The non-marine molluscs of Argentina are a part of the molluscan fauna of Argentina.
There are hundreds of species of molluscs living in the wild in Argentina.
There are a total of ??? species of gastropods, which breaks down to 101 species of freshwater gastropods, and ??? species of land gastropods in ?? genera, plus 65 species of bivalves living in the wild.
There are ?? non-indigenous species of gastropods (4 freshwater and ?? land species: ?? snails and ?? slugs) and ? species of bivalves in the wild in Argentina. This is a total of ? freshwater non-indigenous species of wild molluscs.
Potamolithus is the largest genus (with highest species richness) of recent freshwater snails in Argentina.
Summary table of number of species
There are 10 families of freshwater gastropods in Argentina. There are 40 species of freshwater gastropods endemic to Argentina. There are about 45 endangered freshwater gastropods in Argentina.
Ampullariidae - 12 species, one endemic
Asolene platae (Maton, 1809)
Asolene puelchella (Anton, 1839)
Asolene spixii (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Felipponea neritiniformis (Dall, 1919)
Felipponea elongata (Dall, 1921)
Felipponea iheringi (Pilsbry, 1933)
Marisa planogyra Pilsbry, 1933
Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1822)
Pomacea insularum (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Pomacea scalaris (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Pomella americanista (Ihering, 1919)
Pomella megastoma (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Thiaridae - 4 species, 3 endemic but extinct in the wild
Aylacostoma chloroticum Hylton-Scot, 1954 - extinct in the wild
Aylacostoma guaraniticum (Hylton-Scot, 1951) - extinct in the wild
Aylacostoma stigmaticum Hylton-Scot, 1954 - extinct in the wild
Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Cochliopidae - 16 species, 10 endemic
Heleobia australis (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Heleobia castellanosae (Gaillard, 1974)
Heleobia conexa (Gaillard, 1974)
Heleobia guaranitica (Doering, 1884)
Heleobia hatcheri (Pilsbry, 1911)
Heleobia isabelleana (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Heleobia kuesteri (Ströbel, 1874)
Heleobia montana (Doering, 1884)
Heleobia occidentalis (Doering, 1884)
Heleobia parchappii (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Heleobia peiranoi (Weyrauch, 1963)
Heleobia piscium (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Heleobia rionegrina (Gaillard, 1974)
Heleobia sublineata (Pilsbry, 1911)
Heleobia tucumana (Gaillard, 1974)
Heleobia vianai (Parodiz, 1960)
Lithoglyphidae - 22 species
Potamolithus agapetus Pilsbry, 1911
Potamolithus bushii (Frauenfeld, 1865)
Potamolithus callosus Pilsbry, 1925
Potamolithus catharinae Pilsbry, 1911
Potamolithus concordianus Parodiz, 1966
Potamolithus conicus (Brot, 1867)
Potamolithus dinochilus Pilsbry, 1896
Potamolithus doeringi Pilsbry, 1911
Potamolithus hidalgoi Pilsbry, 1896
Potamolithus iheringi Pilsbry, 1896
Potamolithus lapidum (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Potamolithus microthauma Pilsbry, 1896
Potamolithus orbignyi Pilsbry, 1896
Potamolithus paranensis Pilsbry, 1911
Potamolithus peristomatus (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Potamolithus petitianus (d'Orbigny, 1840)
Potamolithus philipianus Pilsbry, 1911
Potamolithus quadratus Pilsbry & Ihering, 1911
Potamolithus rushii Pilsbry, 1896
Potamolithus simplex Pilsbry, 1911
Potamolithus tricostatus (Brot, 1867)
Potamolithus valchetensis Miquel, 1998
Glacidorbidae - 1 species
Gondwanorbis magallanicus (Meier-Brook & Smith, 1976)
Chilinidae - 17 species, 12 endemic
Chilina aurantia Marshall, 1924
Chilina dombeiana (Bruguière, 1789)
Chilina fluminea (Maton, 1809)
Chilina fulgurata Pilsbry, 1911
Chilina gallardoi Castellanos & Gaillard, 1981
Chilina gibbosa G. B. Sowerby I, 1841
Chilina guaraniana Castellanos & Miquel, 1980
Chilina iguazuensis Gregoric & Rumi, 2008
Chilina megastoma Hylton Scott, 1958
Chilina mendozana Ströbel, 1874
Chilina neuquenensis Marshall, 1933
Chilina parchappii (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Chilina patagonica Sowerby II, 1874
Chilina perrieri Mabille, 1833
Chilina portillensis Hidalgo, 1880
Chilina rushii Pilsbry, 1911
Chilina strebeli Pilsbry, 1911
Lymnaeidae - 5 species, 2 endemic
Pseudosuccinea columella (Say, 1817)
Lymnaea diaphana King, 1830
Lymnaea pictonica Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885
Lymnaea plicata Hylton Scott, 1953
Lymnaea viatrix (d´Orbigny, 1835)
Planorbidae - 20 species
Antillorbis nordestensis (Lucena, 1954)
Acrorbis petricola Odhner, 1937
Biomphalaria intermedia (Paraense & Deslandes, 1962)
Biomphalaria occidentalis Paraense, 1981
Biomphalaria oligoza Paraense, 1974
Biomphalaria orbignyi Paraense, 1975
Biomphalaria peregrina (d´Orbigny, 1835)
Biomphalaria straminea (Dunker, 1848)
Biomphalaria tenagophila (d´Orbigny, 1835)
Drepanotrema anatinum (d´Orbigny, 1835)
Drepanotrema cimex (Moricand, 1839)
Drepanotrema depressissimun (Moricand, 1839)
Drepanotrema heloicum (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Drepanotrema kermatoides (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Drepanotrema lucidum (Pfeiffer, 1839)
Anisancylus obliquus (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
Gundlachia ticaga (Marcus & Marcus, 1962)
Hebetancylus moricandi (d´Orbigny, 1837)
Laevapex sp.
Uncancylus concentricus (d´Orbigny, 1835)
Physidae - 5 species, 2? endemic
Physa aspii Holmerg, 1909
Physa loosi Holmerg, 1909
"Physella cubensis" (Pfeiffer, 1839)
"Physella venustula" (Gould, 1848)
"Stenophysa marmorata" (Guilding, 1828)
Land gastropods
Cyclophoridae
Adelopoma tucma
Charopidae
Lilloiconcha tucumana
Radiodiscus iheringi
Trochogyra leptotera Rochebrune & Mabille, 1882
Helicodiscidae
Diplommatinidae
Scolodontidae (Systrophiidae is a synonym for Scolodontidae)
Wayampia trochilioneides
Scolodonta Doering, 1875
Odontostomidae
Plagiodontes rocae Doering, 1881
Plagiodontes weyrauchi Pizá & Cazzaniga, 2009
Milacidae
Milax gagates (Draparnaud, 1801) - non-indigenous
Epiphragmophoridae
Epiphragmophora Doering, 1874 - (see also Cuezzo 2006)
Hyriidae - 1? endemic
Etheriidae - 1? endemic
Sphaeriidae - 25 species, 10 endemic
Corbiculidae
Corbicula fluminea - invasive species
Mytilidae
Limnoperna fortunei - invasive species
