List of non-marine molluscs of the Philippines
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Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
are a part of the molluscan fauna of the Philippines (the wildlife of the Philippines
Wildlife of the Philippines
The Wildlife of the Philippines has a significant number of plant and animal species that are endemic in the Philippines. The country's surrounding waters reportedly have the highest level of biodiversity in the world. The Philippines is considered as one of the seventeen Megadiverse countries as...
). A number of species of non-marine mollusks are found in the wild in the Philippines.
Freshwater gastropods
PomatiopsidaePomatiopsidae
Pomatiopsidae is a family of small mainly freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rissooidea ....
- Oncomelania hupensisOncomelania hupensisOncomelania hupensis is a species of very small tropical freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.- Distribution :...
Gredler, 1881
Land gastropods
DiapheridaeDiapheridae
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:...
- Diaphera cumingianaDiaphera cumingianaDiaphera cumingiana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Diapheridae.Diaphera cumingiana is the type species of the genus Diaphera....
(Pfeiffer, 1845)
See also
- List of marine molluscs of the Philippines
Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries: