List of non-marine molluscs of Argentina - Animal

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The non-marine molluscs of Argentina are a part of the molluscan fauna of Argentina.

There are hundreds of species of molluscs living in the wild in Argentina.

There are a total of ??? species of gastropods, which breaks down to 101[1][2] species of freshwater gastropods, and ??? species of land gastropods in ?? genera, plus 65 species of bivalves living in the wild.[1]

There are ?? non-indigenous species of gastropods (4[2] freshwater and ?? land species: ?? snails and ?? slugs) and ? species of bivalves in the wild in Argentina. This is a total of ? freshwater non-indigenous species of wild molluscs.

Potamolithus is the largest genus (with highest species richness) of recent freshwater snails in Argentina.[1]

Summary table of number of species

	Argentina
freshwater gastropods	101[1]
land gastropods	???
gastropods altogether	???
bivalves	65[1]
molluscs altogether	???
non-indigenous gastropods in the wild	4 freshwater and ?? land
non-indigenous synantrop gastropods	?
non-indigenous bivalves in the wild	?
non-indigenous synantrop bivalves	?
non-indigenous molluscs altogether	4

Freshwater gastropods

There are 10 families of freshwater gastropods in Argentina.[2] There are 40 species of freshwater gastropods endemic to Argentina.[2] There are about 45 endangered freshwater gastropods in Argentina.[2]

Ampullariidae – 12 species, one endemic[1]

Asolene platae (Maton, 1809)[1]
Asolene puelchella (Anton, 1839)[1]
Asolene spixii (d'Orbigny, 1835)[1]
Felipponea neritiniformis (Dall, 1919)[1]
Felipponea elongata (Dall, 1921)[1]
Felipponea iheringi (Pilsbry, 1933)[1]
Marisa planogyra Pilsbry, 1933[1]
Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1822)[1]
Pomacea insularum (d'Orbigny, 1835)[1][3]
Pomacea scalaris (d'Orbigny, 1835)[1]
Pomella americanista (Ihering, 1919)[1]
Pomella megastoma (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)[1]

Thiaridae – 4 species, 3 endemic[1] but extinct in the wild

Aylacostoma chloroticum Hylton-Scot, 1954[1] – extinct in the wild[4]
Aylacostoma guaraniticum (Hylton-Scot, 1951)[1] – extinct in the wild[5]
Aylacostoma stigmaticum Hylton-Scot, 1954[1] – extinct in the wild[6]
Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]

Cochliopidae – 16 species, 10 endemic[1]

Heleobia australis (d'Orbigny, 1835)[1]
Heleobia castellanosae (Gaillard, 1974)[1]
Heleobia conexa (Gaillard, 1974)[1]
Heleobia guaranitica (Doering, 1884)[1]
Heleobia hatcheri (Pilsbry, 1911)[1]
Heleobia isabelleana (d'Orbigny, 1835)[1]
Heleobia kuesteri (Ströbel, 1874)[1]
Heleobia montana (Doering, 1884)[1]
Heleobia occidentalis (Doering, 1884)[1]
Heleobia parchappii (d'Orbigny, 1835)[1] – but Heleobia occidentalis and Heleobia vianai may be synonyms of Heleobia parchappii[7]
Heleobia peiranoi (Weyrauch, 1963)[1]
Heleobia piscium (d'Orbigny, 1835)[1]
Heleobia rionegrina (Gaillard, 1974)[1]
Heleobia sublineata (Pilsbry, 1911)[1]
Heleobia tucumana (Gaillard, 1974)[1]
Heleobia vianai (Parodiz, 1960)[1]

Lithoglyphidae – 22 species[1][2]

Potamolithus agapetus Pilsbry, 1911[1]
Potamolithus bushii (Frauenfeld, 1865)[1]
Potamolithus callosus Pilsbry, 1925[1]
Potamolithus catharinae Pilsbry, 1911[1]
Potamolithus concordianus Parodiz, 1966[1]
Potamolithus conicus (Brot, 1867)[1]
Potamolithus dinochilus Pilsbry, 1896[1]
Potamolithus doeringi Pilsbry, 1911[1]
Potamolithus hidalgoi Pilsbry, 1896[1]
Potamolithus iheringi Pilsbry, 1896[1]
Potamolithus lapidum (d'Orbigny, 1835)[1]
Potamolithus microthauma Pilsbry, 1896[1]
Potamolithus orbignyi Pilsbry, 1896[1]
Potamolithus paranensis Pilsbry, 1911[1]
Potamolithus peristomatus (d'Orbigny, 1835)[1]
Potamolithus petitianus (d'Orbigny, 1840)[1]
Potamolithus philipianus Pilsbry, 1911[1]
Potamolithus quadratus Pilsbry & Ihering, 1911[1]
Potamolithus rushii Pilsbry, 1896[1]
Potamolithus simplex Pilsbry, 1911[1]
Potamolithus tricostatus (Brot, 1867)[1]
Potamolithus valchetensis Miquel, 1998[1]

Glacidorbidae – 1 species[1]

Gondwanorbis magallanicus (Meier-Brook & Smith, 1976)[1]

Chilinidae – 17 species,[1][8] 12 endemic[1][8]

Chilina aurantia Marshall, 1924[1]
Chilina dombeiana (Bruguière, 1789)[1]
Chilina fluminea (Maton, 1809)[1]
Chilina fulgurata Pilsbry, 1911[1]
Chilina gallardoi Castellanos & Gaillard, 1981[1]
Chilina gibbosa G. B. Sowerby I, 1841[1]
Chilina guaraniana Castellanos & Miquel, 1980[1]
Chilina iguazuensis Gregoric & Rumi, 2008[8]
Chilina megastoma Hylton Scott, 1958[1]
Chilina mendozana Ströbel, 1874[1]
Chilina neuquenensis Marshall, 1933[1]
Chilina parchappii (d'Orbigny, 1835)[1]
Chilina patagonica Sowerby II, 1874[1]
Chilina perrieri Mabille, 1833[1]
Chilina portillensis Hidalgo, 1880[1]
Chilina rushii Pilsbry, 1911[1]
Chilina strebeli Pilsbry, 1911[1]

Lymnaeidae – 5 species, 2 endemic[1]

Pseudosuccinea columella (Say, 1817)[1]
Lymnaea diaphana King, 1830[1]
Lymnaea pictonica Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885[1]
Lymnaea plicata Hylton Scott, 1953[1]
Lymnaea viatrix (d´Orbigny, 1835)[1]

Planorbidae – 20 species[1]

Antillorbis nordestensis (Lucena, 1954)[1]
Acrorbis petricola Odhner, 1937[1]
Biomphalaria intermedia (Paraense & Deslandes, 1962)[1]
Biomphalaria occidentalis Paraense, 1981[1]
Biomphalaria oligoza Paraense, 1974[1]
Biomphalaria orbignyi Paraense, 1975[1]
Biomphalaria peregrina (d´Orbigny, 1835)[1]
Biomphalaria straminea (Dunker, 1848)[1]
Biomphalaria tenagophila (d´Orbigny, 1835)[1]
Drepanotrema anatinum (d´Orbigny, 1835)[1]
Drepanotrema cimex (Moricand, 1839)[1]
Drepanotrema depressissimun (Moricand, 1839)[1]
Drepanotrema heloicum (d'Orbigny, 1835)[1]
Drepanotrema kermatoides (d'Orbigny, 1835)[1]
Drepanotrema lucidum (Pfeiffer, 1839)[1]
Anisancylus obliquus (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)[1]
Gundlachia ticaga (Marcus & Marcus, 1962)[1]
Hebetancylus moricandi (d´Orbigny, 1837)[1]
Laevapex sp.[1]
Uncancylus concentricus (d´Orbigny, 1835)[1]

Physidae – 5 species, 2? endemic[1]

Physa aspii Holmerg, 1909[1]
Physa loosi Holmerg, 1909[1]
"Physella cubensis" (Pfeiffer, 1839)[1]
"Physella venustula" (Gould, 1848)[1]
"Stenophysa marmorata" (Guilding, 1828)[1]

Land gastropods

Cyclophoridae

Adelopoma tucma[9]

Charopidae

Lilloiconcha tucumana[9]
Radiodiscus iheringi
Trochogyra leptotera Rochebrune & Mabille, 1882[10]

Helicodiscidae

Diplommatinidae

Succineidae

Omalonyx unguis (d’Orbigny, 1837)[11]

Scolodontidae (Systrophiidae is a synonym for Scolodontidae)

Wayampia trochilioneides[9]
Scolodonta Doering, 1875[12]

Odontostomidae

Plagiodontes rocae Doering, 1881[13][14]
Plagiodontes weyrauchi Pizá & Cazzaniga, 2009[15]

Milacidae

Milax gagates (Draparnaud, 1801) – non-indigenous[16]

Epiphragmophoridae

Epiphragmophora Doering, 1874 – (see also Cuezzo 2006)

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Freshwater bivalves

Hyriidae – 1? endemic[1]

Etheriidae – 1? endemic[1]

Sphaeriidae – 25 species, 10 endemic[1]

Corbiculidae

Corbicula fluminea – invasive species[1]

Mytilidae

Limnoperna fortunei – invasive species[1]

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References

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Freshwater gastropods

Land gastropods

Freshwater bivalves

See also

References

Further reading