Location of Peru
The non-marine molluscs of Peru are a part of the molluscan fauna of Peru (wildlife of Peru ).
A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Peru .
There are 852 species of gastropods (89 species of freshwater gastropods ,[ 1] 763 species of land gastropods)[ 1] and 40 species of freshwater bivalves living in the wild.[ 1]
There is altogether 129 species of freshwater molluscs in Peru.[ 1]
Summary table of number of species:
Numbers of molluscs by habitat
Number of species
Freshwater gastropods
89[ 1]
Land gastropods
763[ 1]
Total number of non-marine gastropods
852
Freshwater bivalves
40[ 1]
Total number of non-marine molluscs
892
Freshwater gastropods [ edit ]
Freshwater gastropods include:
Ampullariidae
Planorbidae
Lymnaeidae
Physidae
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an unidentified land snail from Peru
an unidentified land snail from Peru
There are other 30 genera of land gastropods, than mentioned below next to families, with 56 species.[ 1]
Helicinidae - 2 genera, 25 species[ 1]
Neocyclotidae - 4 genera, 20 species[ 1]
Orthalicidae - without Bulimulinae has 4 genera and 18 species in Peru.[ 1]
Orthalicidae, Bulimulinae - only Bulimulinae has 15 genera, 424 species in Peru[ 1]
Veronicellidae
Subulinidae - 5 genera, 19 species[ 1]
Clausiliidae - 14 genera, 75 species[ 1]
Scolodontidae - 8 genera, 55 species[ 1]
Charopidae - 3 genera, 13 species[ 1]
Pleurodontidae - 2 genera, 13 species[ 1]
Camaenidae - 2 genera, 12 species
Helminthoglyptidae - 2 genera, 33 species[ 1]
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Freshwater bivalves [ edit ]
Freshwater bivalves include:
Hyriidae
Castalia schombergiana
Paxyodon syrmathophorus
Callonaia duprei (Recluz, 1843)[ 1]
Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819 - Castalia ambigua ambigua Lamarck, 1819[ 1]
Castalia multisulcata Hupé, 1857[ 1]
Castalia schombergiana Sowerby, 1869[ 1]
Castalia sulcata - Castalia sulcata orbygnyi Hupé & Deville, 1850[ 1]
Diplodon limensis (Kust-Chemnitz, 1851)[ 1]
Diplodon obsolescens Baker, 1914[ 1]
Diplodon suavidicus (Lea, 1856)[ 1]
Diplodontites cookei Kust & Chemnitz, 1851[ 1]
Paxyodon syrmathophorus Meuschen, 1781[ 1]
Prisodon obliquus Schumacher, 1817[ 1]
Triplodon corrugatus (Lamarck, 1819)[ 1]
Mycetopodidae
Anodontites trapesialis
Anodonta solidula Lamarck, 1819[ 1]
Anodonta subsinuata Phillippi, 1869[ 1]
Anodonta subrostrata Phillippi, 1869[ 1]
Anodonta ucayalensis Phillippi, 1869[ 1]
Anodontites elongatus (Swainson, 1823)[ 1]
Anodontites ensiformis (Spix & Wagner, 1827)[ 1]
Anodontites incarum (Philippi, 1869)[ 1]
Anodontites tenebricosa (Lea, 1834)[ 1]
Anodontites trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819) - Anodontites trapesialis trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819)[ 1]
Anodontites trapezeus (Spix, 1827)[ 1]
Anodontites trigonus (Spix, 1827) - Anodontites trigonus trigonus (Spix, 1827)[ 1]
Anodontites weirauchi Hass, 1930[ 1]
Iheringiella sp.[ 1]
Leila blainvilliana (Lea, 1834)[ 1]
Leila esula (Orbigny, 1835)[ 1]
Monocondylaea semisulcata Adams, 1870[ 1]
Mycetopoda siliquosa Spix, 1827[ 1]
Mycetopoda soleniformis Orbigny, 1835[ 1]
Mycetopodella falcata (Higgins, 1868)[ 1]
Tamsiella sp.[ 1]
Etheriidae
Sphaeriidae
Corbiculidae
Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:
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