List of non-marine molluscs of Uruguay

The non-marine molluscs of Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

are a part of the molluscan fauna of Uruguay (wildlife of Uruguay).

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 Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

Summary table of number of species:
Numbers of molluscs by habitat	Number of species
Freshwater gastropods	51
Land gastropods	??
Total number of non-marine gastropods	??
Freshwater bivalves	??
Total number of non-marine molluscs	??

Freshwater gastropods

Freshwater gastropods in the Uruguay include:

Ampullariidae

Ampullariidae

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

- 10 species

Asolene platae (Maton, 1809)
Asolene pulchella (Anton, 1839)
Asolene spixii (d’Orbigny, 1837)
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)
Felipponea neritiniformis (Dall, 1919)
Pomella megastoma (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
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)

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 ....

- 6 species

Heleobia adamsi (Preston, 1912)
Heleobia guaranitica (Doering, 1884)
Heleobia parchappii (d’Orbigny, 1835)
Heleobia piscium (d’Orbigny, 1835)
Heleobia scottii (Pilsbry, 1911)
Heleobia uruguayana (Pilsbry, 1924)

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...

- 17 species

Potamolithus agapetus Pilsbry, 1911
Potamolithus bushii (Frauenfeld, 1865)
Potamolithus carinifer Pilsbry, 1911
Potamolithus catharinae Pilsbry, 1911
Potamolithus doeringi Pilsbry, 1911
Potamolithus felipponei Ihering, 1910
Potamolithus hidalgoi Pilsbry, 1896
Potamolithus iheringi Pilsbry, 1896
Potamolithus lapidum (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Potamolithus orbignyi Pilsbry, 1896
Potamolithus peristomatus (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Potamolithus petitianus (d'Orbigny, 1840) - subspecies Potamolithus petitianus sykesii Pilsbry, 1896
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)

Lymnaeidae

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

- 2 species

Lymnaea viator (d’Orbigny, 1835)
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)

Physidae

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

- 1 species

“Aplexa” minor (d’Orbigny, 1837)

Planorbidae

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

- 13 species

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) - Biomphalaria tenagophila tenagophila (d’Orbigny, 1835) and Biomphalaria tenagophila guaibensis Paraense, 1984
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)
Drepanotrema anatinum (d’Orbigny, 1835)
Drepanotrema cimex (Moricand, 1839)
Drepanotrema depressissimum (Moricand, 1839)
Drepanotrema heloicum (d’Orbigny, 1835)
Drepanotrema kermatoides (d’Orbigny, 1835)
Drepanotrema lucidum (Pfeiffer, 1839)
Antillorbis nordestensis (Lucena, 1954)
Uncancylus concentricus (d’Orbigny, 1835)
Hebetancylus moricandi (d’Orbigny, 1837)
Anisancylus obliquus (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)

Chilinidae - 2 species

Chilina fluminea (Maton, 1809)
Chilina rushii Pilsbry, 1896

Land gastropods

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:...

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

Freshwater gastropods

Land gastropods

See also