List of non-marine molluscs of Taiwan
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Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
are a part of the molluscan fauna of Taiwan. A number of species of non-marine mollusks are found in the wild in Taiwan.
Land gastropods
AssimineidaeAssimineidae
Assimineidae is a family of minute snails with an operculum that live in saltwater, freshwater or on the land; they are mostly aquatic gastropod mollusks or micromollusks, in the clade Littorinimorpha.- Ecology :...
- Assiminea nitida (Pease, 1864) - on Pratas IslandsPratas IslandsThe Pratas Islands or Dongsha Islands consists of three islands forming from an atoll located in northeastern South China Sea, southeast of Hong Kong. The islands are governed by the Republic of China . The People's Republic of China claims sovereignty over these islands along with all other...
Truncatellidae
Truncatellidae
Truncatellidae, common name the "looping snails", is a family of small amphibious snails, with gills and an operculum, semi-marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks.-Shell description :...
- Truncatella gueriniiTruncatella gueriniiTruncatella guerinii is a species of small snail which lives at the edge of the sea, a gastropod mollusk in the family Truncatellidae.-Distribution:Distribution of this species include:* Japan* Pratas Islands, Taiwan...
A. & J. B. Villa, 1841 - on Pratas Islands - Truncatella pfeifferi Martens, 1860 - on Pratas Islands
Ellobiidae
Ellobiidae
Ellobiidae is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata. This is the only family in the superfamily Ellobioidea, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)....
- Melampus castanea (Mühlfeld, 1818) - on Pratas Islands
- Melampus nuxeastaneusMelampus nuxeastaneusMelampus nuxeastaneus is a species of small air-breathing salt marsh snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae.- Distribution :The distribution of this species include:* Japan* Pratas Islands, Taiwan...
Kuroda, 1949 - on Pratas Islands - Melampus flavus (Gmelin, 1791) - on Pratas Islands
- Melampus sculptus (Pfeiffer, 1855) - on Pratas Islands
- Melampus taeniolatus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854) - on Pratas Islands
- Tralia malanastoma Garrett, 1873 - on Pratas Islands
Veronicelloidae
- Laevicaulis alte (Férussac, 1821) - on Pratas Islands
Pupillidae
Pupillidae
Pupillidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the clade Stylommatophora....
- Gastrocopta pediculus (Shuttleworth, 1852) - on Pratas Islands - Gastrocopta pediculus ovatula (Moellendorff, 1890)
- Gastrocopta servilis (Gould, 1843) - on Pratas Islands
Vertiginidae
Vertiginidae
Vertiginidae is a family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.- Distribution :...
- Nesopupa yamagutii Kuroda, 1941 - on Pratas Islands, endemic to Taiwan
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sp. - on Pratas Islands
Succineidae
Succineidae
Succineidae are a family of small to medium-sized, air-breathing, land snails , terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. They are commonly called amber snails because their thin fragile shells are translucent and amber-colored...
- Succinea erythrophana Ancey, 1883 - on Pratas Islands
Subulinidae
Subulinidae
Subulinidae is a family of small tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea.- Anatomy :...
- Lamellaxis gracilis (Hutton, 1834) - on Pratas Islands
- Lamellaxis turgidulum (Heude, 1841) - on Pratas Islands
- Paropeas achatinaceumParopeas achatinaceumParopeas achatinaceum is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Subulinidae.- Taxonomy :...
(Pfeiffer, 1846) - on Pratas Islands - Subulina octonaSubulina octonaSubulina octona is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Subulinidae.- Distribution :The native distribution of this species includes:* Caribbean* Cuba...
(Bruguière, 1792) - on Pratas Islands
Achatinidae
Achatinidae
Achatinidae is a family of medium to large sized tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks from Africa...
- Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822 - on Pratas Islands
Streptaxidae
Streptaxidae
Streptaxidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in theStylommatophora. Six Streptaxidae subfamilies are accepted in the 2005 taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi....
- Indoennea bicolor (Hutton, 1834) - on Pratas Islands
- ElmaElma (gastropod)Elma is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.- Distribution :The distribution of the genus Elma includes:* Taiwan* Vietnam...
Adams, 1866
Helicarionidae
Helicarionidae
Helicarionidae is a family of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea.- Distribution :...
- Liardetia yaeyamensis (Pilsbry, 1901) - on Pratas Islands
Gastrodontidae
Gastrodontidae
Gastrodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata ....
- Zonitoides arboreusZonitoides arboreusZonitoides arboreus is species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae.-Distribution:The native distribution of Zonitoides arboreus includes:* North America...
(Say, 1816) - on Pratas Islands
Philomycidae
Philomycidae
Philomycidae are a family of air-breathing land slugs . They are terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Arionoidea ....
- Meghimatium burchiMeghimatium burchiMeghimatium burchi is a species of small air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Philomycidae and the superfamily Arionacea, the roundback slugs....
Tsai & Wu, 2008 - Meghimatium bilineatum
- Meghimatium fruhstorferiMeghimatium fruhstorferiMeghimatium fruhstorferi is a species of medium to large air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Philomycidae and the superfamily Arionacea, the roundback slugs.-Distribution:...
(Collinge, 1901) - Meghimatium pictum
- Meghimatium rugosum
Arionidae
Arionidae
Arionidae, common name the "roundback slugs" or "round back slugs" are a taxonomic family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Arionoidea.- Distribution :...
- Arion distinctusArion distinctusArion distinctus, common name the darkface arion, is species of air-breathing land slug in the family Arionidae, sometimes known as the roundback slugs...
Mabille, 1868
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)
Bradybaenidae
Bradybaenidae
Bradybaenidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized to small land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea....
- Acusta tourannensisAcusta tourannensisAcusta tourannensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bradybaenidae.-Distribution:The distribution of this species includes:* Pratas Islands, Taiwan* Japan...
(Souleyet, 1842) - on Pratas Islands - Bradybaena similaris (Férussac, 1822) - on Pratas Islands
See also
- List of marine molluscs of Taiwan
Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:
- List of non-marine molluscs of China
- List of non-marine molluscs of Hong Kong
- List of non-marine molluscs of the Philippines
- List of non-marine molluscs of Japan
External links
- Nordsieck H. (2005). "New taxa of Phaedusinae and Garnieriinae from mainland China and Taiwan (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Clausiliidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 134: 23-52. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/0003-9284/134/023-052.
- http://shell.sinica.edu.tw/english/taiwanshell.php?orderby=Photo_IF%20DESC