List of non-marine molluscs of Nepal

Location of Nepal

The non-marine molluscs of Nepal are a complete molluscan fauna of Nepal (wildlife of Nepal, environment of Nepal), because Nepal is landlocked country.

A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Nepal.

Summary table of number of species

(Summary table is based on species counted in this list and include also those ones with question marks)

Nepal
freshwater gastropods >10
land gastropods 138 species[1]
gastropods altogether ???
bivalves >4
molluscs altogether ???
non-indigenous gastropods in the wild ?? freshwater and ?? land
non-indigenous hot-house alien gastropods ?
non-indigenous bivalves in the wild ?
non-indigenous hot-house alien bivalves ?
non-indigenous molluscs altogether ?

Land slug Limax seticus lives in altitudes 4,700–4,800 m a.s.l. in Nepal. It is the highest locality where occurrence of land slugs was recorded.[2]

Freshwater gastropods

Freshwater gastropods in Nepal include:

Viviparidae

Ampullariidae

Thiaridae

Pachychilidae

Lymnaeidae

Planorbidae

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Nepal include:

Cyclophoridae

Diplommatinidae

Pyramidulidae

Limacidae

Ariophantidae

Achatinidae

Freshwater bivalves

Unionidae

Amblemidae

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Budha P., Naggs F. & Backeljau T. (2015). "Annotated Checklist of the Terrestrial Gastropods of Nepal". Zookeys 492: 1-48. doi:10.3897/zookeys.492.9175.
  2. 1 2 Wiktor A. & Bössneck U. (2004). "Limax (Limax) seticus n. sp. from high mountains in Nepal (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Limacidae)". Folia Malacologica 12(4): 183–187. doi:10.12657/folmal.012.017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Surana R., Subba B. R. & Limbu K. P. (2004). "Report of Molluscs from Chimdi lake (Birju Tal), Sunsari district, Eastern Nepal". Our Nature 2(1). doi:10.3126/on.v2i1.325.
  4. Schileyko A. A. & Balashov I. A. (2012). "Pyramidula kuznetsovi sp. nov. a new species of land molluscs from Nepal (Pulmonata, Pyramidulidae)". Ruthenica 22(1): 41–45. PDF.

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