List of non-marine molluscs of Costa Rica

The non-marine molluscs of Costa Rica are a part of the molluscan wildlife of Costa Rica. A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Costa Rica.

There are ?? species of gastropods (?? species of freshwater gastropods, 183^[1] species and subspecies of land gastropods) and ?? species of freshwater bivalves living in the wild.

1 Freshwater gastropods
2 Land gastropods
3 Bivalvia
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

Freshwater gastropods

Land gastropods

Subulinidae - 19 species (23 including subspecies):^[1]

Beckianum beckianum (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) - Beckianum beckianum beckianum (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) and Beckianum beckianum gabbianum (Angas, 1879)^[1]
Beckianum sinistrum Martens, 1890 - Near Threatened^[2]
Lamellaxis gracilis (Hutton, 1834)

Succineidae

Succinea costaricana von Martens, 1898^[3]

Veronicellidae

Diplosolenodes occidentalis (Guilding, 1825)^[1]
Sarasinula plebeia (Fischer, 1868)^[1]

Arionidae

Ariolimax costaricensis Cockerell, 1890^[1]

Philomycidae

Pallifera costaricensis (Mörch, 1857)^[1]

Xanthonychidae

Averellia macneili (Crosse, 1873)^[1]
Cryptostrakon corcovadensis Cuezzo, 1997^[1]
Cryptostrakon gabbi (Binney, 1879)^[1]
Leptarionta adela (Angas, 1878)^[1]
Leptarionta costaricensis (Roth in Pfr., 1857)^[1]
Leptarionta zhorquinensis (Angas, 1879)^[1]
Trichodiscina suturalis (Pfr., 1846)^[1]
Trichodiscina pressula (Morelet, 1851)^[1]

Oleacinidae

Pittieria aurantiaca (Angas, 1879) - synonym: Euglandina aurantiaca^[1]
Streptostyla turgidula Pfeiffer, 1856^[4]

incertae sedis

Hyalinia glomerula Martens, 1892^[1]
Hyalinia permodesta minor Martens, 1892^[1]

Bivalvia

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r (Spanish) Barrientos Z. (2003). "Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica". Revista de Biología Tropical 51(Suppl. 3): 293-304. PDF
^ Perez A. M. (1996). Beckianum sinistrum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
^ Villalobos M. C., Monge-Nájera J., Barrientos Z. & Franco J. (1995). "Life cycle and field abundance of the snail Succinea costaricana (Stylommatophora: Succineidae), a tropical pest". Revista de Biología Tropical 43: 181-188. PDF.
^ Perez A. M. (1996). Streptostyla turgidula. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.

External links

Land snails (14 species) at website by Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio)
Thompson F. G. (2010). "Four species of land snails from Costa Rica and Panama (Pulmonata: Spiraxidae)". Revista de Biología Tropical 58(1): 195-202. PubMed, PDF.
Barrientos Z. (2010). "Los moluscos terrestres (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de Costa Rica: clasificación, distribución y conservación". Revista de Biología Tropical 58(4): 1165-1175. PDF.