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The 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 species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is estim ...
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Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
are a part of the fauna of Laos ( wildlife of Laos). A number of species of molluscs are found in the wild in Laos. Laos is landlocked country, so there are no marine molluscs. Almost all groups of the land snail fauna in Laos have been less-well studied than those of neighbouring areas. The Lao People’s Democratic Republic, until recently encompassed some of the most significant
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areas remaining in Southeast Asia such as mountainous areas in the north and limestone karsts in central area, and some of the most intact biota left in Asia. Those habitat characteristics also harbor diverse of terrestrial molluscan fauna.


Freshwater gastropods

Freshwater gastropods in Laos include:
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 ...
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Filopaludina martensi ''Filopaludina martensi'' is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum (gastropod), operculum, an Aquatic animal, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae. Description The shape of the gastropod shell, shell ...
'' (Frauenfeld, 1864) * '' Filopaludina filosa'' (Reeve, 1863) * ''
Filopaludina sumatrensis ''Filopaludina sumatrensis'' is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). ''Filopaludina sumatrensis'' (Dunker, 1852). Accessed through: World R ...
'' (Dunker, 1852)
Pachychilidae Pachychilidae, common name pachychilids, is a taxonomic family of freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.Gofas, S. (2014). Pachychilidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecie ...
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Sulcospira housei ''Sulcospira housei'' is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae. The specific name ''housei'' is in honour of Dr. Samuel Reynolds House, who collected type specimens during ...
'' (I. Lea, 1856)
Pomatiopsidae Pomatiopsidae is a family of small, mainly freshwater snails, (some also occur in other habitats) that have gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Truncatelloidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda b ...
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Neotricula aperta ''Neotricula aperta'' is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae. This species serves as a sole intermediate host for the fluke ''Schistosoma mekongi'', that causes Mekong schistosomiasis. Dis ...
'' (Temcharoen, 1971)Attwood S. W. & Upatham E. S. (2012). "Observations on ''Neotricula aperta'' (Gastropoda: Pomatiopsidae) population densities in Thailand and central Laos: implications for the spread of Mekong schistosomiasis". ''
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Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Laos include:
Cyclophoridae Cyclophoridae is a taxonomic family of small to large tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the order Architaenioglossa belonging to the subclass Caenogastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropo ...
* '' Cyclophorus dilatatus'' Heude, 1886DO Duc Sang, DO Van Nhuong (2019). "Family Cyclophoridae in Vietnam (Gastropoda: Cyclophoroidea): the genus Cyclophorus Montfort, 1810".
Ruthenica ''Ruthenica'' is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Clausiliinae of the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. ...
29(1): 1-53. * ''
Cyclophorus floridus ''Cyclophorus'' may be: * ''Cyclophorus'' (gastropod), a genus of tropical land snails * ''Cyclophorus'' (plant), a genus of ferns {{genus disambiguation ...
'' (Pfeiffer, 1854) * ''
Cyclophorus speciosus ''Cyclophorus speciosus'' is a 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 s ...
'' (Philippi, 1847) * ''
Scabrina franzhuberi ''Scabrina'' is a genus of Operculum (gastropod), operculate land snails, terrestrial Gastropoda, gastropod Mollusca, mollusks in the subfamily Cyclophorinae of the family Cyclophoridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Scabrina W. T. Blanf ...
'' Thach, 2020Junn Kitt Foon & Mohammad Effendi Marzuki (2022). "First record and description of a new Scabrina species (Gastropoda: Cyclophoridae) from Peninsular Malaysia".
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1(30): 23-35. DOI: https://doi.org/10.12657/folmal.030.003 * ''
Scabrina laotica ''Scabrina'' is a genus of operculate land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cyclophorinae of the family Cyclophoridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Scabrina W. T. Blanford, 1863. Accessed through: World Register ...
'' Möllendorff, 1897 * ''
Scabrina patera ''Scabrina'' is a genus of operculate land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cyclophorinae of the family Cyclophoridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Scabrina W. T. Blanford, 1863. Accessed through: World Register ...
'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
Clausiliidae Clausiliidae, also known by their common name the door snails, are a taxonomic family of small, very elongate, mostly left-handed, air-breathing land snails, sinistral terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). Mollusca ...
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Garnieria huleschheliae ''Garnieria'' is a monotypic plant genus in the family Proteaceae. Molecular hylogenetic studies indicate that it is nested in the larger Australian genus '' Persoonia'' where it may be included. It is endemic to New Caledonia where the type spec ...
'' Grego & Szekeres, 2011Jozef Grego & Miklos Szekeres (2011). "New Taxa of Asiatic Clausiliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda)".
Visaya The Visayas ( ), or the Visayan Islands ( Visayan: ''Kabisay-an'', ; tl, Kabisayaan ), are one of the three principal geographical divisions of the Philippines, along with Luzon and Mindanao. Located in the central part of the archipelago, i ...
3(2): 4-22. * '' Lindholmiola ahuiri'' Grego & Szekeres, 2011 * '' Phaedusa pygmaea'' Grego & Szekeres, 2011
Diapheridae Diapheridae is a family (biology), family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Streptaxoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Diapheridae Panha & Naggs, 2010. Acce ...
* '' Laoennea carychioides'' Páll-Gergely, A. Reischütz & Maassen in Páll-Gergely, A. Reischütz, Maassen, Grego & Hunyadi, 2020 * '' Sinoennea angustistoma'' Páll-Gergely, A. Reischütz & Maassen in Páll-Gergely, A. Reischütz, Maassen, Grego & Hunyadi, 2020 * ''
Sinoennea euryomphala Sinoennea is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Diapheridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Sinoennea Kobelt, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:// ...
'' Inkhavilay & Panha in Inkhavilay, Sutcharit, Tongkerd & Panha, 2016 * ''
Sinoennea infantilis Sinoennea is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Diapheridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Sinoennea Kobelt, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
'' Páll-Gergely & Grego in Páll-Gergely, A. Reischütz, Maassen, Grego & Hunyadi, 2020 * ''
Sinoennea lizae Sinoennea is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Diapheridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Sinoennea Kobelt, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
'' Maassen, 2008 * '' Sinoennea ljudmilena'' Páll-Gergely in Páll-Gergely, A. Reischütz, Maassen, Grego & Hunyadi, 2020Barna Páll-Gergely, Alexander Reischütz, Wim J.M. Maassen, Jozef Grego & András Hunyadi (2020). "New taxa of Diapheridae Panha & Naggs in Sutcharit et al., 2010 from Laos and Thailand (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68: 1-13. DOI: 10.26107/RBZ-2020-0001 * '' Sinoennea otostoma'' Páll-Gergely, A. Reischütz & Maassen in Páll-Gergely, A. Reischütz, Maassen, Grego & Hunyadi, 2020 * '' Sinoennea variabilis'' Páll-Gergely & Grego in Páll-Gergely, A. Reischütz, Maassen, Grego & Hunyadi, 2020 Streptaxidae - 12 species of Streptaxidae are known from Laos * ''
Discartemon discus ''Discartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Discartemon L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Regist ...
'' (Pfeiffer, 1853) * ''
Haploptychius blaisei ''Haploptychius'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Haploptychius Kobelt, 1905. Accessed through: World Regist ...
'' (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905) * ''
Haploptychius pellucens ''Haploptychius'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Haploptychius Kobelt, 1905. Accessed through: World Regist ...
'' (Pfeiffer, 1863)Inkhavilay K., Siriboon T., Sutcharit C., Rowson B. & Panha S. (2016). "The first revision of the carnivorous land snail family Streptaxidae in Laos, with description of three new species (Pulmonata, Stylommatophora, Streptaxidae)". ''ZooKeys'' 589: 23-53. . * ''
Haploptychius fischeri ''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 Specie ...
'' (Morlet, 1887) * '' Haploptychius porrectus'' (Pfeiffer, 1863) * ''
Indoartemon diodonta ''Indoartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Indoartemon Forcart, 1946. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * at: http: ...
'' Inkhavilay & Panha, 2016 * ''
Indoartemon tridens ''Indoartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Indoartemon Forcart, 1946. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * at: http: ...
'' (Möllendorff, 1898) * '' Perrottetia aquilonaria'' Siriboon & Panha, 2013 * '' Perrottetia daedaleus'' (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1908) * '' Perrottetia dugasti'' (Morlet, 1892) * '' Perrottetia megadentata'' Inkhavilay & Panha, 2016 * '' Perrottetia unidentata'' Inkhavilay & Panha, 2016 * '' Stemmatopsis dolium'' Do, 2021
Plectopylidae Plectopylidae is a taxonomic family of large air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Plectopyloidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Plectopylidae Möllendorff, 1898. Accessed through: Wor ...
- 3 species are known from Laos * ''
Gudeodiscus messageri ''Gudeodiscus messageri'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Plectopylidae. Subspecies ''Gudeodiscus messageri'' include two subspecies: * ''Gudeodiscus messageri ...
'' (Gude, 1909)Páll-Gergely B., Muratov I. V. & Asami T. (2016). "The family Plectopylidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) in Laos with the description of two new genera and a new species". ''ZooKeys'' 592: 1-26. . * '' Hunyadiscus saurini'' Páll-Gergely, 2016 * '' Naggsia laomontana'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1862)


Freshwater bivalves

Freshwater bivalves in Laos include:


See also

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 ...
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List of non-marine molluscs of Vietnam The non-marine molluscs of Vietnam are a part of the molluscan fauna of Vietnam ( wildlife of Vietnam). A number of species of non-marine mollusks are found in the wild in Vietnam. There are good reasons to suppose that Vietnam, with a surface ...
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List of non-marine molluscs of Cambodia The non-marine mollusks of Cambodia are a part of the molluscan fauna of Cambodia (the wildlife of Cambodia). A number of species of non-marine mollusks are found in the wild in Cambodia. Freshwater gastropods The lower Mekong River area, ...
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List of non-marine molluscs of Thailand The non-marine mollusks of Thailand are a part of the molluscan fauna of Thailand (the wildlife of Thailand). A number of species of non-marine mollusks are found in the wild in Thailand. There is known at least 23 families, 57 genera and 125 ...
* List of non-marine molluscs of Myanmar


References

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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 ...
Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...