List of non-marine molluscs of Brazil

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Location of Brazil

The non-marine molluscs of Brazil are a part of the molluscan fauna of Brazil.

There are at least 1,074[1] native nominal species of non-marine molluscs living in Brazil.

There are at least 956[1] nominal species of gastropods, which breaks down to about 250 species of freshwater gastropods, and about 700[1] species of land gastropods (590 species of snails[2] and approximately 110(?)[citation needed] species of slugs), plus at least 117[1] species of bivalves living in the wild.

There are at least 373 species of freshwater molluscs in Brazil.[1]

The number of native species is at least 1,074[1] and the number of non-indigenous molluscs in Brazil is, at minimum, 32 species.[1] The most serious invasive alien species in Paraná State are the land snail Achatina fulica and the freshwater snail Melanoides tuberculata.[3]

Numbers of species in Brazil
Freshwater gastropods About 250
Land gastropods: snails 590
Land gastropods: slugs 110(?)
Gastropods (total) over 950
Bivalves at least 117
Molluscs (total) 1107
Non-indigenous gastropods in the wild  ? freshwater and ? land
Non-indigenous synantrop gastropods  ?
Non-indigenous bivalves in the wild  ?
Non-indigenous synantrop bivalves  ?
Non-indigenous molluscs (total) 32

In Rio Grande do Sul, 201 species and subspecies of non-marine mollusks were recorded: 156 gastropods (83 land snails + 18 slugs + 55 freshwater snails) and 45 bivalves.[4]

In Santa Catarina, 158 species and subspecies of non-marine mollusk were recorded: 135 gastropods (103 land gastropods + 32 freshwater snails) and 23 bivalves.[5]

Ampullariidae

The following list of freshwater gastropods is based on the two southernmost states.[4][5]

Source:[1]

Marisa cornuarietis is a native Brazilian species which is often kept in aquariums in other countries worldwide.

Pleuroceridae

Cochliopidae

Tateidae

Pomatiopsidae

Thiaridae

Planorbidae

Biomphalaria glabrata is a medically important species, because it is a host for the parasite Schistosoma mansoni.

Chilinidae

Physidae

Lymnaeidae

Land gastropods

The following listing is based on the most up-to-date check list on terrestrial gastropods by Salvador et al (2024).[18]

Helicinidae

Genus Alcadia Gray, 1840
Genus Helicina Lamarck, 1799

Proserpinidae

Genus Proserpina Sowerby II, 1839

Diplommatinidae

Genus Adelopoma Doering, 1885
Genus Habeastrum Simone, 2019

Megalomastomatidae

Genus Aperostoma Troschel, 1847
Genus Cyclopomops Bartsch & Morrison, 1942

Neocyclotidae

Genus Incidostoma Bartsch & Morrison, 1942
Genus Incerticyclus Morrison, 1955
Genus Neocyclotus Crosse & P. Fischer, 1886

Vertiginidae (complete)

Pyramidulidae

Valloniidae (complete)

Succineidae (complete)

Ellobiidae

Achatinidae

Charopidae (complete)

Helicodiscidae (complete)

Punctidae (complete)

Zonitidae (complete)

Veronicellidae

Genus Angustipes Colosi, 1922
Genus Belocaulus Hoffmann, 1925
Genus Diplosolenodes Thomé, 1975
Genus Latipes Colosi, 1922
Genus Novovaginula Thiele, 1931
Genus Phyllocaulis Colosi, 1922P
Genus Potamojanuarius Thomé, 1975
Genus Sarasinula Grimpe & Hoffmann, 1924
Genus Simrothula Thomé, 1975
Genus Vaginulus Férussac, 1821
Genus Veronicella Blainville, 1817

Milacidae

Limacidae

Agriolimacidae

Philomycidae

Euconulidae (complete)

Ferussaciidae (complete)

Discidae

Subulinidae (complete)

Subulina octona

Megaspiridae (complete)

Oleacinidae (complete)

Strophocheilidae (complete)

Orthalicidae (complete include subfamilies according to the Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)

The shell of Corona perversa.
Biotocus turbinatus, synonym Tomigerus turbinatus, that was endemic to Brazil, is now extinct.

Simpulopsidae

Odontostomidae

Bulimulidae

Scolodontidae (complete)

Streptaxidae (complete)

Camaenidae (complete)

Pleurodontidae (complete)

Bradybaenidae (complete)

Epiphragmophoridae (complete)

Helicidae (complete)

Bivalvia

116 species.

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

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