List of non-marine molluscs of Argentina

The non-marine molluscs of Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

are a part of the molluscan fauna of Argentina.

There are hundreds of species of 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 Argentina.

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 101 species of freshwater gastropods, and ??? species of land gastropods in ?? genera, plus 65 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.

There are ?? non-indigenous species of gastropods (4 freshwater and ?? land species: ?? snails and ?? slugs) and ? species of bivalves in the wild in Argentina. This is a total of ? freshwater non-indigenous species of wild molluscs.

Potamolithus is the largest genus (with highest species richness

Species richness

Species richness is the number of different species in a given area. It is represented in equation form as S.Species richness is the fundamental unit in which to assess the homogeneity of an environment. Typically, species richness is used in conservation studies to determine the sensitivity of...

) of recent freshwater snails in Argentina.

Summary table of number of species

	Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
freshwater gastropods	101
land gastropods	???
gastropods altogether	???
bivalves	65
molluscs altogether	???
non-indigenous gastropods in the wild	4 freshwater and ?? land
non-indigenous synantrop gastropods	?
non-indigenous bivalves in the wild	?
non-indigenous synantrop bivalves	?
non-indigenous molluscs altogether	4

Freshwater gastropods

There are 10 families of freshwater gastropods in Argentina. There are 40 species of freshwater gastropods endemic to Argentina. There are about 45 endangered freshwater gastropods in Argentina.

Ampullariidae

Ampullariidae

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

- 12 species, one endemic

Asolene platae (Maton, 1809)
Asolene puelchella (Anton, 1839)
Asolene spixii (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Felipponea neritiniformis (Dall, 1919)
Felipponea elongata
Felipponea elongata
Felipponea elongata is a species of large freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snail family.- The original description :...

(Dall, 1921)
Felipponea iheringi (Pilsbry, 1933)
Marisa planogyra Pilsbry, 1933
Pomacea canaliculata
Pomacea canaliculata
Pomacea canaliculata, common name the channeled applesnail, is a species of large freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails....

(Lamarck, 1822)
Pomacea insularum
Pomacea insularum
Pomacea insularum, common name the island applesnail, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the applesnails.- Shell description :...

(d'Orbigny, 1835)
Pomacea scalaris (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Pomella americanista (Ihering, 1919)
Pomella megastoma (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)

Thiaridae

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

- 4 species, 3 endemic but extinct in the wild

Extinct in the Wild

Extinct in the Wild is a conservation status assigned to species or lower taxa, the only known living members of which are being kept in captivity or as a naturalized population outside its historic range.-Examples:...

Aylacostoma chloroticum
Aylacostoma chloroticum
Aylacostoma chloroticum is a species of freshwater snail, aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Thiaridae. This species is extinct in the wild and it was found in Argentina and Paraguay. The cause of its extinction in the wild is the building of the Yacyretá Dam on the Paraná River...

Hylton-Scot, 1954 - extint in the wild
Aylacostoma guaraniticum
Aylacostoma guaraniticum
Aylacostoma guaraniticum is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Thiaridae. This species is extinct in the wild and it was found in Argentina and Paraguay....

(Hylton-Scot, 1951) - extint in the wild
Aylacostoma stigmaticum
Aylacostoma stigmaticum
Aylacostoma stigmaticum is a species of freshwater snail, aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Thiaridae. This species is extinct in the wild and it was found in Argentina and Paraguay....

Hylton-Scot, 1954 - extint in the wild
Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Cochliopidae

Cochliopidae is a family of small freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.This family is in the superfamily Rissooidea and in the clade Littorinimorpha ....

- 16 species, 10 endemic

Heleobia australis (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Heleobia castellanosae (Gaillard, 1974)
Heleobia conexa (Gaillard, 1974)
Heleobia guaranitica (Doering, 1884)
Heleobia hatcheri (Pilsbry, 1911)
Heleobia isabelleana (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Heleobia kuesteri (Ströbel, 1874)
Heleobia montana (Doering, 1884)
Heleobia occidentalis (Doering, 1884)
Heleobia parchappii (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Heleobia peiranoi (Weyrauch, 1963)
Heleobia piscium (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Heleobia rionegrina (Gaillard, 1974)
Heleobia sublineata (Pilsbry, 1911)
Heleobia tucumana (Gaillard, 1974)
Heleobia vianai (Parodiz, 1960)

Lithoglyphidae

Lithoglyphidae is a family of small freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.This family is in the superfamily Rissooidea and in the clade Littorinimorpha .- Taxonomy :Taylor , Ponder & Warén and Kabat & Hershler considered this taxon as a subfamily...

- 22 species

Potamolithus agapetus Pilsbry, 1911
Potamolithus bushii (Frauenfeld, 1865)
Potamolithus callosus Pilsbry, 1925
Potamolithus catharinae Pilsbry, 1911
Potamolithus concordianus Parodiz, 1966
Potamolithus conicus (Brot, 1867)
Potamolithus dinochilus Pilsbry, 1896
Potamolithus doeringi Pilsbry, 1911
Potamolithus hidalgoi Pilsbry, 1896
Potamolithus iheringi Pilsbry, 1896
Potamolithus lapidum (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Potamolithus microthauma Pilsbry, 1896
Potamolithus orbignyi Pilsbry, 1896
Potamolithus paranensis Pilsbry, 1911
Potamolithus peristomatus (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Potamolithus petitianus (d'Orbigny, 1840)
Potamolithus philipianus Pilsbry, 1911
Potamolithus quadratus Pilsbry & Ihering, 1911
Potamolithus rushii
Potamolithus rushii
Potamolithus rushii is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.Potamolithus rushii is the type species of the genus Potamolithus....

Pilsbry, 1896
Potamolithus simplex Pilsbry, 1911
Potamolithus tricostatus (Brot, 1867)
Potamolithus valchetensis Miquel, 1998

Glacidorbidae

The Glacidorbidae is a taxonomic family of freshwater snails, gastropod mollusks in the clade Panpulmonata.- 2005 taxonomy :Glacidorbidae is the only family in the superfamily Glacidorboidea. Glacidorboidea has been classified within the informal group Lower Heterobranchia in the taxonomy of...

- 1 species

Gondwanorbis magallanicus (Meier-Brook & Smith, 1976)

Chilinidae - 17 species, 12 endemic

Chilina aurantia Marshall, 1924
Chilina dombeiana (Bruguière, 1789)
Chilina fluminea (Maton, 1809)
Chilina fulgurata
Chilina fulgurata
Chilina fulgurata is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Chilinidae....

Pilsbry, 1911
Chilina gallardoi Castellanos & Gaillard, 1981
Chilina gibbosa G. B. Sowerby I, 1841
Chilina guaraniana Castellanos & Miquel, 1980
Chilina iguazuensis
Chilina iguazuensis
Chilina iguazuensis is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Chilinidae.The specific name iguazuensis is derived from the Iguazu River, where it lives.- Distribution :...

Gregoric & Rumi, 2008
Chilina megastoma Hylton Scott, 1958
Chilina mendozana Ströbel, 1874
Chilina neuquenensis Marshall, 1933
Chilina parchappii (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Chilina patagonica Sowerby II, 1874
Chilina perrieri Mabille, 1833
Chilina portillensis Hidalgo, 1880
Chilina rushii Pilsbry, 1911
Chilina strebeli Pilsbry, 1911

Lymnaeidae

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

- 5 species, 2 endemic

Pseudosuccinea columella
Pseudosuccinea columella
Pseudosuccinea columella, common name the "American ribbed fluke snail", is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails....

(Say, 1817)
Lymnaea diaphana King, 1830
Lymnaea pictonica Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885
Lymnaea plicata Hylton Scott, 1953
Lymnaea viatrix (d´Orbigny, 1835)

Planorbidae

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

- 20 species

Antillorbis nordestensis (Lucena, 1954)
Acrorbis petricola Odhner, 1937
Biomphalaria intermedia (Paraense & Deslandes, 1962)
Biomphalaria occidentalis Paraense, 1981
Biomphalaria oligoza Paraense, 1974
Biomphalaria orbignyi Paraense, 1975
Biomphalaria peregrina
Biomphalaria peregrina
Biomphalaria peregrina is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails....

(d´Orbigny, 1835)
Biomphalaria straminea
Biomphalaria straminea
Biomphalaria straminea is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails....

(Dunker, 1848)
Biomphalaria tenagophila
Biomphalaria tenagophila
Biomphalaria tenagophila is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails....

(d´Orbigny, 1835)
Drepanotrema anatinum (d´Orbigny, 1835)
Drepanotrema cimex (Moricand, 1839)
Drepanotrema depressissimun (Moricand, 1839)
Drepanotrema heloicum (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Drepanotrema kermatoides (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Drepanotrema lucidum (Pfeiffer, 1839)
Anisancylus obliquus (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
Gundlachia ticaga (Marcus & Marcus, 1962)
Hebetancylus moricandi (d´Orbigny, 1837)
Laevapex sp.
Uncancylus concentricus (d´Orbigny, 1835)

Physidae

Physidae, common name bladder snails, are a monophyletic taxonomic family of small freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the clade Hygrophila....

- 5 species, 2? endemic

Physa aspii Holmerg, 1909
Physa loosi Holmerg, 1909
"Physella cubensis" (Pfeiffer, 1839)
"Physella venustula" (Gould, 1848)
"Stenophysa marmorata" (Guilding, 1828)

Land gastropods

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...

Adelopoma tucma

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:...

Lilloiconcha tucumana
Radiodiscus iheringi
Radiodiscus iheringi
Radiodiscus iheringi is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Charopidae.- Distribution :This species is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay....
Trochogyra leptotera
Trochogyra leptotera
Trochogyra leptotera is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Charopidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay....

Roche Brune & Mabille, 1882

Helicodiscidae

Helicodiscidae is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrialpulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea .- Genera :...

Diplommatinidae

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

Scolodontidae

Scolodontidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonategastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rhytidoidea .-Taxonomy:...

(Systrophiidae is a synonym for Scolodontidae)

Wayampia trochilioneides
Scolodonta
Scolodonta
is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Scolodontidae.Scolodonta is the type genus of the family Scolodontidae.This genus is sometimes classified within the Streptaxidae.- Distribution :...

Doering, 1875

Orthalicidae

Orthalicidae are a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks are classified in the informal group Sigmurethra of the clade Stylommatophora...

Plagiodontes rocae Doering, 1881
Plagiodontes weyrauchi Pizá & Cazzaniga, 2009

Milacidae

Milacidae is a family of air-breathing, keeled, land slugs. These are shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Parmacelloidea.This family has no subfamilies ....

Milax gagates
Milax gagates
Milax gagates, common name the "greenhouse slug" is a species of air-breathing, keeled, land slug, a shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Milacidae.-Description:...

(Draparnaud, 1801) - non-indigenous

Epiphragmophoridae

Epiphragmophoridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea . This family has no subfamilies.-Anatomy:...

Epiphragmophora Doering, 1874 - (see also Cuezzo 2006)

Freshwater bivalves

Hyriidae

Hyriidae is a family of pearly freshwater mussels in the order Unionoida native to South America, Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea. Like all members of that order, they go through a larval stage that is parasitic on fish. The classification recognized by Banarescu uses three subfamilies...

- 1? endemic

Etheriidae

Etheriidae

Etheriidae is a family of medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the order Unionoida.-Genera within the family Etheriidae:* Acostaea d'Orbigny, 1851** Acostaea rivolii * Etheria Lamarck, 1807...

- 1? endemic

Sphaeriidae

Sphaeriidae

The Sphaeriidae are a family of small to minute freshwater bivalve molluscs, in the order Veneroida. In the USA they are commonly known as the pea clams and the fingernail clams.-Genera:Genera in the family Sphaeriidae include:* Musculium...

- 25 species, 10 endemic

Corbiculidae

Corbiculidae

The Corbiculidae, common name "basket clams", are a family of aquatic bivalve molluscs in the order Veneroida.Clams in this family release many juveniles into the surrounding waters that have hatched inside the clams . Fertilization is internal...

Corbicula fluminea
Corbicula fluminea
Corbicula fluminea is a species of freshwater clam, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Corbiculidae.This species is of originally mainly Asian origin and thus it is often commonly called Asian clam or Asiatic clam. In the aquarium and koi pond trade it is often called Golden Clam or Golden...

- invasive species

Mytilidae

Mytilidae is a family of small to large saltwater mussels, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Mytiloida. It is the only family in the order...

Limnoperna fortunei - invasive species

Freshwater gastropods

Land gastropods

Freshwater bivalves

See also

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