List of non-marine molluscs of Mexico

The non-marine molluscs of Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

are a part of the molluscan wildlife of Mexico. A number of species of 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...

are found in the wild in Mexico.

There are about 1,178 species and subspecies of terrestrial gastropods in the Mexico.

Summary table of number of species:
Numbers of molluscs by habitat	Number of species
Freshwater gastropods	?
Land gastropods	1,178 species and subspecies
Total number of non-marine gastropods	over 1200
Freshwater bivalves	?
Total number of non-marine molluscs	?

There are not enough records of terrestrial gastropods from states of Aguascalientes

Aguascalientes

Aguascalientes is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 11 municipalities and its capital city is Aguascalientes....

and Tlaxcala

Tlaxcala

Tlaxcala officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tlaxcala is one of the 31 states which along with the Federal District comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided into 60 municipalities and its capital city is Tlaxcala....

Land gastropods

Helicinidae

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

- 72 species

Veronicellidae

Veronicellidae

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

Leidyula floridana
Leidyula floridana
Leidyula floridana, common name the Florida leatherleaf, is a species of tropical air-breathing land slugs, shell-less terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Veronicellidae.- Distribution :...

(Leidy & Binney in Binney, 1851) - needs confirmation
Leidyula moreleti
Leidyula moreleti
Leidyula moreleti is a species of air-breathing land slug, shell-less terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae.- Distribution :Distribution of Leidyula moreleti include:* Mexico...

(Fischer, 1871)
Phyllocaulis gayi (Fischer, 1871) - needs congfirmation
Sarasinula dubia
Sarasinula dubia
Sarasinula dubia is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.-Distribution:Distribution of Sarasinula dubia include:* Mexico* Brazil...

(Semper, 1885)
Sarasinula plebeia
Sarasinula plebeia
Sarasinula plebeia, common name the bean slug, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.-Distribution:...

(P. Fischer, 1868)

Subulinidae

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

Allopeas gracile
Allopeas gracile
Allopeas gracile, common name the graceful awlsnail, is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Subulinidae.- Distribution :...

(Hutton, 1834)
Allopeas micra
Allopeas micra
Allopeas micra is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Subulinidae.- Distribution :The distribution of Allopeas micra includes:* West Indies* from Mexico to Bolivia...

(d’Orbigny, 1835)

Urocoptidae

Urocoptidae is a family of land snails, gastropods in the superfamily Urocoptoidea.- 2005 taxonomy :The Urocoptidae family has been classified in the superfamily Orthalicoidea within the informal group Sigmurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata .The...

- 265 species

Spiraxidae

Spiraxidae

Spiraxidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the clade Eupulmonata .- 2005 taxonomy :...

- 246 species

Orthalicidae

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...

/Bulimulinae = Bulimulidae

Bulimulidae

Bulimulinae is a taxonomic subfamily of medium-sized to large, air-breathing, tropical and sub-tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Orthalicidae, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda ....

- 140 species

Pupillidae

Pupillidae

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

- 47 species

Polygyridae

Polygyridae

Polygyridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.The Polygyridae make up a significant proportion of the land snail fauna of eastern North America, and are also found in western North America, northern Central America, and...

- 65 species

Xanthonychidae

Xanthonychidae

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

- 58 species

Humboldtianidae

Humboldtianidae

Humboldtianidae is an American family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea .-Anatomy:...

- 49 species

Land gastropods

See also