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The non-marine molluscs of India are a part of the molluscan fauna of India.
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There are 5070 species of marine and non-marine molluscs living in the wild in India. There are 3371 species of marine molluscs in India.
There are 1671 species of non-marine molluscs living in the wild in India. This includes 1488 terrestrial species in 140 genera and 183 freshwater species in 53 genera.
There are a total of species of gastropods, which breaks down to ?? species of freshwater gastropods, and 1488 species of land gastropods, plus ?? species of bivalves living in the wild.
Freshwater gastropods
Neritidae
Viviparidae
Ampullariidae
Valvatidae
Littorinidae
Pomatiopsidae
Hydrobiidae
Assimineidae
Thiaridae
Lymnaeidae
Planorbidae
Land gastropods
Species of gastropods of India include:
Hydrocenidae
Helicinidae
Achatinidae
Camaenidae
Cerastidae
Charopidae
Cyclophoridae
Diplommatinidae
Endodontidae
Enidae
Staffordiidae - this family lives only in India
Helicarionidae
Ariophantidae
Pupillidae
Pyramidulidae
Streptaxidae
Diapheridae
Succineidae
Subulinidae
Valloniidae
Veronicellidae
Vertiginidae
Pleurodontidae
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