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List of non-marine molluscs of Nicaragua

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The non-marine molluscs of Nicaragua are a part of the molluscan wildlife of Nicaragua. A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Nicaragua.

Location of Nicaragua

There are ?? species of gastropods (?? species of freshwater gastropods, at least 79[1] species of land gastropods) and ?? species of freshwater bivalves living in the wild.

A field study by Pérez & Aburto (2008)[2] has shown that the primary forest had highest biodiversity of molluscs in comparison to other land use types.

Land gastropods

Pomatiidae

Cyclophoridae

Five shells of Helicina rostrata

Helicinidae

Neocyclotidae

  • Neocyclotus dysoni, subspecies Neocyclotus dysoni nicaraguense Bartsch & Morrison, 1942 is endemic subspecies of Nicaragua[1][5]

Strobilopsidae

Drawing of the shell of Vertigo milium

Vertiginidae

Pupillidae

Succineidae

  • Succinea guatemalensis Morelet, 1849[1]
  • Succinea recisa (Morelet, 1851)[1]

Ferussaciidae

  • Caeciliodes consobrinus (Orbigny, 1849)[5] or Cecilioides consobrinus Orbigny, 1855[1]
  • Cecilioides gundlachi (Pfeiffer, 1850)[1]
A shell of Subulina octona
A shell of Huttonella bicolor

Subulinidae

Streptaxidae

Spiraxidae

  • Euglandina cumingii (Beck, 1837)[1][5]
  • Euglandina obtusa (Pfeiffer, 1844) – endemic[1]
  • Euglandina wani (Jaconson, 1968)[8] – synonym: Streptostyla wani Jaconson, 1968 – endemic[9]
  • Pittieria underwoodi (Fulton, 1897)[1]
  • Salasiella guatemalensis Pilsbry, 1919[1]
  • Salasiella hinkleyi Pilsbry, 1919[1]
  • Salasiella perpusilla (Pfeiffer, 1880)[1]
  • Spiraxis sp. – endemic[1][5]
  • Streptostyla turgidula Pfeiffer, 1856[10]

Agriolimacidae

Euconulidae

  • Euconulus pittieri (Martens, 1892)[1]
  • Guppya gundlachi (Pfeiffer, 1880)[1][5]
  • Habroconus championi (Martens, 1892)[1][5]
  • Habroconus selenkai (Pfeiffer, 1866)[1]
  • Habroconus trochulinus (Morelet, 1851)[1][5]
Five shells of Hawaiia minuscula

Pristilomatidae

Zonitidae

  • Glyphyalinia indentata (Say, 1822)[1]
  • Glyphyalinia sp. – endemic[1]
  • Striatura meridionalis (Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906)[1]

Helminthoglyptidae

  • Trichodiscina coactiliata (Deshayes, 1838)[1][5]

Polygyridae

  • Praticollela griseola (Pfeiffer, 1841)[1][5]

Thysanophoridae

  • Thysanophora caecoides (Tate, 1870)[1]
  • Thysanophora costaricensis Rehder, 1942[1]
  • Thysanophora crinita (Fulton, 1917)[1][5]
  • Thysanophora hornii (Gabb, 1866)[1]
  • Thysanophora plagioptycha (Shuttleworth, 1854)[1]

Sagdidae

Drymaeus multilineatus

Orthalicidae

  • Orthalicus ferussaci Martens, 1863[1]
  • Orthalicus princeps (Broderip, 1833)[1][5]
  • Bulimulus corneus (Sowerby, 1833)[1][5]
  • Drymaeus alternans (Beck, 1837)[1]
  • Drymaeus attenuatus (Pfeiffer, 1851)[1][5]
  • Drymaeus discrepans (Sowerby, 1833)[1][5]
  • Drymaeus dominicus Reeve, 1850[1]
  • Drymaeus multilineatus (Say, 1825)[1]
  • Drymaeus translucens (Broderip, 1832)[1]

Systrophiidae

  • Drepanostomella pinchoti Pilsbry, 1930[1]
  • Miradiscops opal (Pilsbry, 1916) – endemic[1]
  • Miradiscops panamensis Pilsbry, 1930[1]

Punctidae

  • Punctum burringtoni Pilsbry, 1930[1]

Charopidae

  • Chanomphalus pilsbryi (Baker, 1922)[1]
  • Radiodiscus millecostatus Pilsbry & Ferris, 1906[1]
  • Radiodiscus sp. – endemic[1]
A drawing of Leidyula floridana

Veronicellidae

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