List of non-marine molluscs of Iran

The non-marine molluscs of Iran are a part of the molluscan fauna of Iran, which is part of the (wildlife of Iran).

Summary table of species in the wild of Iran

Mollusc	Number
Freshwater gastropods	73[1]
Land gastropods	132
Total gastropods	??
Bivalves	??
non-marine molluscs	??

Location of Iran

Freshwater gastropods

27 freshwater gastropod species (37% of freshwater gastropod species in Iran) are endemic to Iran.[1]

Species of freshwater gastropods of Iran include:

Neritidae

• Neritina mesopotamica Martens 1879[1] - the first report in Iran was in 2001[2]
• Neritina cinctellus (Martens, 1874)[1]
• Neritina euphratica Mousson, 1874[1][2]
• Theodoxus fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
• Theodoxus lituratus Eichwald, 1838[1]
• Theodoxus pallida Dunker, 1861[1]

Viviparidae

• Bellamya bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822)[2][1]
• Bellamya hilmandensis (Kobelt, 1909)[1]

Melanopsidae

• Melanopsis costata (Olivier, 1804)[2][1]
• Melanopsis doriae Issel, 1865[2][1]
• Melanopsis kotschyi Philippi, 1847[1]
• Melanopsis sp.[1] - Mansoorian (2001) listed Melanopsis from Iran as Melanopsis nodosa Mousson, 1874[2] and as Melanopsis praemorsa (Linnaeus, 1758),[2] but Glöer and Pešić (2012)[1] claimed that there are nine possible names for this species and that further study is necessary to establish under which name or names the Iranian populations should be placed.[1]

Potamididae

• Cerithidea cingulata (Gmelin, 1790)[1]

Thiaridae

• Thiara scabra (O.F. Müller, 1774)[1]
• Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[2][1]

Bithyniidae

• Bithynia tentaculata (Linnaeus, 1758) - This species most probably does not occur in Iran.[1]
• Bithynia forcarti Glöer & Pešić, 2012[1]
• Bithynia starmuehlneri Glöer & Pešić, 2012[1]
• Bithynia mazandaranensis Glöer & Pešić, 2012[1]
• Bithynia cf. ejecta Mousson, 1874[1]
• Bithynia rubens (Menke, 1830)[1] - questionable taxonomic status[1]
• Bithynia sistanica (Annandale & Prashad, 1919)[1]
• Pseudobithynia irana Glöer & Pešić, 2006[1]
• Pseudobithynia zagrosia Glöer & Pešić, 2009[1]

Cochliopidae

• Heleobia dalmatica (Radoman, 1974) - the first report in Iran was in 2012[1]

Hydrobiidae

• Hydrobia acuta (Draparnaud, 1805)[1]
• Ecrobia grimmi (Clessin & Dybowski, 1888)[1]
• Pseudamnicola kotschyi von Frauenfeld, 1863[1]
• Pseudamnicola saboori Glöer & Pešić, 2009[1]
• Pseudamnicola zagrosensis Glöer & Pešić, 2009[1]
• Pseudamnicola raddei Boettger, 1889[1]
• Pseudamnicola georgievi Glöer & Pešić, 2012[1]
• Kaskakia khorrasanensis Glöer & Pešić, 2012[1]
• Sarkhia sarabensis Glöer & Pešić, 2012[1]
• Sarkhia kermanshahensis (Glöer & Pešić, 2009)[1]
• Belgrandiella elburensis (Starmühlner & Edlauer, 1957)[1]
• Hauffenia erythropomatia (Hauffen, 1856)[1]

Moitessieridae

• Trogloiranica tashanica Fatemil, Malek-Hosseini, Falniowski, Hofman, Kuntner & Grego, 2019[3]

Stenothyridae

• Stenothyra arabica Neubert, 1998[1]
• Gangetia uzielliana (Issel, 1866)[1]
• Farsithyra farsensis Glöer & Pešić, 2009[1]

Valvatidae

• Valvata cristata O. F. Müller, 1774[1]
• Valvata piscinalis O. F. Müller, 1774[1]
• Valvata nowshahrensis Glöer & Pešić, 2012[1]

Acroloxidae

• Acroloxus pseudolacustris Glöer & Pešić, 2012[1]

Lymnaeidae

• Radix persica (Issel, 1865)[1]
• Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1785)[1] - Radix auricularia gedrosiana Annandale & Prashad, 1919[2]
• Radix bactriana (Annandale & Prashad, 1919)[1]
• Radix iranica (Annandale & Prashad, 1919)[1]
• Radix gedrosiana (Annandale & Prashad, 1919) - Radix gedrosiana gedrosiana (Annandale & Prashad, 1919).[1] Radix gedrosiana rectilabrum is endemic to Iran.[1]
• Radix hordeum (Mousson, 1874)[1]
• Radix labiata (Rossmaessler, 1835)[1]
• Galba truncatula (Müller, 1774)[2][1]
• Galba schirazensis Küster, 1862[1]
• Stagnicola sp. - Most probably, the species reported from Iran as Stagnicola palustris represents an undescribed species.[1] It is not possible to identify or eventually describe this species according to shells only as new to science without anatomical studies.[1]
• Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1774)[2][1]

Doubtful Lymnaeidae:

• Radix lagotis (Schrank, 1803) - It was recorded from Iran by Martens (1874) and by Biggs (1937), but this species most probably does not occur in Iran.[1]

Planorbidae

• Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827)[2][4][1]
• Planorbis intermixtus Mousson, 1874[2][1]
• Planorbis carinatus O. F. Müller, 1774[1]
• Anisus leucostoma (Millet, 1813)[1]
• Anisus spirorbis (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
• Anisus sp. - shells similar to Anisus vorticulus[1]
• Anisus vortex (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
• Gyraulus piscinarum (Bourguignat, 1852)[1]
• Gyraulus euphraticus (Mousson, 1874)[2][1]
• Gyraulus convexiusculus (Hutton, 1849)[1]
• Gyraulus laevis (Alder, 1838)[1]
• Indoplanorbis exustus (Deshayes, 1834)[1]
• Hippeutis complanatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - the first report in Iran was in 2012[1]
• Segmentina calatha (Benson, 1850)[1]
• Ferrissia isseli (Bourguignat, 1866)[1]

Physidae

• Physella acuta (Draparnaud, 1805)[2][1]

Freshwater species excluded from the list:

• Bithynia badiella (Küster, 1852)[1]
• Bithynia troschelii (Pasch, 1842)[1]
• Acroloxus lacustris (Linnaeus, 1758) - It was recorded by Lothar Forcart in 1935.[5] But an analysis of the two specimens from Forcart’s collection (NMB 11516a) identified as Acroloxus lacustris from Mazandaran Province shows that these specimens belong to Acroloxus pseudolacustris.[1]

Land gastropods

An unidentified gastropod from Iran

Species of land gastropods of Iran include:

Aciculidae

• Acicula persica Subai, 1981[6]

Cyclophoridae

• Caspicyclotus sieversi (L. Pfeiffer, 1871)[7]

Pomatiidae

• Pomatias rivularis hyrcanus (E. von Martens, 1874)[7]

Carychiidae

• Carychium lederi O. Boettger, 1880[7]
• Carychium minimum O. Boettger, 1880[8]

Succineidae

• Oxyloma "pfeifferi" [7]
• Succinea putris (Linnaeus, 1758)[7]

Cochlicopidae

• Cochlicopa lubrica (O.F. Müller, 1774)[7]

Enidae

• Buliminus alepensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)[9]
• Buliminus zarudnyi Lindholm, 1915[9]
• Chondrula tridens (O.F. Müller, 1774)[9]
• Geminula continens carmanica (Forcart, 1959)[9]
• Geminula continens continens (Rosen, 1892)[9]
• Geminula continens parthica (Forcart, 1959)[9]
• Geminula didymodus (O. Boettger, 1880)[9]
• Geminula dolmenensis Bank & Neubert, 2016[9]
• Geminula ghilanensis (Issel, 1865)[9]
• Geminula isseliana (Bourguignat, 1865)[9]
• Geminula pyramidata Bank & Neubert, 2016[9]
• Geminula urmiensis Bank & Neubert, 2016[9]
• Georginapaeus hohenackeri (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)[9]
• Iranopsis carducha (E. von Martens, 1874)[9]
• Iranopsis granulata Bank & Neubert, 2016[9]
• Ljudmilena sieversi (Mousson, 1873)[9]
• Merdigera obscura (O.F. Müller, 1774)[9]
• Multidentula pupoides (Krynicki, 183)[9]
• Multidentula ridens (Nägele, 1906)[9]
• Ottorosenia varenzovi (Rosen, 1893)[9]
• Pseudochondrula arsaci Bank & Neubert, 2016[9]
• Pseudochondrula bondouxi Bank & Neubert, 2016[9]
• Pseudochondrula darii Bank & Neubert, 2016[9]
• Pseudochondrula orientalis Bank & Neubert, 2016[9]
• Pseudochondrula purus Bank & Neubert, 2016[9]
• Pseudochondrula seductilis scapa Bank & Neubert, 2016[9]
• Pseudochondrula tetrodon Bank & Neubert, 2016[9]
• Pseudonapaeus alborsicus Bank & Neubert, 2016[9]
• Pseudonapaeus asterabadensis (Kobelt, 1880)[9]
• Pseudonapaeus blanfordianus (Kobelt, 1880)[9]
• Pseudonapaeus demorgani Bank & Neubert, 2016[9]
• Pseudonapaeus fusiformis Bank & Neubert, 2016[9]
• Pseudonapaeus geoffreyi (Ancey, 1884)[9]
• Pseudonapaeus hyrcanus (Lindholm, 1915)[9]
• Pseudonapaeus ignoratus Bank & Neubert, 2016[9]
• Pseudonapaeus kermanensis Bank & Neubert, 2016[9]
• Pseudonapaeus menkhorsti Bank & Neubert, 2016[9]
• Pseudonapaeus minutus Bank & Neubert, 2016[9]
• Pseudonapaeus orculoides Bank & Neubert, 2016[9]
• Pseudonapaeus schahrudensis (O. Boettger, 1889)[9]
• Pseudonapaeus sogdianus (E. von Martens, 1874)[9]
• Turanena herzi (O. Boettger, 1889)[9]
• Turanena pseudobscura Bank & Neubert, 2016[9]

Chondrinidae

• Granopupa granum (Draparnaud, 1801)[7]
• Granopupa persica (Gittenberger, 1973)[10]

Gastrocoptidae

• Gastrocopta armigerella (Reinhardt, 1877)[11]

Lauriidae

• Lauria cylindracea (Da Costa, 1778)[7]
• Leiostyla iranica Gittenberger & Pieper, 1988[12]

Orculidae

• Orculella pfeiferi Hausdorf, 1996[13]
• Orculella ruderalis persica Hausdorf, 1996[13]
• Orculella sirianocoriensis libanotica (Tristram, 1865)[13]
• Pagodulina lederi hyrcanica Gittenberger & Pieper, 1984[13][14]
• Pagodulina lederi lederi Gittenberger & Pieper, 1984[13][14]
• Schileykula scyphus crassa (Pilsbry, 1922)[13]
• Sphyradium doliolum Hausdorf, 1996[13]

Pupillidae

• Pupoides coenopictus (T. Hutton, 1834)[7]

Truncatellinidae

• Truncatellina callicratis (Scacchi, 1833)[7]

Valloniidae

• Vallonia costata (O.F. Müller, 1774)[7]
• Vallonia pulchella (O.F. Müller, 1774)[7]

Vertiginidae

• Vertigo angustior Jeffreys, 1830[8]
• Vertigo antivertigo (Draparnaud, 1801)[8]
• Vertigo pygmaea (Draparnaud, 1801)[8]

Clausiliidae

• Euxina achrafensis Nordsieck, 1995[15]
• Caspiophaedusa perlucens gilanensis Nordsieck, 1978[15]
• Caspiophaedusa perlucens perlucens (O. Boettger, 1877)[15]
• Euxina forcarti Nordsieck, 1995[15]
• Euxina gastron Nordsieck, 1995[15]
• Euxina lessonae (Issel, 1865)[15]
• Euxina mazanderanica Nordsieck, 1995[15]
• Euxina patrisnemethi Németh & Szekeres, 2004[16]
• Euxina talyschana Likharev, 1962[15]
• Laeviphaedusa hyrcanica (Germain, 1933)[15][16]
• Likharevia gilanensis Nordsieck, 1995[15]
• Microphaedusa morgani Nordsieck, 1978[15]
• Mucronaria duboisi (Charpentier, 1852)[15]
• Pravispira semilamellata (Mousson, 1863)[15]
• Serrulina sieversi (L. Pfeiffer, 1871)[15]
• Serrulinella senghanensis (Germain, 1933)[15]

Achatinidae

• Cecilioides acicula (O.F. Müller, 1774)[17]
• Cecilioides raddei (O. Boettger, 1879)[8]
• Zootecus insularis (Ehrenberg, 1831)[17]

Punctidae

• Punctum pygmaeum (Draparnaud, 1801)[8]

Gastrodontidae

• Zonitoides nitidus (O.F. Müller, 1774)[18]

Oxychilidae

• Aegopinella pura (Alder, 1830)[18][19]
• Conulopolita sieversi (O. Boettger, 1879)[18][19]
• Eopolita derbentina (O. Boettger, 1886)[18][19]
• Gastranodon siaretanus (O. Boettger, 1889)[20]
• Iranoxychilus herzi (O. Boettger, 1889)[18][19]
• Oxychilus caspius caspius (O. Boettger, 1800)[18][19]
• Oxychilus caspius disciformis Riedel, 1959[18][19]
• Oxychilus concinnus (Krynicki, 1836)[18][19]
• Oxychilus filicum (Krynicki, 1836)[18][19]
• Oxychilus hobbit Riedel, 1981[18]
• Oxychilus patulaeformis (O. Boettger, 1889)[18][19]
• Oxychilus subeffusus (O. Boettger, 1879)[18][19]
• Perpolita petronella (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)[18][19]
• Schistophallus elegans (O. Boettger, 1881)[18][19]
• Schistophallus hyrcanus (Riedel, 1981)[18]

Pristilomatidae

• Vitrea contortula (Krynicki, 1837)[18][19]
• Vitrea morgani Riedel, 1966[18][19]
• Vitrea pygmaea (O. Boettger, 1880)[18][19]
• Vitrea saboori Neubert & Bössneck, 2013[19][21]

Parmacellidae

• Parmacella ibera (Draparnaud, 1801)[8]

Trigonochlamydidae

• Hyrcanolestes velitaris (Martens, 1880)[22]
• Parmacellilla filipowitschi Simroth, 1910[23]

Agriolimacidae

• Deroceras spec. cf. bakurianum (Simroth, 1912)[24]
• Deroceras caucasicum (Simroth, 1901)[24]
• Krynickillus melanocephalus Kaleniczenko, 1851[24]
• Lytopelte maculata (Koch et Heynemann, 1874)[24]

Limacidae

• Caspilimax keyserlingi (E. von Martens, 1880)[7]

Vitrinidae

• Oligolimax annularis (S. Studer, 1820)[7]

Geomitridae

• Helicopsis aelleni Hausdorf, 1996[25]
• Helicopsis persica Hausdorf & Bössneck, 2016[26]
• Xeropicta krynickii (Krynicki, 1833)[7]

Helicidae

• Caucasotachea leucoranea (Mousson, 1863)[27]
• Eobania vermiculata (O.F. Müller, 1774)[28]
• Helix lucorum Linnaeus, 1758[29]
• Helix salomonica Nägele, 1899[29]
• Levantina ceratomma (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)[30]
• Levantina djulfensis (Dubois de Montpéreux, 1840)[30]
• Levantina ghilanica (Mousson, 1876)[30]
• Levantina mahanica (Kobelt, 1910)[30]
• Levantina mazenderanensis (Kobelt, 1883)[30]

Hygromiidae

• Diplobursa pisiformis (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)[7]
• Harmozica ravergiensis (Férussac, 1835)[7]
• Monacha obstructa (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)[17]
• Monacha syriaca (Ehrenberg, 1831)[7]
• Stenomphalia selecta (Klika, 1894)[7]

Freshwater bivalves

Species of freshwater bivalves of Iran include:

See also

• List of marine molluscs of Iran

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of Armenia
• List of non-marine molluscs of Azerbaijan
• List of non-marine molluscs of Turkmenistan
• List of non-marine molluscs of Kazakhstan
• List of non-marine molluscs of Russia
• List of non-marine molluscs of Afghanistan
• List of non-marine molluscs of Pakistan
• List of non-marine molluscs of Iraq
• List of non-marine molluscs of Turkey

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Further reading

• (in Persian) Mansoorian A. (1986). "A practical guide to the identification of the freshwater snails of Iran". J. Pub. Hlth. 15(1-2): 41-53.
• Mansoorian A. (1994). "Freshwater snails of Iran, Technical series, No 2145, 1374". Scientific publication of School of Public Health & Institute of Public Health Research, P.O. Box 6446, Tehran 14155, Iran.
• Mansoorian A. & Edlinger K. (2001). "Some Terrestrial Snails from Northern Iran". In: abstract volume of Unitas Malacologica, 14th Congress, Vienna, 19-26 August 2001.
• Massoud J. & Hedayeti-Far M. (1979). "Freshwater Mollusk Fauna of the Khuzestan and Khorram-abad Areas in Southwestern Iran". Malacological Review 12: 96.

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