocycloides crenulata'' Yen, 1939A. A. Schileyko (2011). "Check-list of land pulmonate molluscs of Vietnam (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". Ruthenica 21(1): 1-68.
Streptaxidae Streptaxidae is a family of carnivorous air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora. Six Streptaxidae subfamilies are accepted in the 2005 taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi. Stre ...
* ''
Haploptychius sinensis ''Haploptychius'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Haploptychius Kobelt, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
'' (Gould, 1858) Ariophantidae * '' Megaustenia imperator imperator'' (Gould, 1858) Camaenidae * ''
Moellendorffia eastlakeana ''Moellendorffia'' is a gastropod mollusc genus of the family Camaenidae. Members of this genus appear only in East Asia, spanning north from Japan, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Indonesia. Species Documented species belonging to ''Moe ...
'' (Möllendorff, 1882)


See also

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Environment of Hong Kong The ecology of Hong Kong is mostly affected by the results of climatic changes. Hong Kong's climate is seasonal due to alternating wind direction between winter and summer. Hong Kong has been geologically stable for millions of years. Flora an ...
* Conservation in Hong Kong * List of marine molluscs of Hong Kong Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries: *
List of non-marine molluscs of China The non-marine mollusks of China are a part of the molluscan fauna of China (wildlife of China). A number of species of non-marine mollusks are found in the wild in China. Freshwater gastropods Amnicolidae * '' Erhaia chinensis'' (Liu & Zha ...
*
List of non-marine molluscs of Taiwan The non-marine mollusks of Taiwan are a part of the molluscan fauna of Taiwan. A number of species of non-marine mollusks are found in the wild in Taiwan. ;Summary table of number of species Land gastropods Assimineidae * '' Assiminea ...
*
List of non-marine molluscs of the Philippines The non-marine mollusks of the Philippines are a part of the molluscan fauna of the Philippines (the wildlife of the Philippines). A number of species of non-marine mollusks are found in the wild in the Philippines. Freshwater gastropods ...


References


Further reading

* Dudgeon D. (1989). "Ecological strategies of Hong Kong Thiaridae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)". ''Malacological Review'' 22: 39-53. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hong Kong, Molluscs * * *Molluscs, Hong Kong Molluscs
Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...