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
Freshwater gastropods include:
Ampullariidae
Planorbidae
Lymnaeidae
Physidae
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Land gastropods
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
Colosius pulcher (Colosi 1921)[4]
Heterovaginina limayana (Lesson 1830)[4]
Latipes lisei Thomé & Gomes 1999[4]
Montivaginulus coriaceus (Kraus 1954)[4]
Novovaginula carinata (Thiele 1927)[4]
Novovaginula rosaneae Thomé & Gomes 1999[4]
Phyllocaulis gayi (Fischer 1871)[4]
Sarasinula marginata (Semper, 1885)[5] [4] 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
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
Barlettia stefanensis (Moricand, 1856)[1] Sphaeriidae
Eupera simoni Jousseaume, 1889[1]
Eupera primei Klappenbach, 1967[1]
Pisidium meierbrooki Kuiper & Hinz, 1983[1]
Sphaerium forbesii Philippi, 1869[1]
Sphaerium lauricocheae Philippi, 1870[1]
Sphaerium titicacence (Pilsbry, 1924)[1] Corbiculidae