List of non-marine molluscs of Australia
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The non-marine molluscs of the country of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
are a part of the molluscan fauna of Australia
Fauna of Australia
The fauna of Australia consists of a huge variety of animals; some 83% of mammals, 89% of reptiles, 90% of fish and insects and 93% of amphibians that inhabit the continent are endemic to Australia...
which is a part of biodiversity of Australia.
There are ??? 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 Australia.
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 ??? species of land gastropods (??? species of snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s and ??? species of slug
Slug
Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...
s), 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.
Freshwater gastropods
HydrobiidaeHydrobiidae
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 :...
- Austropyrgus angasi
- Austropyrgus centralia
- Austropyrgus cooma
- Austropyrgus grampianensis
- Austropyrgus rectus
- Austropyrgus simsonianus
- Austropyrgus sparsus
- Austropyrgus turbatus
- Beddomeia hulliiBeddomeia hulliiBeddomeia hulliiis a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia launcestonensisBeddomeia launcestonensisBeddomeia launcestonensis is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia minimaBeddomeia minimaBeddomeia minima is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Caldicochlea - genus with two species, endemic to the Dalhousie Springs supergroup
- FonscochleaFonscochleaFonscochlea is a genus of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Hydrobiidae.Genus Trochidrobia is endemic to Lake Eyre supergroup, Australia.-Species:...
Ponder, Hershler & Jenkins, 1989 - genus endemic to Lake Eyre supergroup - JardinellaJardinellaJardinella is a genus of small freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.- Distribution :The genus is Jardinella is endemic to Queensland, Australia. There live in four springs "supegroups" in the Great Artesian Basin: Springsure, Barcaldine, Springvale and Eulo...
Iredale & Whitley, 1938 - genus endemic to Australia - NanocochleaNanocochleaNanocochlea is a genus of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.-Species:Species within the genus Nanocochlea include:* Nanocochlea monticola* Nanocochlea parva...
sp. - Phrantela daveyensis tristis
- Phrantela marginata
- Posticobia brazieri
- Pseudotricula sp.
- TrochidrobiaTrochidrobiaTrochidrobia is a genus of freshwater snails, gastropod in the Hydrobiidae family.Genus Trochidrobia is genus endemic to Lake Eyre supergroup, Australia.- Species :Species within the genus Trochidrobia include:* Trochidrobia inflata...
Ponder, Hershler & Jenkins, 1989 - genus endemic to Lake Eyre supergroup - Westropyrgus westralis
Land gastropods
PupillidaePupillidae
Pupillidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the clade Stylommatophora....
- Gyliotrachela catherinaGyliotrachela catherinaGyliotrachela catherina is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pupillidae.This species is endemic to Australia....
Solem, 1981 - Pupilla ficulneaPupilla ficulneaPupilla ficulnea is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pupillidae. This species is endemic to Australia....
(Tate, 1894)
Camaenidae
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 cognatusAmphidromus cognatusThe Cognate Land Snail, Amphidromus cognatus is a large camaenid land snail endemic to Australia.-Description:Amphidromus cognatus is large, with a shell length ranging from 21–33 mm and a diameter of 12–17 mm...
Fulton, 1907
See also
- List of non-marine molluscs of Indonesia
- List of non-marine molluscs of East Timor
- List of non-marine molluscs of Papua New Guinea
- List of non-marine molluscs of the Solomon Islands
- List of non-marine molluscs of Vanuatu
- List of non-marine molluscs of New Caledonia
- List of non-marine molluscs of New Zealand
External links
- Cox J. C.James Charles CoxJames Charles Cox was an Australian physician and conchologist.Cox was born at Mulgoa, southwest of Sydney where he played with Aboriginal children and leared from them about native birds and animals. He was educated at the local parish school and the King's School, Parramatta...
(1868). A monograph of Australian land shells. William Maddock, Sydney. 110 pp. + 18 plates.