List Of Non-marine Molluscs Of Pakistan
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The non-marine molluscs of Pakistan are a part of the fauna of Pakistan. They include land and freshwater
gastropod 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. T ...
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bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...
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Freshwater gastropods

Viviparidae * '' Bellamya bengalensis'' (Lamarck 1822) Thiaridae * '' Melanoides tuberculata'' (Muller, 1774)Kiran Afshan, Mirza Azhar Beg, Iftikhar Ahmad, M. Maqbool Ahmad & Mazhar Qayyum (2013). "Freshwater Snail Fauna of Pothwar Region, Pakistan". Pakistan Journal of Zoology 45(1): 227-233. Lymnaeidae * '' Lymnaea acuminata f. rufescens'' (Gray, 1820) * '' Lymnaea acuminata f. chlamys'' (Benson, 1836) * '' Lymnaea auricularia'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Lymnaea luteola'' (Lamarck, 1822) Physidae * ''
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) * ''
Physa gyrina ''Physa'' is a genus of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Physinae of the family Physidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Physa Draparnaud, 1801. Acces ...
'' (Say, 1821) Planorbidae * ''
Gyraulus convexiusculus ''Gyraulus convexiusculus'' is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails. Distribution Distribution of ''Gyraulus convexiusculus'' includes Sistan and Baluchestan ...
'' (Hutton, 1849) * ''
Indoplanorbis exustus ''Indoplanorbis'' is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snail. Its Monotypic taxon, only member species is ''Indoplanorbis exustus'', an aquatic animal, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Planorbidae, the sheep, ...
'' (Deshayes, 1834)


Land gastropods

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 in ...
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Granaria lapidaria ''Granaria'' is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the subfamily Granariinae of the family Chondrinidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Granaria Held, 1838. Accessed through: World Registe ...
'' (Hutton, 1849)
Gastrocoptidae Gastrocoptidae is a family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Pupilloidea.Philippe Bouchet, Jean-Pierre Rocroi, Bernhard Hausdorf, Andrzej Kaim, Yasunori Kano, Alexander Nützel, P ...
* '' Boysia boysii'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) * '' Boysidia tamtouriana'' Pokryszko, Auffenberg, Hlaváč & Naggs, 2009 * '' Gastrocopta avanica'' (Benson, 1863) * '' Gastrocopta huttoniana'' (Benson, 1849) * ''
Gastrocopta klunzingeri ''Gastrocopta klunzingeri'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Gastrocoptidae Gastrocoptidae is a family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Pupilloidea.Philipp ...
'' (Jickeli, 1873) Pupillidae * '' Pupilla annandalei'' Pilsbry * ''
Pupilla khunjerabica ''Pupilla'' is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Pupillinae of the family Pupillidae. -MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pupilla J. Fleming, 1828. Access ...
'' Pokryszko, Auffenberg, Hlaváč & Naggs, 2009Pokryszko B. M., Auffenberg K., Hlaváč J. Č. & Naggs F. (2009). "Pupilloidea of Pakistan (Gastropoda: Pulmonata): Truncatellininae, Vertigininae, Gastrocoptinae, Pupillinae (In Part)". '' Annales Zoologici'' 59(4): 423-458. . * '' Pupilla muscorum'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''
Pupilla paraturcmenica ''Pupilla'' is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Pupillinae of the family Pupillidae. -MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pupilla J. Fleming, 1828. Ac ...
'' Pokryszko, Auffenberg, Hlaváč & Naggs, 2009 * ''
Pupilla satparanica ''Pupilla'' is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Pupillinae of the family Pupillidae. -MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pupilla J. Fleming, 1828. Ac ...
'' Pokryszko, Auffenberg, Hlaváč & Naggs, 2009 * ''
Pupilla signata ''Pupilla'' is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Pupillinae of the family Pupillidae. -MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pupilla J. Fleming, 1828. Access ...
'' (Mousson) * '' Pupilla turcmenia'' (O. Boettger) * ''
Pupilla ziaratana ''Pupilla'' is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Pupillinae of the family Pupillidae. -MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pupilla J. Fleming, 1828. Access ...
'' Pokryszko, Auffenberg, Hlaváč & Naggs, 2009 Truncatellinidae * ''
Columella nymphaepratensis Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella (; Arabic: , 4 – ) was a prominent writer on agriculture in the Roman Empire. His ' in twelve volumes has been completely preserved and forms an important source on Roman agriculture, together with the ...
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Truncatellina ayubiana ''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 ...
'' Pokryszko, Auffenberg, Hlaváč & Naggs, 2009 * ''
Truncatellina babusarica ''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 Specie ...
'' Pokryszko, Auffenberg, Hlaváč & Naggs, 2009 * ''
Truncatellina callicratis ''Truncatellina callicratis'' is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Truncatellinidae Truncatellinidae is a family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pu ...
'' (Scacchi, 1833) * ''
Truncatellina himalayana ''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 ...
'' (Benson, 1863) Vertiginidae * ''
Vertigo antivertigo ''Vertigo antivertigo'' is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vertigo antivertigo (Draparna ...
'' (Draparnaud, 1801) * '' Vertigo nangaparbatensis'' Pokryszko, Auffenberg, Hlaváč & Naggs, 2009 * '' Vertigo pseudosubstriata'' Ložek, 1954 * '' Vertigo superstriata'' Pokryszko, Auffenberg, Hlaváč & Naggs, 2009 Clausiliidae * '' Cylindrophaedusa farooqi'' (Auffenberg & Fakhri, 1995) Parmacellidae * ''
Candaharia rutellum ''Candaharia rutellum'' is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae. Distribution The distribution of ''Candaharia rutellum'' includes mountains in Central Asia: Tien-Shan, Alai and Pami ...
'' (Hutton, 1849) Agriolimacidae * ''
Deroceras laeve ''Deroceras laeve'', the marsh slug, is a species of small air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Agriolimacidae. Distribution The distribution of ''Deroceras laeve'' was originally Palearctic, from ...
'' (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Anadenidae Anadenidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). A ...
* '' Anadenus altivagus'' (Theobald, 1862) Camaenidae * '' Pseudiberus chitralensis'' (Odhner, 1963)


Freshwater bivalves


See also

* List of marine molluscs of Pakistan * List of non-marine molluscs of Afghanistan * List of non-marine molluscs of Iran * List of non-marine molluscs of India *
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 & Zh ...
* List of non-marine molluscs of Tajikistan


References


Further reading

* Auffenberg K. (1997). "The biogeography of the land snails of Pakistan". pp. 253–275. In: Mufti S. A., Woods, C. A. & Hasan S. A. (eds). ''Biodiversity of Pakistan''. Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Islamabad and Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville. {{DEFAULTSORT:Molluscs Pakistan *M * Molluscs Pakistan Pakistan