List of non-marine molluscs of Hawaii

The non-marine molluscs of the Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...

are a part of the molluscan fauna of Hawaii (wildlife of Hawaii).

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 Hawaii

Hawaii

Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...

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Summary table of number of species
(Summary table is based on species counted in this list and include also those ones with question marks)

Hawaii Hawaii Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
freshwater gastropods	??
land gastropods	?? (?? snails + 12 slugs and 1 semi-slug)
gastropods altogether	???
bivalves	??
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	?

Extinct gastropods in Hawaii include: ....

Land snail shell collection by David Dwight Baldwin

David Dwight Baldwin

David Dwight Baldwin was a businessman, educator, and biologist on Maui in the Hawaiian islands. Within biology he is known for his contributions to the study of Hawaiian land snails, part of malacology....

is in Bailey House Museum

Bailey House Museum

The Bailey House Museum, also known as Old Bailey House, is a museum of Hawaiian history located in Wailuku, Hawaii, on the island of Maui, owned and operated by the Maui Historical Society.-The building:...

in Wailuku, Maui.

Freshwater gastropods

Neritidae

Neritidae, common name the nerites, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized saltwater and freshwater snails which have a gill and a distinctive operculum, marine, brackish water and freshwater gastropod mollusks in the order Neritoida....

Neritina granosa
Neritina granosa
Neritina granosa is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.-Distribution:This species of nerite is endemic in Hawaii: Maui.- Ecology :...

Sowerby - endemic

Lymnaeidae

Lymnaeidae is a taxonomic family of small to large air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks, that belong to the clade Hygrophila....

Erinna newcombi - endemic to Kauaʻi

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Hawaii include:

Achatinellidae

Achatinellidae

Achatinellidae is a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinelloidea.- Taxonomy :...

Achatinella - all 40 species of Achatinella are endemic to O`ahu
Perdicella fulgurans
Perdicella fulgurans
† Perdicella fulgurans is an extinct species of tropical, tree-living, air-breathing, land snail, arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinellidae.This species was endemic to Hawaii in the United States....

Sykes, 1900 - extinct

Endodontidae

Endodontidae is a taxonomic family of very small air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea....

Cookeconcha contorta
Cookeconcha contorta
Cookeconcha contorta is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae.-Distribution:This species is found only in Hawaii, and is threatened by habitat loss....

- endemic...

Pupillidae

Pupillidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the clade Stylommatophora....

Pupoidopsis hawaiensis
Pupoidopsis hawaiensis
Pupoidopsis hawaiensis is a species of very small or minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pupillidae.This species is endemic to the Hawaii....

Pilsbry & Cooke, 1920

Pristilomatidae

Pristilomatidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea.According to the 2005 taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi these snails belong to the "limacoid clade", and Vitreinae is a synonym for Pristilomatidae,...

Euconulidae

Euconulidae is a taxonomic family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. This land snail family is closely allied to the Zonitidae, the glass snails.- Distribution :...

Oxychilidae

Oxychilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea.- Distribution :...

Godwinia - the genus is endemic to Hawaii

Vitrinidae

Vitrinidae is a family of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Limacoidea ....

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Freshwater gastropods

Land gastropods

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