List of non-marine molluscs 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.

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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

  • Brotia costula (Rafinesque, 1833)[3]

Lymnaeidae

Planorbidae

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Nepal include:

Cyclophoridae

  • Cyclophorus fulguratus (L. Pfeiffer, 1852)[1]
  • Cyclophorus pyrotrema Benson, 1854[1]
  • Cyclophorus aurantiacus (Schumacher, 1817) - doubtful[1]
  • Theobaldius sp.[1]
  • Scabrina phaenotopicus (Benson, 1851)[1]
  • Pterocyclos cf. brahmakundensis Godwin-Austen, 1915[1]
  • Alycaeus burti Godwin-Austen, 1874[1]
  • Alycaeus lohitensis Godwin-Austen, 1914[1]
  • Alycaeus yamneyensis Godwin-Austen, 1914[1]
  • Chamalycaeus bicrenatus (Godwin-Austen, 1874)[1]
  • Chamalycaeus digitatus (H.F. Blanford, 1871)[1]
  • Chamalycaeus inflatus (Godwin-Austen, 1874)[1]
  • Chamalycaeus notatus (Godwin-Austen, 1876)[1]
  • Chamalycaeus plectochilus (Benson, 1859)[1]
  • Chamalycaeus strangulatus (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)[1]
  • Chamalycaeus stylifer (Benson, 1857)[1]
  • Chamalycaeus otiphorus (Benson, 1858)[1]
  • Chamalycaeus summus (Godwin-Austen, 1914)[1]

Diplommatinidae

  • Diplommatina exserta Godwin-Austen, 1886[1]
  • Diplommatina folliculus (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)[1]
  • Diplommatina munipurensis Godwin-Austen, 1892[1]
  • Diplommatina oviformis Fulton, 1901[1]
  • Diplommatina pachychilus Benson, 1857[1]
  • Diplommatina regularis Fulton, 1901[1]
  • Diplommatina silvicola Godwin-Austen, 1886[1]
  • Diplommatina sperata W. T. Blanford, 1862[1]
  • Diplommatina miriensis Godwin-Austen, 1917[1]
  • Diplommatina canarica Beddome, 1875[1]

Pupinidae

Pyramidula kuznetsovi

Pyramidulidae

Limacidae

  • Limax seticus Wiktor & Bössneck, 2004[2]

Ariophantidae

  • Khasiella pansa[3]

Achatinidae

Freshwater bivalves

Unionidae

  • Lamellidens marginalis (Lamarck, 1819)[3]

Amblemidae

  • Parreysia corrugata[3]
  • Parreysia flavidens deltae (Benson)[3]
  • Parreysia lima (Simpson)[3]

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

References
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