List of non-marine molluscs of China

Location of China

The non-marine mollusks of China are a part of the molluscan fauna of China (wildlife of China). A number of species of non-marine mollusks are found in the wild in China.

Freshwater gastropods

Oncomelania hupensis is medically important in China because it can transfer Schistosoma japonicum, which causes schistosomiasis.

Viviparidae

Pomatiopsidae

Pachychilidae

Thiaridae

Land gastropods

An unidentified land snail from China

Arionidae

Philomycidae

Anadenidae

Limacidae

Agriolimacidae

Bradybaenidae

Diapheridae

Freshwater bivalves

Sphaeriidae

Corbiculidae

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

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