The non-marine molluscs of Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....

are a part of the molluscan wildlife of Costa Rica

Wildlife of Costa Rica

Costa Rica supports an enormous variety of wildlife, due in large part to its geographic position between the North and South American continents, its neotropical climate, and its wide variety of habitats...

. A number of species of non-marine molluscs

Mollusca

The Mollusca , common name molluscs or mollusksSpelled mollusks in the USA, see reasons given in Rosenberg's ; for the spelling mollusc see the reasons given by , is a large phylum of invertebrate animals. There are around 85,000 recognized extant species of molluscs. Mollusca is the largest...

 are found in the wild in Costa Rica.

There are ?? species of gastropods

Gastropoda

The Gastropoda or gastropods, more commonly known as snails and slugs, are a large taxonomic class within the phylum Mollusca. The class Gastropoda includes snails and slugs of all kinds and all sizes from microscopic to quite large...

 (?? species of freshwater gastropods, 183 species and subspecies of land gastropods) and ?? species of freshwater bivalve

Bivalvia

Bivalvia is a taxonomic class of marine and freshwater molluscs. This class includes clams, oysters, mussels, scallops, and many other families of molluscs that have two hinged shells...

s living in the wild.

Land gastropods

Subulinidae

Subulinidae

Subulinidae is a family of small tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea.- Anatomy :...

 - 19 species (23 including subspecies):

• Beckianum beckianum
  Beckianum beckianum
  Beckianum beckianum is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Subulinidae.- Subspecies :Subspecies of Beckianum beckianum include:* Beckianum beckianum beckianum Beckianum beckianum is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial...
  
  (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) - Beckianum beckianum beckianum (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) and Beckianum beckianum gabbianum (Angas, 1879)
• Beckianum sinistrum
  Beckianum sinistrum
  Beckianum sinistrum is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Subulinidae.- Distribution :Distribution of this species include:* Costa Rica* Nicaragua...
  
  Martens, 1890 - Near Threatened
• Lamellaxis gracilis (Hutton, 1834)

Succineidae

Succineidae

Succineidae are a family of small to medium-sized, air-breathing, land snails , terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. They are commonly called amber snails because their thin fragile shells are translucent and amber-colored...

• Succinea costaricana
  Succinea costaricana
  Succinea costaricana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Succineidae, the amber snails.- Distribution :Neotropical:* Costa Rica* Mexico- Human importance :...
  
  von Martens, 1898

Veronicellidae

Veronicellidae

The Veronicellidae, common name the leatherleaf slugs, are a terrestrial family of pulmonate slugs.This family has no subfamilies ....

• Diplosolenodes occidentalis (Guilding, 1825)
• Sarasinula plebeia
  Sarasinula plebeia
  Sarasinula plebeia, common name the bean slug, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.-Distribution:...
  
  (Fischer, 1868)

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 :...

• Ariolimax costaricensis Cockerell, 1890

Philomycidae

Philomycidae

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

• Pallifera costaricensis (Mörch, 1857)

Xanthonychidae

Xanthonychidae

Xanthonychidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.This family is within the clade Eupulmonata ....

• Averellia macneili (Crosse, 1873)
• Cryptostrakon corcovadensis Cuezzo, 1997
• Cryptostrakon gabbi (Binney, 1879)
• Leptarionta adela (Angas, 1878)
• Leptarionta costaricensis (Roth in Pfr., 1857)
• Leptarionta zhorquinensis (Angas, 1879)
• Trichodiscina suturalis (Pfr., 1846)
• Trichodiscina pressula (Morelet, 1851)

Oleacinidae

Oleacinidae

Oleacinidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata .-Anatomy:...

• Pittieria aurantiaca
  Pittieria aurantiaca
  Pittieria aurantiaca is a species of predatory air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Spiraxidae.This species was described based on only one specimen...
  
  (Angas, 1879) - synonym: Euglandina aurantiaca
• Streptostyla turgidula
  Streptostyla turgidula
  Streptostyla turgidula is a species of gastropod in the Spiraxidae family. It is found in Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Nicaragua....
  
  Pfeiffer, 1856

incertae sedis

Incertae sedis

, is a term used to define a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Uncertainty at specific taxonomic levels is attributed by , , and similar terms.-Examples:*The fossil plant Paradinandra suecica could not be assigned to any...

• Hyalinia glomerula Martens, 1892
• Hyalinia permodesta minor Martens, 1892

See also

• List of marine molluscs of Costa Rica

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of Nicaragua, Wildlife of Nicaragua
  Wildlife of Nicaragua
  The fauna of Nicaragua is characterized by a very high level of biodiversity. Much of Nicaragua's wildlife lives in protected areas. There are currently 78 protected areas in Nicaragua, covering more than , or about 17% of its landmass. These protected areas encompass a wide variety of habitats,...
  
  
• List of non-marine molluscs of Panama, Wildlife of Panama

External links

• Land snails (14 species) at website by Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
  Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
  The Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad is the national institute for biodiversity and conservation in Costa Rica. Created at the end of the 1980s, and despite having national status, it is a privately-run institution that works closely with various government agencies, universities, business...
  
   (INBio)
• Thompson F. G. (2010). "Four species of land snails from Costa Rica and Panama (Pulmonata: Spiraxidae)". Revista de Biología Tropical 58(1): 195-202. , PDF.
• Barrientos Z. (2010). "Los moluscos terrestres (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de Costa Rica: clasificación, distribución y conservación". Revista de Biología Tropical 58(4): 1165-1175. PDF.