Location of Uruguay The non-marine molluscs of Uruguay are a part of the molluscan fauna of Uruguay (wildlife of Uruguay ).
A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Uruguay .
Summary table of number of species:
Numbers of molluscs by habitat
Number of species
Freshwater gastropods
51[1]
Land gastropods
??
Total number of non-marine gastropods
??
Freshwater bivalves
??
Total number of non-marine molluscs
??
Freshwater gastropods
Freshwater gastropods in the Uruguay include:
Ampullariidae - 10 species[1]
Asolene platae [1] Asolene pulchella [1] Asolene spixii [1] Felipponea elongata [1] Felipponea iheringi (Pilsbry, 1933)[1] Felipponea neritiniformis (Dall, 1919)[1] Pomella megastoma [1] Pomacea canaliculata [1] Pomacea insularum [1] Pomacea scalaris [1] Cochliopidae - 6 species[1]
Heleobia adamsi (Preston, 1912)[1] Heleobia guaranitica (Doering, 1884)[1] Heleobia parchappii [1] Heleobia piscium (d’Orbigny, 1835)[1] Heleobia scottii (Pilsbry, 1911)[1] Heleobia uruguayana (Pilsbry, 1924)[1] Lithoglyphidae - 17 species[1]
Potamolithus agapetus Pilsbry, 1911[1] Potamolithus bushii (Frauenfeld, 1865)[1] Potamolithus carinifer Pilsbry, 1911[1] Potamolithus catharinae Pilsbry, 1911[1] Potamolithus doeringi Pilsbry, 1911[1] Potamolithus felipponei Ihering, 1910[1] Potamolithus hidalgoi Pilsbry, 1896[1] Potamolithus iheringi [1] Potamolithus lapidum (d'Orbigny, 1835)[1] Potamolithus orbignyi Pilsbry, 1896[1] Potamolithus peristomatus (d'Orbigny, 1835)[1] Potamolithus petitianus (d'Orbigny, 1840) - subspecies Potamolithus petitianus sykesii Pilsbry, 1896[1] Potamolithus philipianus Pilsbry, 1911[1] Potamolithus quadratus Pilsbry & Ihering, 1911[1] Potamolithus rushii [1] Potamolithus simplex Pilsbry, 1911[1] Potamolithus tricostatus (Brot, 1867)[1] Lymnaeidae - 2 species[1]
Physidae - 1 species[1]
"Aplexa" minor (d’Orbigny, 1837)[1] Planorbidae - 13 species[1]
Biomphalaria tenagophila Biomphalaria tenagophila tenagophila (d’Orbigny, 1835) and Biomphalaria tenagophila guaibensis Paraense, 1984[1] Biomphalaria peregrina [1] Biomphalaria straminea [1] Drepanotrema anatinum [1] Drepanotrema cimex (Moricand, 1839) [1] Drepanotrema depressissimum (Moricand, 1839) [1] Drepanotrema heloicum (d’Orbigny, 1835)[1] Drepanotrema kermatoides [1] Drepanotrema lucidum [1] Antillorbis nordestensis (Lucena, 1954)[1] Uncancylus concentricus [1] Hebetancylus moricandi [1] Anisancylus obliquus [1] Chilinidae - 2 species[1]
Chilina fluminea (Maton, 1809)[1] Chilina rushii Pilsbry, 1896[1]
Land gastropods
Charopidae
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Freshwater bivalves
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Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:
