List of non-marine molluscs of Costa Rica
Location 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.
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)
- Succinea costaricana von Martens, 1898[3]
- Diplosolenodes occidentalis (Guilding, 1825)[1]
- Sarasinula plebeia (Fischer, 1868)[1]
- Ariolimax costaricensis Cockerell, 1890[1]
- Pallifera costaricensis (Mörch, 1857)[1]
- 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]
- Pittieria aurantiaca (Angas, 1879) - synonym: Euglandina aurantiaca[1]
- Streptostyla turgidula Pfeiffer, 1856[4]
See also
- List of marine molluscs of Costa Rica
Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:
- List of non-marine molluscs of Nicaragua, Wildlife of Nicaragua
- List of non-marine molluscs of Panama, Wildlife of Panama
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 (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 biologia tropical 58 (1): 195–202. PMID 20411717., 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.