List of non-marine molluscs of Pakistan
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The non-marine molluscs of Pakistan
are a part of the fauna of Pakistan
. They include land and freshwater gastropods and freshwater bivalves.
Pupillidae
Vertiginidae
Parmacellidae
Agriolimacidae
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
are a part of the fauna of Pakistan
Fauna of Pakistan
Pakistan's native fauna reflect its varied climatic zones.-Distribution:For explanation on habitats, see Habitats of flora and fauna and Forestry in Pakistan.Northern highlands and plains...
. They include land and freshwater gastropods and freshwater bivalves.
Land gastropods
ChondrinidaeChondrinidae
Chondrinidae is a family of mostly minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Pulmonata.-Anatomy:In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 ....
- genus GranariaGranariaGranaria is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Chondrinidae.-Species:Species within the genus Granaria include:* Granaria arabica...
- Granopupa granum (Draparnaud, 1801)
Pupillidae
Pupillidae
Pupillidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the clade Stylommatophora....
- Pupilla annandalei Pilsbry
- Pupilla khunjerabica Pokryszko, Auffenberg, Hlaváč & Naggs, 2009
- Pupilla muscorumPupilla muscorumPupilla muscorum is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pupillidae.- Taxonomy :A variety Pupilla muscorum var...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Pupilla paraturcmenica Pokryszko, Auffenberg, Hlaváč & Naggs, 2009
- Pupilla satparanica Pokryszko, Auffenberg, Hlaváč & Naggs, 2009
- Pupilla signata (Mousson)
- Pupilla turcmenica (O. Boettger)
- Pupilla ziaratana Pokryszko, Auffenberg, Hlaváč & Naggs, 2009
Vertiginidae
Vertiginidae
Vertiginidae is a family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.- Distribution :...
- Vertigo antivertigoVertigo antivertigoVertigo antivertigo is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Vertiginidae.- Distribution :This species occurs in countries and islands including:* Czech Republic...
(Draparnaud) - Vertigo nangaparbatensis Pokryszko, Auffenberg, Hlaváč & Naggs, 2009
- Vertigo pseudosubstriata Ložek
- Vertigo superstriata Pokryszko, Auffenberg, Hlaváč & Naggs, 2009
- Columella nymphaepratensis Pokryszko, Auffenberg, Hlaváč & Naggs, 2009
- Truncatellina ayubiana Pokryszko, Auffenberg, Hlaváč & Naggs, 2009
- Truncatellina babusarica Pokryszko, Auffenberg, Hlaváč & Naggs, 2009
- Truncatellina callicratisTruncatellina callicratisTruncatellina callicratis is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the vertigo snails.- Distribution :...
(Scacchi) - Truncatellina himalayana (Benson)
- Boysia boysii (L. Pfeiffer)
- Gastrocopta avanica (Benson)
- Gastrocopta huttoniana (Benson)
- Gastrocopta klunzingeri (Jickeli)
- Boysidia tamtouriana Pokryszko, Auffenberg, Hlaváč & Naggs, 2009
Parmacellidae
Parmacellidae
Parmacellidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Parmacelloidea ....
- Candaharia rutellumCandaharia rutellumCandaharia rutellum is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Candaharia rutellum includes mountains in Central Asia: Tien-Shan, Alai and Pamir-Darvaz....
(Hutton, 1849)
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 laeveDeroceras laeveDeroceras 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)
See also
- List of marine molluscs of Pakistan
- List of non-marine molluscs of Afghanistan
- List of non-marine molluscs of Iran
- List of non-marine molluscs of India
- List of non-marine molluscs of China
- List of non-marine molluscs of Tajikistan
Further reading
- Auffenberg K. (1997). "The biogeography of the land snails of Pakistan". pp. 253–275. In: Mufti S. A., Woods,C. A. & Hasan S. A. (eds). Biodiversity of Pakistan. Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Islamabad and Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville.
- Auffenberg K. & Fakhri S. M. S. (1995). "A new species of land snail from Pakistan (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Clausiliidae: Phaedusinae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 124: 89–92.
- Wiktor A. & Auffenberg K. (2002). "Contribution to the knowledge of the terrestrial slugs of Pakistan". Folia Malacologica 10: 9-16.