The non-marine mollusks of

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are a part of the fauna of Jordan. That country is land-locked and therefore it has no marine molluscs, only land and freshwater species, including

snail A snail is, in loose terms, a shelled gastropod. The name is most often applied to land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. However, the common name ''snail'' is also used for most of the members of the molluscan class G ...

s, slugs, freshwater

clam Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve molluscs. The word is often applied only to those that are edible and live as infauna, spending most of their lives halfway buried in the sand of the seafloor or riverbeds. Clams have two shel ...

s and freshwater mussels. There are ?? species of

gastropods The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. The ...

(19 species of freshwater gastropods, ?? species of land gastropods) and ?? species of freshwater bivalves living in the wild. ;Summary table of number of species

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)Amr Z. S. & Abu Baker M. (2004). "Freshwater snails of Jordan". ''Denisia'' 14: 221-22
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*'' Theodoxus macrii'' (Sowerby, 1844)

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 philalensis'' (Conrad, 1852)

Valvatidae ''Valvatidae'', the valve snails, is a taxonomic family of very small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks. Taxonomy The family Valvatidae has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouche ...

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Valvata saulcyi ''Valvata saulcyi'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Valvatidae. It is found in freshwater habitats of the Levant and Sicily. The IUCN rates the conservation status of this species as least concern A least-concern species ...

'' Bourguignat, 1853

Cochliopidae Cochliopidae is a family of small freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks. Paludestrina d'Orbigny, 1840 is an archaic synonym, and has been placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Names by ICZN ...

* '' Eupaludestrina contempta'' (Dautzenberg, 1894) * ''

Eupaludestrina longiscata ''Eupaludestrina'' is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Cochliopidae Cochliopidae is a family of small freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks. Paludestrina d'Orbigny, 1840 is an archaic synony ...

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Pyrgophorus coronatus ''Pyrgophorus coronatus'' is a species of very small aquatic snail, an operculate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. Description Distribution and habitat In Nicaragua, it is found in abundance in the volcanic crater ...

'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1840)- non-indigenous

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, ...

*'' Globuliana gaillardotii'' (Bourguignat, 1856) *''

Pseudamnicola solitaria ''Pseudamnicola'' is a genus of small brackish water snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pseudamnicolinae of the family Hydrobiidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Pseudamnicola Paulucci, 1878. Accessed through: World R ...

'' Tchernov, 1971

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 ...

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Mieniplotia scabra ''Mieniplotia'' is a genus of freshwater snails in the family Thiaridae. It is monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does no ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenousNasarat H., Amr Z. & Neubert E. (2014). "Two invasive freshwater snails new to Jordan (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". ''

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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 ammonis'' Tristram, 1865 *'' Melanopsis buccinoidea'' Olivier, 1801 *'' Melanopsis costata'' (Olivier, 1804) ** ''Melanopsis costata jordanica'' J. R. Roth, 1839 ** ''Melanopsis costata lampra'' Bourguignat, 1884 ** ''Melanopsis costata obliqua'' Bourguignat, 1884 *'' Melanopsis saulcyi'' Bourguignat, 1853

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 ...

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Galba truncatula ''Galba truncatula'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.Neubauer, Thomas A. (2014). Galba (Galba) truncatula (Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World R ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) *''

Radix natalensis ''Radix natalensis'' is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae. This species occurs widely in Africa. It is a major intermediate host for '' Fasciola gigantica'' in Africa. Placement of this s ...

'' (Krauss, 1848)

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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Physa 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 piscinarum ''Gyraulus piscinarum'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Planorbidae. The species is found in Southeastern Europe (Bulgaria, Turkey) and Western Asia Western Asia, West Asia, or Southwest Asia, is the westernmost subregion ...

'' (Bourguignat, 1852) *''

Planorbis planorbis ''Planorbis planorbis'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.Neubauer, Thomas A. (2014). ''Planorbis'' (''Planorbis'') ''planorbis'' (Linnaeus, 1758). Acc ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758)

Land gastropods

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: ...

* '' Pupoides coenopictus'' (T. Hutton, 1834) Pyramidulidae * '' Pyramidula rupestris'' (Draparnaud, 1801)

Chondrinidae Chondrinidae is a family of mostly minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Pulmonata. Anatomy In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values i ...

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Granopupa granum ''Granopupa granum'' is a species of air-breathing land snails in the family Chondrinidae. The species is found in Western Europe and Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediter ...

'' (Draparnaud, 1801) * ''

Rupestrella rhodia ''Rupestrella'' is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Chondrinidae. The species of this genus are found in Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and al ...

'' (J. R. Roth, 1839) Truncatellidae * ''

Truncatellina haasi ''Truncatellina'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Truncatellinidae.MolluscaBase (2018). Truncatellina R. T. Lowe, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' Venmans, 1957 Enidae * '' Buliminus diminutus'' (Mousson, 1861) * '' Buliminus jordani'' (Charpentier, 1847) * '' Buliminus labrosus'' (Olivier, 1804) * '' Buliminus marsabensis'' Westerlund, 1887 * '' Buliminus negevensis'' Heller, 1970 * '' Buliminus sinaiensis'' Heller, 1970 * '' Euchondrus chondriformis'' (Mousson, 1861) * '' Euchondrus michonii'' (Bourguignat, 1853) * '' Euchondrus saulcyi'' (Bourguignat, 1852) * '' Euchondrus septemdentatus'' (J. R. Roth, 1839) * '' Paramastus episomus'' (Bourguignat, 1857) * '' Pene bulimoides'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1842) Ferussaciidae * '' Calaxis hierosolymarum'' (J. R. Roth, 1855) * '' Cecilioides acicula'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * '' Cecilioides genezarethensis'' Forcart, 1981 * '' Cecilioides tumulorum'' (Bourguignat, 1856)

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 ''Liss ...

* '' Rumina decollata'' (Linnaeus, 1758)

Punctidae Punctidae, common name the "dot snails" or "pinhead snails", is a family of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the informal group Sigmurethra (according to the taxonomy of the Ga ...

* '' Paralaoma servilis'' (Shuttleworth, 1852)

Oxychilidae Oxychilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea. Distribution The distribution of Oxychilidae includes the Nearctic, western- Palearctic, eastern-P ...

* '' Eopolita protensa jebusitica'' (J. R. Roth, 1855) * '' Oxychilus renanianus'' (Pallary, 1939) Pristilomatidae * '' Vitrea contracta'' (Westerlund, 1871) Limacidae * '' Gigantomilax cecconii'' (Simroth, 1906) Geomitridae * '' Cochlicella acuta'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * '' Xerocrassa langloisiana'' (Bourguignat, 1853) * '' Xerocrassa seetzeni'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1847) * '' Xerocrassa simulata'' (Ehrenberg, 1831) * '' Xerocrassa tuberculosa'' (Conrad, 1852) * '' Xeropicta krynickii'' (Krynicki, 1833)

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) - non-indigenous * '' Helix engaddensis'' Bourguignat, 1852 * ''

Levantina spiriplana ''Levantina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Levantina Kobelt, 1871. Accessed throug ...

'' (Olivier, 1801) ** ''Levantina spiriplana caesareana'' (Mousson, 1854) ** ''Levantina spiriplana spiriplana'' (Olivier, 1801) Hygromiidae * '' Monacha crispulata'' (Mousson, 1861) * '' Monacha obstructa'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)

Sphincterochilidae Sphincterochilidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). In the fossil r ...

* '' Sphincterochila cariosa'' (Olivier, 1804) * '' Sphincterochila fimbriata'' (Bourguignat, 1852) * '' Sphincterochila prophetarum'' (Bourguignat, 1852) * '' Sphincterochila zonata'' (Bourguignat, 1853) ** ''Sphincterochila zonata filia'' (Mousson, 1861) ** '' Sphincterochila zonata zonata'' (Bourguignat, 1853)

Freshwater bivalves

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: ''Sphae ...

* '' Euglesa casertana'' (Poli, 1791) * '' Odhneripisidium annandalei'' (Prashad, 1925)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Molluscs Jordan Lists of biota of Jordan

Freshwater gastropods

Land gastropods

Freshwater bivalves

See also

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