List of non-marine molluscs of China
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The non-marine mollusks of China
China
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are a part of the molluscan fauna of China
Fauna of China
One of seventeen megadiverse countries, China lies in two of the world's major ecozones, the Palearctic and the Indomalaya. In the Palearctic zone are found such mammals as the horse, camel, tapir, and jerboa. Among the species found in the Indomalaya region are the Leopard Cat, bamboo rat,...

 (wildlife of China
Wildlife of China
Wildlife of China includes its flora and fauna and their natural habitats. Many of the animals in China are endangered, such as the Giant Panda and the Siberian Tiger, because of habitat loss and deforestation.-Fauna:Animals native to China:...

). A number of species of non-marine mollusks are found in the wild in China.

Freshwater gastropods

Viviparidae
Viviparidae
Viviparidae, sometimes known as the river snails or mystery snails, are a family of large operculate freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks....

  • genus Margarya
    Margarya
    Margarya is a genus of large operculate freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in he family Viviparidae.These snails appear to be endemic to lakes in Yunnan Province in the China.-Species:Species within the genus Margarya include:...

    with 11 species is endemic to Yunnan Province


Pomatiopsidae
Pomatiopsidae
Pomatiopsidae is a family of small mainly freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rissooidea ....

  • Fenouilia kreitneri
    Fenouilia kreitneri
    Fenouilia kreitneri is a species of small freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.- Distribution:This species is endemic to Erhai Lake, Yunan Province, China....

    Neumayr, 1880 - endemic
  • Oncomelania hupensis
    Oncomelania hupensis
    Oncomelania hupensis is a species of very small tropical freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.- Distribution :...

    Gredler, 1881
  • Tricula hortensis
    Tricula hortensis
    Tricula hortensis is a species of freshwater snail, a gastropod in the Pomatiopsidae family.- Distribution :This species of freshwater snail occurs in China.- Genetics :...



Pachychilidae
Pachychilidae
Pachychilidae, common name pachychilids, is a taxonomic family of freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.- Distribution :Pachychilids are freshwater snails with a worldwide distribution in the tropics...

  • Brotia yunnanensis Köhler, Du & Yang, 2010


Thiaridae
Thiaridae
Thiaridae, common name thiarids, is a family of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cerithioidea....

  • Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Land gastropods

Arionidae
Arionidae
Arionidae, common name the "roundback slugs" or "round back slugs" are a taxonomic family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Arionoidea.- Distribution :...

  • Arion subfuscus (Draparnaud, 1805)


Philomycidae
Philomycidae
Philomycidae are a family of air-breathing land slugs . They are terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Arionoidea ....

  • Meghimatium bilineatum (Benson, 1842)
  • Meghimatium cf. pictum (Stoliczka, 1873)
  • Meghimatium rugosum (Chen & Gao, 1982)


Anadenidae
Anadenidae
Anadenidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Arionidae ....

  • Anadenus dautzenbergi Collinge, 1900 - nomen dubium
    Nomen dubium
    In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application...

  • Anadenus parvipenis Wiktor, De-niu & Wu, 2000
  • Anadenus sechuenensis Collinge, 1899
  • Anadenus sinensis Möllendorff, 1899 - nomen dubium
    Nomen dubium
    In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application...

  • Anadenus yangtzeensis Wiktor, De-niu & Wu, 2000
  • Anadenus yunnanensis Wiktor, De-niu & Wu, 2000
  • Anadenus gonggashanensis Wiktor, De-niu & Wu, 2000


Limacidae
Limacidae
Limacidae, common name the keelback slugs, are a taxonomic family of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Limacoidea.- Distribution :...

  • Lehmannia valentiana
    Lehmannia valentiana
    Lehmannia valentiana is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae.- Distribution :This species is known to occur in a number of countries and islands including:...

    (Férussac, 1823)
  • Limax flavus Linnaeus, 1758


Agriolimacidae
Agriolimacidae
Agriolimacidae is a family of small and medium sized land slugs, or shell-less snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.- Distribution :Distribution of Limacidae is Holarctic, this include: Nearctic, western Palearctic and eastern Palearctic....

  • Deroceras altaicum (Simroth, 1886)
  • Deroceras laeve
    Deroceras laeve
    Deroceras laeve, the marsh slug, is a species of small air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Agriolimacidae.-Distribution:...

    (O.F. Müller, 1774)


Bradybaenidae
Bradybaenidae
Bradybaenidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized to small land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea....

  • genus Stilpnodiscus - endemic to China


Diapheridae
Diapheridae
Streptaxidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Streptaxoidea.Sutcharit et al. established the new family Diapheridae within the superfamily Streptaxoidea in 2010.- Genera:...

  • Sinoennea
    Sinoennea
    Sinoennea is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Diapheridae.-Distribution:The distribution of Sinoennea includes India, Indochina, China, Malaysian Peninsula in Malaysia, Sumatra, Japan and South Korea.-Species:Species in the genus Sinoennea...

    Kobelt, 1904

See also

  • Environment of China
    Environment of China
    The environment in the People's Republic of China has traditionally been neglected as the country concentrates on its rise as an economic power. Chasing the political gains of economic development, local officials in China often overlook environmental pollution, worker safety and public health...

  • Conservation in China
  • List of marine molluscs of China


Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

Further reading

Bachmann O.
Otto Bachmann
Otto Bachman was an Italian luger who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. A natural track luger, he won two medals in the men's singles event at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships ....

 & Gredler V. (1894). "Zur Conchylienfauna von China. XVIII. Stück.". Annalen des k. k. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums 9: 415-429.
  • Davis G. M., Guo Y. H., Chen P. L., Yang H. M. & Chen D. J. (1989). "Notes on the Anatomy of a Small Hubendickia (Gastropoda: Pomatiopsidae: Triculinae) from Yunnan, China". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 141: 321-331. JSTOR.
  • Gredler V. (1887). "Zur Conchylienfauna von China". Annalen des k. k. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums 2: 283-292. 4 Tables.
  • Heude P. M.
    Pierre Marie Heude
    Pierre Marie Heude was a French Jesuit missionary and zoologist.Born at Fougères in the Department of Ille-et-Vilaine, Heude became a Jesuit in 1856 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1867. He went to China in 1868...

     (1875–1885). Conchyliologie fluviatile de la province de Nanking et de la Chine centrale. Paris. 10 volumes. another scan - this whole work is about freshwater bivalves of China
  • Heude P. M. (1882–1890). Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'empire chinois par des pères de la Compagnie de Jésus. Notes sur les Mollusques terrestres de la vallée du Fleuve Bleu. Mision Catholique, Chang-Hai.
    • (1882). 2: 1-88, plates 12-21.
    • (1885). 3: 89-132, plates 22-32.
    • (1890). 4: 125[sic]-188, plates 33-43.
  • Nordsieck H. (2001). "Revision of the system of the Phaedusinae from mainland China with the description of new taxa (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Clausiliidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 129: 25-63.
  • Nordsieck H. (2005). "New taxa of Phaedusinae and Garnieriinae from mainland China and Taiwan (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Clausiliidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 134: 23-52. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/0003-9284/134/023-052.
  • Nordsieck H. (2007). "New taxa of Phaedusinae and Garnieriinae from southern China (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Clausiliidae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 136(2): 217-243, 5 pls. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/0003-9284/136/217-243.
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