List of non-marine molluscs of Jordan

The non-marine mollusks of Jordan are a part of the fauna of Jordan. That country is land-locked and therefore it has no marine molluscs, only land and freshwater species, including snails, slugs, freshwater clams and freshwater mussels. There are ?? species of gastropods (19 species of freshwater gastropods, ?? species of land gastropods) and ?? species of freshwater bivalves living in the wild.

Summary table of number of species

	Jordan
freshwater gastropods	17^[1] + 2^[2] = 19
land gastropods	??
gastropods altogether	???
bivalves	??
molluscs altogether	???

Freshwater gastropods

Neritidae

Theodoxus jordani (Sowerby, 1844)^[1]^[3]
Theodoxus macrii (Sowerby, 1844)^[1]^[3]

Bithyniidae

Bithynia philalensis (Conrad, 1852)^[1]^[3]

Valvatidae

Valvata saulcyi Bourguignat, 1853^[1]^[3]

Cochliopidae

Eupaludestrina contempta (Dautzenberg, 1894)^[1]^[3]
Eupaludestrina longiscata (Bourguignat, 1856)^[1]^[3]
Pyrgophorus coronatus (L. Pfeiffer, 1840)- non-indigenous^[3]^[2]

Hydrobiidae

Globuliana gaillardotii (Bourguignat, 1856)^[1]^[3]
Pseudamnicola solitaria Tchernov, 1971^[1]^[3]

Thiaridae

Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)^[1]^[3]
Mieniplotia scabra (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous^[2]^[3]

Melanopsidae

Melanopsis ammonis Tristram, 1865^[3]
Melanopsis buccinoidea Olivier, 1801^[1]^[3]
Melanopsis costata (Olivier, 1804)^[1]
- Melanopsis costata jordanica J. R. Roth, 1839^[3]
- Melanopsis costata lampra Bourguignat, 1884^[3]
- Melanopsis costata obliqua Bourguignat, 1884^[3]
Melanopsis saulcyi Bourguignat, 1853^[3]

Lymnaeidae

Galba truncatula (O. F. Müller, 1774)^[1]^[3]
Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)^[1]^[3]

Physidae

Physa acuta (Draparnaud, 1805)^[1]^[3]

Planorbidae

Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827)^[1]^[3]
Gyraulus piscinarum (Bourguignat, 1852)^[1]^[3]
Planorbis planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758)^[1]^[3]

Land gastropods

Pupillidae

Pupoides coenopictus (T. Hutton, 1834)^[4]

Pyramidulidae

Pyramidula rupestris (Draparnaud, 1801)^[4]

Chondrinidae

Granopupa granum (Draparnaud, 1801)^[4]
Rupestrella rhodia (J. R. Roth, 1839)^[4]

Truncatellidae

Truncatellina haasi Venmans, 1957^[4]

Enidae

Buliminus diminutus (Mousson, 1861)^[4]
Buliminus jordani (Charpentier, 1847)^[4]
Buliminus labrosus (Olivier, 1804)^[4]
Buliminus marsabensis Westerlund, 1887^[4]
Buliminus negevensis Heller, 1970^[4]
Buliminus sinaiensis Heller, 1970^[4]
Euchondrus chondriformis (Mousson, 1861)^[4]
Euchondrus michonii (Bourguignat, 1853)^[4]
Euchondrus saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852)^[4]
Euchondrus septemdentatus (J. R. Roth, 1839)^[4]
Paramastus episomus (Bourguignat, 1857)^[4]
Pene bulimoides (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)^[4]

Ferussaciidae

Calaxis hierosolymarum (J. R. Roth, 1855)^[4]
Cecilioides acicula (O. F. Müller, 1774)^[4]
Cecilioides genezarethensis Forcart, 1981^[4]
Cecilioides tumulorum (Bourguignat, 1856)^[4]

Achatinidae

Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758)^[4]

Punctidae

Paralaoma servilis (Shuttleworth, 1852)^[4]

Oxychilidae

Eopolita protensa jebusitica (J. R. Roth, 1855)^[4]
Oxychilus renanianus (Pallary, 1939)^[4]

Pristilomatidae

Vitrea contracta (Westerlund, 1871)^[4]

Limacidae

Gigantomilax cecconii (Simroth, 1906)^[4]

Geomitridae

Cochlicella acuta (O. F. Müller, 1774)^[4]
Xerocrassa langloisiana (Bourguignat, 1853)^[4]
Xerocrassa seetzeni (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)^[4]
Xerocrassa simulata (Ehrenberg, 1831)^[4]
Xerocrassa tuberculosa (Conrad, 1852)^[4]
Xeropicta krynickii (Krynicki, 1833)^[4]

Helicidae

Eobania vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous
Helix engaddensis Bourguignat, 1852^[4]
Levantina spiriplana (Olivier, 1801)^[4]
- Levantina spiriplana caesareana (Mousson, 1854)^[4]
- Levantina spiriplana spiriplana (Olivier, 1801)^[4]

Hygromiidae

Monacha crispulata (Mousson, 1861)^[4]
Monacha obstructa (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)^[4]

Sphincterochilidae

Sphincterochila cariosa (Olivier, 1804)^[4]
Sphincterochila fimbriata (Bourguignat, 1852)^[4]
Sphincterochila prophetarum (Bourguignat, 1852)^[4]
Sphincterochila zonata (Bourguignat, 1853)^[4]
- Sphincterochila zonata filia (Mousson, 1861)^[4]
- Sphincterochila zonata zonata (Bourguignat, 1853)^[4]

Freshwater bivalves

Sphaeriidae

Euglesa casertana (Poli, 1791)^[5]
Odhneripisidium annandalei (Prashad, 1925)^[5]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r Amr Z. S. & Abu Baker M. (2004). "Freshwater snails of Jordan". Denisia 14: 221-227.PDF.
^ ^a ^b ^c Nasarat H., Amr Z. & Neubert E. (2014). "Two invasive freshwater snails new to Jordan (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Zoology in the Middle East 60(1). doi:10.1080/09397140.2014.892333
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w Amr, Z.; Nasarat, H.; Neubert, E. (2014). "Notes on the current and past freshwater snail fauna of Jordan". Jordan Journal of Natural History. 1: 83–115.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as Neubert, E.; Amr, M.Z.; Waitzbauer, W.; Al Talafha, H. (2015). "Annotated checklist of the terrestrial gastropods of Jordan (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 144 (2): 169–238.
^ ^a ^b Schütt, H. (1983). "Die bisher aus Jordanien bekannten süßwasser- und landbewohnenden Mollusken anhand der Aufsammlungen von Dr. Bandel 1978". Natur und Mensch. 1983: 49–64.
^ Kuiper, J.G.J. (1981). "The distribution of Pisidium tenuilineatum Stelfox and Pisidium annandalei Prashad in the Mediterranean". Basteria. 45 (4–5): 79–84.

Non-marine molluscs (freshwater & land gastropods and freshwater bivalves) by country

Africa

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