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 taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil sp ...

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are a part of the wildlife of Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan is land-locked and has no marine molluscs, only land and

freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does include ...

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 Gastro ...

slug Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc. The word ''slug'' is also often used as part of the common name of any gastropod mollusc that has no shell, a very reduced shell, or only a smal ...

s, and

freshwater bivalve Freshwater bivalves are one kind of freshwater mollusc, along with freshwater snails. They are bivalves that live in fresh water as opposed to salt water, which is the main habitat type for bivalves. The majority of species of bivalve molluscs l ...

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 pallasi ''Theodoxus pallasi'' is a species of a freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites. Description Coloration, radula and operculum of ''Theodoxus pallasi'' is similar to ''Theodoxus sc ...

'' Lindholm, 1924

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, ...

* '' Caspiohydrobia behningi'' Starobogatov & Andreeva, 1981 * '' Caspiohydrobia grimmi'' Clessin, 1888 * '' Caspiohydrobia pavlovskii'' Starobogatov & Izzatullaev, 1974 * '' Caspiohydrobia sogdiana'' Starobogatov & Izzatullaev, 1974 - possibly locally extinct * '' Bythiospeum'' * '' Valvatamnicola archangelskii'' Zhadin, 1952

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 piscinalis ''Valvata piscinalis'', common name the European stream valvata or European valve snail, is a species of minute freshwater snail with gills and an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, an Aquatic animal, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Valva ...

'' (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 superfamily ...

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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 ...

'' (Müller, 1774) * ''

Lymnaea stagnalis ''Lymnaea stagnalis'', better known as the great pond snail, is a species of large air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae. The great pond snail is a model organism to study parasitology, ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''

Lymnaea rectilabrum ''Lymnaea'' is a genus of small to large-sized air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Lymnaeinae ( of the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Lymnaea Lamarck, ...

'' (Annandale & Prashad, 1919) * ''

Lymnaea tenera ''Lymnaea'' is a genus of small to large-sized air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Lymnaeinae ( of the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Lymnaea Lamarck, ...

'' (Küster, 1863) * ''

Radix auricularia ''Radix auricularia'', the big-ear radix, is a species of medium-sized freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae.Neubauer, Thomas A.; Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2014). Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758)Akramova F. D., Azimov D. A. & Shakarboev E. B. (2011). "Morphology, biology and taxonomy of ''Dendritobilharzia loossi'' Skrjabin, 1924 (Trematoda: Bilharziellidae), a parasite of ''Pelecanus onocrotalus'' (Pelecanidae) and ''Anas plathyrinchos'' (Anatidae)". ''

Parasite Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has ...

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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 ins ...

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Anisus septemgyratus ''Anisus septemgyratus'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails. Taxonomy Glöer (2002) Glöer P. (2002). ''Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und ...

'' (Rossmässler, 1835) * ''

Anisus spirorbis ''Anisus spirorbis'' is a species of small freshwater air-breathing snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Anisus spirorbis (Linnaeus, 1758). Access ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Kolhymorbis dildorae'' Izzatullaev, 1980 * ''

Planorbarius corneus ''Planorbarius corneus'', common name the great ramshorn, is a relatively large species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids, which all have ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''

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)

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. Physidae Fitzin ...

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Physa fontinalis ''Physa fontinalis'', common name the common bladder snail, is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Physidae. The shells of species in the genus ''Physa'' are left-handed or sinistral. Desc ...

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Land gastropods

Cochlicopidae Cochlicopidae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cochlicopoidea. Anatomy In this family, the number of haploid chromosome A chromosome is a long DN ...

* '' Cochlicopa dushanbensis'' Starobogatov, 1996Starobogatov Ya. I. (1996). "Eurasiatic species of the genus ''Cochlicopa'' (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Cochlicopidae)". ''Ruthenica'' 5(2)> 105-129
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Freshwater bivalves

Unionidae The Unionidae are a family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionida, the bivalve molluscs sometimes known as river mussels, or simply as unionids. The range of distribution for this family is world-wide. It is at its most diverse ...

* '' Anodonta cyrea'' Drouët, 1881The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. . Downloaded on 22 February 2015.

Corbiculidae The Corbiculidae are a family of clams in the mollusc order Venerida. They are known commonly as basket clams. The family name comes from the root ''corbus'' ("basket"), and was inspired by the concentric ribbing of the shells.Glaubrecht, M., et ...

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Corbicula producta ''Corbicula'' is a genus of freshwater and brackish water clams, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Cyrenidae, the basket clams.Gofas, S. (2015). Cyrenidae Gray, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...

'' von Martens, 1905

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: ''Sphaeri ...

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Euglesa gurvichi ''Euglesa'' is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Sphaeriidae. Species: *'' Euglesa adamsi'' *'' Euglesa atkinsoniana'' *'' Euglesa cara'' *'' Euglesa casertana'' *'' Euglesa cavatica'' *'' Euglesa centrale'' *'' Euglesa chanken ...

'' Starobogatov & Izzatullaev, 1985 * ''

Sphaerium corneum ''Sphaerium corneum'', also known as the European fingernailclam, is a very small freshwater clam, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Sphaeriidae, the fingernail clams. Description The shell is fairly globular and can grow up to 9–13.5& ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dreissenidae The Dreissenidae are a family of small freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs. They attach themselves to stones or to any other hard surface using a byssus. The shells of these bivalves are shaped somewhat like those of true mussels, and t ...

* '' Dreissena caspia'' Eichwald, 1855 - possibly locally extinct * ''

Dreissena polymorpha The zebra mussel (''Dreissena polymorpha'') is a small freshwater mussel. The species originates from the lakes of southern Russia and Ukraine, but has been accidentally Introduced species, introduced to numerous other areas and has become an inv ...

'' Pallas, 1771

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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 taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil sp ...

Freshwater gastropods

Land gastropods

Freshwater bivalves

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