This is a list of non-marine molluscs of Iraq.

Freshwater gastropods

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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Theodoxus jordani ''Theodoxus jordani'' is a species of freshwater snail with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, an Aquatic animal, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites. Distribution This species occurs in: * List of non-marine mollusc ...

'' (Sowerby, 1844)Ali B. M. Al-Bdairi, Mohammad K. Mohammad & Hadi M. Al-Miali (2014). "Freshwater snails diversity in the middle and south regions of Iraq". Advances in Bioresearch 5(3): 166-171. Assimineidae * '' Assiminea mesopotamica'' Glöer, Naser & Yasser, 2007 * '' Assiminea zubairensis'' Glöer & Naser, 2013

Bithyniidae Bithyniidae is a family of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Bithyniidae Gray, 1857. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...

* '' Bithynia hareerensis'' Glöer & Naser, 2008

Viviparidae Viviparidae, sometimes known as the river snails or mystery snails, are a family of large operculate freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks. This family is classified in the informal group Architaenioglossa according to the taxonomy ...

* '' Bellamya bengalensis'' (Lamarck, 1822)

Melanopsidae Melanopsidae, common name melanopsids, is a family of freshwater gastropods in the clade Sorbeoconcha. Species in this family are native to southern and eastern Europe, northern Africa, parts of the Middle East, New Zealand, and freshwater strea ...

* '' Melanopsis buccinoidea'' Olivier, 1801 * '' Melanopsis costata'' (Olivier, 1804) * '' Melanopsis nodosa'' A. Férussac, 1822

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). Ac ...

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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 ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774)

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 superf ...

* '' Lymnaea auricularia'' (Linnaeus, 1758)

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. Physida ...

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Physella acuta ''Physella acuta'' is a species of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Physidae. Common names include European physa, tadpole snail, bladder snail, and acute bladder snail ...

'' (Draparnaud, 1805)

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 ...

* '' Bulinus truncatus'' (Audouin, 1827) * '' Gyraulus huwaizahensis'' Glöer & Naser, 2005

Land gastropods

Orculidae Orculidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails; terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea Pupilloidea is a superfamily of small and very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastr ...

* '' Orculella palatalis'' (Pilsbry, 1922) * ''

Orculella sirianocoriensis libanotica ''Orculella'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orculidae. The genus ''Orculella'' occurs in the whole Mediterranean region. The richest areas in terms of specie ...

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Helicidae Helicidae is a large, diverse family (biology), family of small to large, air-breathing land snails, sometimes called the "typical snails." A number of species in this family are valued as food items, including ''Cornu aspersum'' (formerly ''Heli ...

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Eobania vermiculata ''Eobania vermiculata'' also known as ''Helix vermiculata'', common name the "chocolate-band snail" is a species of large, air-breathing, land snail, a Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the true ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Freshwater bivalves

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Sinanodonta woodiana ''Sinanodonta woodiana'', the Chinese pond mussel, Eastern Asiatic freshwater clam or swan-mussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Distribution * indigenous in Eastern A ...

'' (Lea, 1834)

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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 species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is estim ...

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Freshwater gastropods

Land gastropods

Freshwater bivalves

See also

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