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The non-marine molluscs of Sri Lanka are a part of the molluscan wildlife of Sri Lanka.

Location of Sri Lanka
Location of Sri Lanka

Naggs et al. (2003) listed 246 land gastropods for Sri Lanka.[1] Ranawana (2006) listed 18 species of non-indigenous land gastropods in Sri Lanka and he added some species to that list.[2]

The fauna of Sri Lanka also includes freshwater snails and freshwater bivalves.


Land Snails


Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
When considering mollusc diversity in Sri Lanka, snails are the major group that can be found within the island. About 246 land snails are known to occur in Sri Lanka, with 83% of endemism. This include 5 endemic and relict land snails. Majority of land snails are pulmonates.

Endemic species are highlighted with an asterisk (*).


Subclass: Pulmonata



Family: Acavidae



Family: Achatinidae - Giant land snails



Family: Ariophantidae



Family: Bradybaenidae


Succineidae


Family: Buliminidae



Family: Camaenidae



Family: Cerastidae



Family: Charopidae



Family: Clausiliidae - Door snails



Family: Corillidae



Family: Diplommatinidae



Family: Endodontidae



Family: Euconulidae - Hive snails



Family: Ferussaciidae



Family: Gastrodontidae



Family: Glessulidae



Family: Helicarionidae



Family: Agriolimacidae - Keelback slugs



Family: Planorbidae - Ramshorn snails



Family: Pupillidae



Family: Pupinidae



Family: Pyramidulidae



Family: Streptaxidae



Family: Subulinidae



Family: Cyclophoridae



Family: Vertiginidae - Whorl snails


Family: Viviparidae - River snails


Family: Truncatellidae - Looping snails



Family: Thiaridae - Trumpet snails



Freshwater bivalves



See also



References


  1. Naggs F., Raheem D. C., Mordan P. B., Grimm B., Ranawana K. B. & Kumburegama N. P. S. (2003). "Ancient relicts and contemporary exotics: faunal change and survivorship in Sri Lanka’s snail fauna". Slugs & Snails: Agricultural, Veterinary & Environmental Perspectives, British Crop Protection Council Symposium Proceedings No. 80, 103–108.
  2. Ranawana K. B. (2006) "Land Snails in Sri Lanka". In: Bambaradeniya C. N. B. The Fauna of Sri Lanka: Status of Taxonomy, Research and Conservation. The World Conservation Union, Colombo, Sri Lanka & Government of Sri Lanka. 84–99. ISBN 955-8177-51-2.
  3. Junn Kitt Foon & Mohammad Effendi Marzuki (2022). "First record and description of a new Scabrina species (Gastropoda: Cyclophoridae) from Peninsular Malaysia". Folia Malacologica 1(30): 23-35. DOI: https://doi.org/10.12657/folmal.030.003





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