List of non-marine molluscs of Trinidad and Tobago
The non-marine molluscs of the republic of Trinidad and Tobago (which comprises two West Indian islands) are a part of the molluscan fauna of Trinidad and Tobago, part of the Natural history of Trinidad and Tobago.
Starting in the 1860s, the terrestrial and freshwater molluscs of Trinidad and Tobago have been fairly well studied. Thomas Bland published the first paper mentioning terrestrial molluscs in 1861.[1] Robert John Lechmere Guppy discovered and identified many more species from 1864 onwards, and along with Edgar Albert Smith was responsible for the earliest comprehensive species lists.
Freshwater gastropods
Freshwater gastropods include:
Ampullariidae
Ancylidae
- Hebetancylus excentricus (Morelet, 1851)[3]
Hydrobiidae
- Pyrgophorus parvulus (Guilding, 1828)[3]
Physidae
- Physella cubensis (Pfeiffer, 1839)[3]
Planorbidae
- Tropicorbis pallidus (C.B. Adams, 1846)[3]
Thiaridae
Land gastropods
Land gastropods include:
Helicinidae
- Helicina nemoralis Guppy, 1866[2]
- Helicina dysoni (L. Pfeiffer, 1849)[2]
- Lucidella ignicoma (Guppy, 1868)[2]
- Lucidella lirata (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)[2]
Neocyclotidae
- Cyclohidalgoa translucidum - Cyclohidalgoa translucidum trinitense (Guppy, 1864)[2]
- Austrocyclotus rugatus (Guppy, 1864)[2]
Diplommatinidae
- Adelopoma occidentale (Guppy, 1872)[2]
Pomatiidae
- Choanopoma aripensis (Guppy, 1864)[2]
Truncatellidae
- Blandiella reclusa Guppy, 1871[2]
Veronicellidae
Subulinidae
- Leptinaria simplex (Guppy, 1868)[2]
- Leptinaria urichi (E.A. Smith, 1896)[2]
- Obeliscus plicatellum (Guppy, 1868)[2]
Ferussaciidae
- Karolus consobrinus (d’Orbigny, 1842)[2]
Streptaxidae
- Streptaxis glaber (L. Pfeiffer, 1849)[2]
Succineidae
Vertiginidae
- Bothriopupa tenuidens (C.B. Adams, 1845)[5]
- Gastrocopta barbadensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)[2]
- Gastrocopta servilis riisei (L. Pfeiffer, 1852)[5]
- Gastrocopta rupicola marginalba (L. Pfeiffer, 1840)[5]
- Gastrocopta geminidens (Pilsbry, 1930)[5]
Orthalicidae
- Drymaeus imperfectus (Guppy, 1866)
- Drymaeus mossi (E.A. Smith, 1896)[2]
- Drymaeus rawsoni (Guppy, 1871)[2]
- Drymaeus vincentinus (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)[2]
- Naesiotus pilosus (Guppy, 1871)[2]
- Plekocheilus glaber (Gmelin, 1791)[2]
- Simpulopsis corrugatus Guppy, 1866
Urocoptidae
- Brachypodella trinitaria (L. Pfeiffer, 1860)[2]
- Brachypodella oropuchensis Spence
Scolodontidae
- Happiella guildingi (Bland, 1865)[2]
- Miradiscops lunti (E.A. Smith, 1898)
- Systrophia alicea (Guppy, 1871)[2]
- Tamayoa trinitaria (E.A. Smith, 1898)
Gastrodontidae
- Striatura umbratilis (Guppy, 1868)[2]
Philomycidae
Euconulidae
- Guppya gundlachi (L. Pfeiffer, 1840)
- Habroconus ernsti (Jousseaume)
- Habroconus cassiquiensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)[2]
Helicarionidae
Strophocheilidae
Helicodiscidae
- Radiodiscus bactricolus (Guppy, 1868)[2]
Xanthonychidae
- Averellia coactiliata (Deshayes, 1839)[2]
Thysanophoridae
- Thysanophora plagioptycha (Shuttleworth, 1854)
Freshwater bivalves
Freshwater bivalves include:
Mycetopodidae
- Anodontites leotaudi (Guppy, 1864)[2]
- Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix, 1827)[6]
Sphaeriidae (=Pisidiidae)
See also
Lists of non-marine molluscs of nearby countries and islands:
- List of non-marine molluscs of Venezuela
- List of non-marine molluscs of Grenada
- List of non-marine molluscs of Barbados
- List of non-marine molluscs of Curaçao
- List of non-marine molluscs of Aruba
- List of non-marine molluscs of Guyana
References
- ^ Bland T. (1861). On the Geographical Distribution of the Genera and Species of Land Shells of the West India Islands with a Catalogue of the species of each island. The Annals of The Lyceum of Natural History, New York. Vol. VII.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an Smith E.A. (1896) A List of the Land and Freshwater Mollusca of Trinidad. Journal of Conchlogy 8:231-251.
- ^ a b c d e Bass D. (2003) A Survey of Freshwater Macroinvertebrates in Tobago. The Living World Journal 2003:64-68.
- ^ Bacon P.R. (1978) Notes on some freshwater molluscs from Nariva Swamp, Trinidad. The Living World Journal 1978:14-15.
- ^ a b c d Haas F. (1960) Caribbean Land Molluscs: Vertiginidae. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands. 10:1-17.
- ^ Mohammed R.S., Nieweg D.C., Rostant W.G. and Badal P (2008) Collections of Freshwater mussel shells of Anodontites sp. and Mycetopoda sp. in rivers of south-central Trinidad, West Indies. The Living World Journal 2008:76-77.
- ^ Guppy R. J. L. (1867). "Description of a new freshwater bivalve found in Trinidad" Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)19(111): 160-161.