Biogeography of gastropods

The biogeography of gastropods is the study of the distribution of the biodiversity of gastropods over space and time.

## Prehistoric

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The study of the biogeography of gastropods is within the scope of paleobiogeography.

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## Marine

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The world's highest biodiversity of Volutomitridae is in waters of New Caledonia.[1]

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## Non-marine

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The biogeography of non-marine gastropods (freshwater snails, land snails and slugs) is often studied along with that of freshwater bivalves.

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Non-marine molluscs (freshwater & land gastropods and freshwater bivalves) by country

Africa|

| West Africa|

* Benin
* Burkina Faso
* Cape Verde
* Côte d'Ivoire
* The Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea Bissau
* Liberia
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Senegal
* Sierra Leone
* Togo

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North Africa|

* Algeria
* Egypt
* Libya
* Mauritania
* Morocco
* Sudan and South Sudan
* Tunisia
* Western Sahara

Central Africa|

* Angola
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Equatorial Guinea
* Gabon
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe

East Africa|

* Burundi
* Comoros
* Djibouti
* Eritrea
* Ethiopia
* Kenya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mauritius
* Mozambique
* Rwanda
* Seychelles
* Somalia
* South Sudan
* Tanzania
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

Southern Africa|

* Botswana
* Lesotho
* Namibia
* South Africa
* Swaziland

Dependencies|

* British Indian Ocean Territory / St. Helena (UK)
* Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain)
* Madeira (Portugal)
* Mayotte / Réunion (France)
* Socotra (Yemen)

Unrecognized|

* Puntland
* Somaliland
* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Asia|

* Afghanistan
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* China
* Cyprus
* East Timor
* Egypt
* Georgia
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* North Korea
* South Korea
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Quatar
* Russia
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Taiwan
* Tajikistan
* Thailan
* Turkey
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen

* Countries: Aceh
* Adjara
* Abkhazia
* Akrotiri and Dhekelia
* Altai
* British Indian Ocean Territory
* Buryatia
* Christmas Island
* Cocos (Keeling) Islands
* Guangxi
* Hong Kong
* Inner Mongolia
* Iraqi Kurdistan
* Jakarta
* Khakassia
* Macau
* Nagorno-Karabakh
* Nakhchivan
* Ningxia
* Northern Cyprus
* Palestine (Gaza Strip
* West Bank)
* Papua
* Sakha
* South Ossetia
* Tibet
* Tuva
* West Papua
* Xinjiang
* Yogyakarta

Americas (states)|

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentina
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Grenada
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* St. Kitts and Nevis
* St. Lucia
* St. Vincent and the Grenadines
* Suriname
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela (El Hatillo Municipality, Miranda, Venezuela)

Americas (countries)|

* Greenland
* French Guiana
* Guadeloupe
* Martinique
* St. Barthélemy
* St. Martin
* St. Pierre and Miquelon
* Aruba
* Netherlands Antilles
* Anguilla
* Bermuda
* British Virgin Islands
* Cayman Islands
* Falkland Islands
* Montserrat
* South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
* Turks and Caicos Islands
* Navassa Island
* Puerto Rico
* U.S. Virgin Islands

Canada|

* British Columbia
* Alberta
* Saskatchewan
* Manitoba
* Ontario
* Quebec
* New Brunswick
* Nova Scotia
* Prince Edward Island
* Newfoundland and Labrador
* Yukon
* Northwest Territories
* Nunavut

United States|

* Alabama
* Alaska
* Arizona
* Arkansas
* California
* Colorado
* Connecticut
* Delaware
* Florida
* Georgia
* Hawaii
* Idaho
* Illinois
* Indiana (Indiana Dunes)
* Iowa
* Kansas
* Kentucky
* Louisiana
* Maine
* Maryland
* Massachusetts
* Michigan (threatened of Michigan)
* Minnesota
* Mississippi
* Missouri
* Montana
* Nebraska
* Nevada
* New Hampshire
* New Jersey
* New Mexico
* New York
* North Carolina
* North Dakota
* Ohio
* Oklahoma
* Oregon
* Pennsylvania
* Rhode Island
* South Carolina
* South Dakota
* Tennessee
* Texas
* Utah
* Vermont
* Virginia
* Washington
* West Virginia
* Wisconsin
* Wyoming

Europe (states & countries)|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Italy
* Kazakhstan
* Kosovo
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* (United Kingdom, see Great Britain)
* Vatican City

Australasia|

* Australia
* Christmas Island
* Cocos (Keeling) Islands
* New Zealand
* Norfolk Island

Melanesia|

* East Timor
* Fiji
* Maluku Islands (Indonesia)
* New Caledonia
* Loyalty Islands
* Papua New Guinea
* Solomon Islands
* Vanuatu

Micronesia|

* Federated States of Micronesia
* Guam
* Kiribati
* Marshall Islands
* Nauru
* Northern Mariana Islands
* Palau

Polynesia|

* American Samoa
* Cook Islands
* Easter Island
* French Polynesia
* Niue
* Pitcairn Islands
* Gambier Islands
* Samoa
* Tokelau
* Tonga
* Tuvalu
* Wallis and Futuna

## References

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1. ^ Bouchet, P. & Kantor, Y. I. (2003) "New Caledonia: the major centre of biodiversity for volutomitrid molluscs (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Volutomitridae)". Systematics and Biodiversity 1(4): 467–502. doi:10.1017/S1477200003001282

## Further reading

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### Marine

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* García F. J. & Bertsch H. (2009) "Diversity and distribution of the Gastropoda Opisthobranchia from the Atlantic Ocean: A global biogeographic approach". Scientia Marina 73(1): doi:10.3989/scimar.2009.73n1153 Supplement

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