List of non-marine molluscs of Jordan
The non-marine mollusks of Jordan are a part of the fauna of Jordan. That country is land-locked and therefore it has no marine molluscs, only land and freshwater species, including snails, slugs, freshwater clams and freshwater mussels. There are ?? species of gastropods (19 species of freshwater gastropods, ?? species of land gastropods) and ?? species of freshwater bivalves living in the wild.
- Summary table of number of species
| Jordan | |
|---|---|
| freshwater gastropods | 17[1] + 2[2] = 19 |
| land gastropods | ?? |
| gastropods altogether | ??? |
| bivalves | ?? |
| molluscs altogether | ??? |
Location of Jordan
Freshwater gastropods
- Theodoxus jordani (Sowerby, 1844)[1]
- Theodoxus macrii (Sowerby, 1844)[1]
- Bithynia philalensis (Conrad, 1852)[1]
- Pyrgophorus cf. coronatus (L. Pfeiffer, 1840)- non-indigenous[2]
- Valvata saulcyi Bourguignat, 1853[1]
- Semisalsa contempta (Dautzenberg, 1894)[1]
- Semisalsa longiscata (Bourguignat, 1856)[1]
- Pseudamnicola solitaria Tchernov, 1971[1]
- Pseudamnicola gaillardotii (Bourguignat, 1856)[1]
- Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
- Melanopsis buccinoidea Olivier, 1801[1]
- Melanopsis costata (Olivier, 1804)[1]
- Mieniplotia scabra (O. F. Müller, 1774) - synonym: Pseudoplotia scabra (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous[2]
- Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)[1]
- Galba truncatula (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
- Physa acuta (Draparnaud, 1805)[1]
- Gyraulus piscinarum (Bourguignat, 1852)[1]
- Planorbis planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
- Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827)[1]
Land gastropods
- Sphincterochila prophetarum (Bourguignat, 1852)
- Xerocrassa langloisiana (Bourguignat, 1853)
- Eobania vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous
See also
Lists of non-marine molluscs of surrounding countries:
- List of non-marine molluscs of Israel
- List of non-marine molluscs of Syria
- List of non-marine molluscs of Iraq
- List of non-marine molluscs of Saudi Arabia
References
- Amr Z. S. & Abu Baker M. (2004). "Freshwater snails of Jordan". Denisia 14: 221-227.PDF.
- Nasarat H., Amr Z. & Neubert E. (2014). "Two invasive freshwater snails new to Jordan (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Zoology in the Middle East 60(1). doi:10.1080/09397140.2014.892333
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