List of non-marine molluscs of India

The non-marine molluscs of India are a part of the molluscan fauna of India.

There are 5070 species of marine and 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...

living in the wild in India. There are 3371 species of marine molluscs in India.

There are 1671 species of non-marine molluscs

Mollusca

living in the wild in India. This includes 1488 terrestrial species in 140 genera and 183 freshwater species in 53 genera.
There are a total of 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...

, which breaks down to ?? species of freshwater gastropods, and 1488 species of land gastropods, plus ?? species of bivalves

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...

living in the wild.
Summary table of number of species

	India
freshwater gastropods	??
land gastropods	1488 (??? species of snails and ??? species of slugs)
gastropods altogether	???
bivalves	??
non-marine molluscs altogether	1671
non-indigenous gastropods in the wild	? freshwater and ? land
non-indigenous synanthropic gastropods	?
non-indigenous bivalves in the wild	?
non-indigenous synanthropic bivalves	?
non-indigenous molluscs altogether	?

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 pulligera
Neritina pulligera
Neritina pulligera, common name the dusky nerite, is a species of freshwater snail, a gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.Neritina pulligera is the type species of the genus Neritina.-Distribution:...

(Linnaeus) - subgenus Neritina
Neritina platyconcha (Annandale & Prashad) - subgenus Dostia
Neritina violacea (Gmelin) - subgenus Dostia
Neritina auriculata Lamarck - subgenus Neripteron
Neritina perottetiana (Recluz) - subgenus Vittina
Neritina smithi Wood - subgenus Vittina
Neritina turrita (Gmelin) - subgenus Vittina
Neritina variegata Lesson - subgenus Vittina
Neritodryas subsulcata (Sowerby)
Theodoxus bicolor (Recluz) - subgenus Clithon
Theodoxus corona (Linnaeus) - subgenus Clithon
Theodoxus reticularis (Sowerby) - subgenus Clithon
Septaria lineata (Lamarck)
Septaria porcellana (Linnaeus)

Viviparidae

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

Angulyagra microchaetophora (Annandale)
Angulyagra oxytropis (Benson)
Taia crassicallosa Annandale & Rao

Ampullariidae

Ampullariidae, common name the apple snails, is a family of large freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks with a gill and an operculum...

Pila globosa (Swainson) - including varietes incrassatula (Nevill) and minor (Nevill)
Pila olea (Reeve)
Pila conica (Gray) - including variety compacta Reeve
Pila theobaldi (Hanley)
Pila virens (Lamarck)
Pila saxea (Reeve)

Valvatidae

Valvatidae, the valve snails, is a taxonomic family of very small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.- Taxonomy :...

Valvata piscinalis
Valvata piscinalis
Valvata piscinalis, common name the European stream valvata, is a species of minute freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails. It is also known as Cincinna piscinalis .- Subspecies :Subspecies of Valvata piscinalis...

(Müller)

Littorinidae

Littorinidae is a taxonomic family of over 200 species of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha, commonly known as periwinkles and found world-wide.-Names:...

Cremnoconchus syhadrensis
Cremnoconchus syhadrensis
Cremnoconchus syhadrensis is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.Cremnoconchus syhadrensis is the type species of the genus Cremnoconchus.- Description :...

(Blanford)
Cremnoconchus carinatus
Cremnoconchus carinatus
Cremnoconchus carinatus is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.-Distribution:This species is endemic to the Western Ghats range, in India....

(Layard)
Cremnoconchus conicus (Blanford)
Mainwaringia paludomoidea Nevill

Pomatiopsidae

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

Tricula montana
Tricula montana
Tricula montana is a species of freshwater snail, gastropod in the Pomatiopsidae family.Tricula montana is the type species of the genus Tricula.- Distribution :Distribution of Tricula montana includes Assam, Uttaranchal in India and Nepal....

Benson, 1843

Hydrobiidae

Hydrobiidae, common name mud snails, is a large cosmopolitan taxonomic family of very small freshwater snails and brackish water snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha.- Distribution :...

Mysorella costigera (Kuster)

Assimineidae

Assimineidae is a family of minute snails with an operculum that live in saltwater, freshwater or on the land; they are mostly aquatic gastropod mollusks or micromollusks, in the clade Littorinimorpha.- Ecology :...

Assiminea brevicula (Pfeiffer)

Thiaridae

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

Paludomus tanschauria Gmelin
Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Plotia scabra (Muller)

Lymnaeidae

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

Lymnaea luteola
Lymnaea luteola
Radix luteola is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae.Placement of this species in the genus Radix have been confirmed by Correa et al. .There exist two forms:...

Lamarck

Planorbidae

Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks....

Anisus convexiusulcus (Benson, 1863) = Gyraulus convexiusulcus (Benson, 1863)
Indoplanorbis exustus
Indoplanorbis exustus
Indoplanorbis exustus is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails. The species is the sole member of its genus and is widely distributed across the tropics. It serves as an important intermediate host for...

(Deshayes, 1834)

Land gastropods

Species of gastropods of India include:

Hydrocenidae

Hydrocenidae

Hydrocenidae is a poorly-known taxonomic family of minute land snails or cave snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha....

Georissa pyxis (Benson)

Helicinidae

Helicinidae is a family of small tropical land snails which have an operculum. They are terrestrial operculate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicinoidea....

Pleuropoma andamanica (Benson)
Pleuropoma arakanensis (Blanford)
Pleuropoma dunkeri (Zelebor)
Pleuropoma nicobarica (Pfeiffer)
Pleropoma rogersi (Bourne)
Pleuropoma scrupula (Benson)
Sulfurina behniana (Pfeiffer)
Sulfurina bensoni Wagner
Sulfurina zelebori (Pfeiffer)

Achatinidae

Achatinidae is a family of medium to large sized tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks from Africa...

Achatina fulica fulica (Bowdich, 1822)

Camaenidae

Camaenidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.This is one of the most diverse families in the clade Stylommatophora....

Amphidromus
Amphidromus
Amphidromus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.Amphidromus is a genus of arboreal pulmonate land snails...
Chloritis propinqua (Pfeiffer, 1857)

Cerastidae

Cerastidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.- Taxonomy :The Cerastidae family is classified within the informal group Orthurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata .The family Cerastidae has no...

Rhachis bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822)
Rhachis praetermissus (Blanford, 1861)
Rhachis pulcher (Gray, 1825)
Rhachis punctatus (Anton, 1839)

Charopidae

Charopidae is a taxonomic family of small air-breathing land snails , terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea .- Subfamilies and genera :The family Charopidae consists of the following subfamilies:* Charopinae Hutton, 1884 - synonyms:...

Ruthvenia retifera (Pfeiffer, 1845)

Cyclophoridae

Cyclophoridae is a taxonomic family of small to large tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the informal group Architaenioglossa belonging to the clade Caenogastropoda .- Taxonomy :This family consists of the following subfamilies according to the taxonomy of...

Alycaeus expatriatus Blanford
Cyclophorus altivagus (Benson, 1854)
Cyclophorus stenomphalus (Pfeiffer, 1846)
Cyclophorus indicus (Deshayes, 1832)
Cyclophorus nilagiricus (Benson, 1852)
Cyathopoma atrosetosum (Beddome, 1875)
Cyathopoma filocinctum (Benson)
Cyathopoma latilabrie (Beddome, 1875)
Cyathopoma nitidum (Beddome, 1875)
Cyathopoma ovatum (Beddome, 1875)
Cyathopoma trochlea (Benson, 1851)
Cyathopoma wynaadense (Blanford, 1868)
Mychopoma seticinctum (Beddome, 1875)
Theobaldius tristis (Blanford, 1869)
Theobaldius ravidus (Benson, 1851)
Theobaldius stenostoma (Sowerby)
Tortulosa recurvatus (Pfeiffer)
Alycaeus expatriatus (Blanford, 1860)
Alycaeus footei (Blanford, 1861)
Pterocyclus bilabiatus (Sowerby, 1843)
Pterocyclus cyclophoroideus (G. Nevill, 1881)
Pterocyclus nanus (Benson, 1851)
Pterocyclus comatus (Mollendorff, 1897)
Ditropis
Ditropis
Ditropis is a genus of land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropods in the family Cyclophoridae.There is also a hemipteran genus Ditropis, homonym of Stiroma Fieber 1866 , belonging to the family Delphacidae.- Distribution :...
Japonia
Japonia
Japonia is a genus of land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropods in the family Cyclophoridae.-Species:The genus Japonia includes the following species:* Japonia hispida* Japonia shigetai* Japonia striatula-References:*...
Craspedotropis bilirata (Beddome, 1875)
Craspedotropis cuspidata (Benson, 1851)
Leptopomoides valvatus (Mollendroff, 1897)

Diplommatinidae

Diplommatinidae is a family of small land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoridae.-Genera:*Subfamily Diplommatininae L...

Nicida anamullayana (Beddome, 1875)
Nicida liricincta (Blanford, 1868)
Nicida nilgirica (Blanford, 1860)
Nicida nitidula (Blanford, 1868)
Nicida subovata (Beddome, 1875)
Opisthostoma deccanense (Beddome, 1875)
Opisthostoma fairbanki (Blanford, 1866)
Ophisthostoma macrostoma (Blanford, 1869)
Diplommatina canarica (Beddome, 1875)

Endodontidae

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

Philalanka bidenticulata (Benson, 1852)
Philalanka daghoba (Blanford, 1861)
Philalanka quinquilirata (Gude, 1914)
Thysanota guerini (Pfeiffer, 1842)
Ruthvenia retifera (Pfeiffer, 1845)

Enidae

Enidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.- Anatomy :In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 21 and 25 .- 1998 taxonomy :...

Ena
Ena (genus)
Ena is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae.-Species:Species within the genus Ena include:* Ena montana...

Staffordiidae

Staffordiidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Staffordioidea ....

- this family lives only in India

Staffordia daflaensis
Staffordia daflaensis
Staffordia daflaensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Staffordiidae.The specific name daflaensis is apparently according to its area of distribution, Dafla Hills in India....

(Godwin-Austen)
Staffordia staffordi
Staffordia staffordi
Staffordia staffordi is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Staffordiidae.The specific name staffordi as well as generic name Staffordia is in honor of Brigadier-General Stafford, who was in command of the punitive force which entered the...

(Godwin-Austen)
Staffordia toruputuensis
Staffordia toruputuensis
Staffordia toruputuensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Staffordiidae.The specific name toruputuensis is apparently according to its type locality, Toruputu Peak.- Distribution :...

Godwin-Austen

Helicarionidae

Helicarionidae is a family of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea.- Distribution :...

Kaliella barrackporensis (Pfeiffer, 1852)
Kaliella sigurensis (Godwin-Austen, 1882)
Sitala liricincta (Stolickzka, 1871)
Sitala palmaria
Sitala palmaria
Sitala palmaria is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae.- Distribution :This species was described from Nandi Hills, India by malacologist William Henry Benson in 1864.* India...

(Benson, 1864)
Sitala denselirata (Preston, 1908)

Ariophantidae

Ariophantidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails and semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea .- Distribution :...

Ariophanta canarica (Blanford, 1901)
Ariophanta cysis' (Benson, 1852)
Ariophanta immerita (Blanford, 1870)
Ariophanta interrupta
Ariophanta interrupta
Ariophanta interrupta is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ariophantidae.The visible external soft parts of the animal are pinkish grey in color.- Shell description :...

(Benson, 1834)
Ariophanta kadapaensis Nevill
Ariophanta thyreus (Benson, 1852)
Cryptozona albata (Blanford, 1880) (subgenus Xestina)
Cryptozona belangeri (Deshayes, 1834) (subgenus Xestina)
Cryptozona bistrialis (Beck) (subgenus Xestina)
Cryptozona ligulata (Ferussac)
Cryptozona maderaspatana (Gray, 1834) (subgenus Nilgiria)
Cryptozona semirugata (Beck, 1837) (subgenus Nilgiria)
Cryptozona sisparica (Blanford, 1866)
Cryptozona solata (Benson, 1848)
Euplecta acuducta (Benson, 1850)
Euplecta cacuminifera (Benson, 1850)
Euplecta fluctuosa (Blanford, 1901)
Euplecta hyphasma (Pfeiffer, 1853)
Euplecta granulifera (Blanford, 1901)
Euplecta indica (Pfeiffer, 1846)
Euplecta mucronifera (H. Adams, 1869)
Euplecta semidecussata (Pfeiffer, 1851)
Euplecta subdecussata (Pfeiffer)
Euplecta travancorica (Benson, 1865)
Hemiplecta beddomii (Blanford, 1874)
Macrochlamys aulopsis (Benson, 1863)
Macrochlamys indica
Macrochlamys indica
Macrochlamys indica is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ariophantidae.- Distribution :This species occurs in countries including:* India, Lower Bengal, common at Calcutta.* Egypt...
Macrochlamys lixa (Blanford, 1866)
Macrochlamys prava (Blanford, 1904)
Macrochlamys vilipensa (Benson, 1853)
Macrochlamys woodiana (Pfeiffer, 1851)
Indrella ampulla
Indrella ampulla
Indrella ampulla is a species of tropical terrestrial air-breathing gastropod mollusk in the family Ariophantidae.This is the type species of the monotypic genus Indrella, which is endemic to the Western Ghats of India....

(Benson, 1850)

Mariaella beddomei
Mariaella beddomei
Mariaella beddomei is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ariophantidae.The specific name is in honor of Richard Henry Beddome.- Distribution :This species lives in India...

(Godwin-Austen, 1888)
Mariaella dussumieri
Mariaella dussumieri
Mariaella dussumieri is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ariophantidae.Mariaella dussumieri is the type species of the genus Mariaella....

(Gray, 1855)

Pupillidae

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

Pupilla
Pupilla
Pupilla is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pupillidae.The genus Pupilla is known from the Oligocene to the Recent period.-Species:...

Pyramidulidae

Pyramidulidae is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.-Anatomy:In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 ....

Pyramidula

Streptaxidae

Streptaxidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in theStylommatophora. Six Streptaxidae subfamilies are accepted in the 2005 taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi....

Streptaxis canaricus (Blanford, 1869)
Streptaxis concinnus (Blanford, 1880)
Streptaxis peroteti (Petit, 1841)
Streptaxis scalptus (Blanford, 1899)
Streptaxis subacutus (Blanford, 1899)
Gluella bicolor (Hutton, 1834)
Gluella canarica (Blanford, 1880)
Gluella exilis (Blanford, 1880)
Gluella turricula (Blanford, 1899)
Huttonella bicolor
Huttonella bicolor
Huttonella bicolor is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.- Distribution :The historical area of origin of Huttonella bicolor is unknown...

(Hutton)
Ennea
Ennea (gastropod)
Ennea is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.Ennea is the type genus of the subfamily Enneinae.- Distribution :...

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

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 baconi (Pfeiffer, 1854)
Succinea gravelyi Rao, 1924
Succinea raoi (Subba Rao & Mitra, 1976)
Succinea subgranosa (Pfeiffer, 1849)

Subulinidae

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

Opeas gracilis (Hutton, 1834)
Subulina octona
Subulina octona
Subulina octona is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Subulinidae.- Distribution :The native distribution of this species includes:* Caribbean* Cuba...

(Bruguière, 1789)
Zootecus insularis (Ehrenberg, 1831)
Glessula canarica (Beddome, 1906)
Glessula chessoni (Benson, 1860)
Glessula inornata (Pfeiffer, 1851)
Glessula mullorum (Blanford, 1861)
Glessula oreas (Reeve, 1850)
Glessula orophila (Reeve, 1849)
Glessula perrotteti (Pfeiffer, 1842)
Glessula pseudoreas (Nevill, 1881)
Glessula subserena (Beddome, 1906)
Glessula tenuispira (Benson, 1836)
Glessula textilis (Blanford, 1866)
Glessula tornensis (Blanford, 1870)
Lamellaxis gracile (Hutton)
Zootecus chion (Pfeiffer, 1856)

Valloniidae

Valloniidae is a taxonomic family of small and minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora.-Anatomy:...

Vallonia
Vallonia
Vallonia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae.- Species :Species in the genus Vallonia include:* Vallonia allamanica* Vallonia costata Vallonia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in...

Veronicellidae

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

Vaginula alte Férussac, 1821 =? Laevicaulis alte (Férussac, 1822)
Filicaulis (Lavecaulis) frauenfeldi (Semper, 1885) = Vaginula frauenfeldi Semper, 1885

Vertiginidae

Vertiginidae is a family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.- Distribution :...

Pupisoma evezardi (Blanford, 1875)

Pleurodontidae

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

Planispira fallaciosa (Férussac, 1821)
Planispira nilagerica (Pfeiffer, 1845)
Planispira vittata (Muller, 1774)

unsorted:

Lithotis rupicola

Diplommantina
Apatetes
Corilla
Edouardia
Eurychlamys
Microcystina
Prosopeas
Pupoides
Pupoides
Pupoides is a genus of land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pupillidae.- Species :Species within the genus Pupoides include:* Pupoides albilabris Pupoides is a genus of land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pupillidae.- Species :Species within the genus...
Bifidaria
Micraulax
Pearsonia
Pearsonia
Pearsonia is an African plant genus of some 12 species belonging to the family Fabaceae and occurring south of the equator with 1 species found on Madagascar....
Pseudaustenia
Cyclotopsis
Thysanota
Planispira
Rachisellus
Satiella
Tortulosa
Cerastus

External links

Sahyadri: Western Ghats Biodiversity Information System. issue 20. Mollusca.
http://www.wii.gov.in/envis/rain_forest/chapter9.htm

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Freshwater gastropods

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