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List of non marine molluscs of Iran

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List of non-marine molluscs of Iran

The non-marine molluscs of Iran are a part of the molluscan fauna of Iran, which is part of the (wildlife of Iran).

Contents

Freshwater gastropods

27 freshwater gastropod species (37% of freshwater gastropod species in Iran) are endemic to Iran.

Species of freshwater gastropods of Iran include:

Neritidae

  • Neritina mesopotamica Martens 1879 - the first report in Iran was in 2001
  • Neritina cinctellus (Martens, 1874)
  • Neritina euphratica Mousson, 1874
  • Theodoxus fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Theodoxus lituratus Eichwald, 1838
  • Theodoxus pallida Dunker, 1861
  • Viviparidae

  • Bellamya bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Bellamya hilmandensis (Kobelt, 1909)
  • Melanopsidae

  • Melanopsis costata (Olivier, 1804)
  • Melanopsis doriae Issel, 1865
  • Melanopsis kotschyi Philippi, 1847
  • Melanopsis sp. - Mansoorian (2001) listed Melanopsis from Iran as Melanopsis nodosa Mousson, 1874 and as Melanopsis praemorsa (Linnaeus, 1758), but Glöer and Pešić (2012) claimed that there are nine possible names for this species and that further study is necessary to establish under which name or names the Iranian populations should be placed.
  • Potamididae

  • Cerithidea cingulata (Gmelin, 1790)
  • Thiaridae

  • Thiara scabra (O.F. Müller, 1774)
  • Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Bithyniidae

  • Bithynia tentaculata (Linnaeus, 1758) - This species most probably does not occur in Iran.
  • Bithynia forcarti Glöer & Pešić, 2012
  • Bithynia starmuehlneri Glöer & Pešić, 2012
  • Bithynia mazandaranensis Glöer & Pešić, 2012
  • Bithynia cf. ejecta Mousson, 1874
  • Bithynia rubens (Menke, 1830) - questionable taxonomic status
  • Bithynia sistanica (Annandale & Prashad, 1919)
  • Pseudobithynia irana Glöer & Pešić, 2006
  • Pseudobithynia zagrosia Glöer & Pešić, 2009
  • Cochliopidae

  • Heleobia dalmatica (Radoman, 1974) - the first report in Iran was in 2012
  • Hydrobiidae

  • Hydrobia acuta (Draparnaud, 1805)
  • Ecrobia grimmi (Clessin & Dybowski, 1888)
  • Pseudamnicola kotschyi von Frauenfeld, 1863
  • Pseudamnicola saboori Glöer & Pešić, 2009
  • Pseudamnicola zagrosensis Glöer & Pešić, 2009
  • Pseudamnicola raddei Boettger, 1889
  • Pseudamnicola georgievi Glöer & Pešić, 2012
  • Kaskakia khorrasanensis Glöer & Pešić, 2012
  • Sarkhia sarabensis Glöer & Pešić, 2012
  • Sarkhia kermanshahensis (Glöer & Pešić, 2009)
  • Belgrandiella elburensis (Starmühlner & Edlauer, 1957)
  • Hauffenia erythropomatia (Hauffen, 1856)
  • Stenothyridae

  • Stenothyra arabica Neubert, 1998
  • Gangetia uzielliana (Issel, 1866)
  • Farsithyra farsensis Glöer & Pešić, 2009
  • Valvatidae

  • Valvata cristata O. F. Müller, 1774
  • Valvata piscinalis O. F. Müller, 1774
  • Valvata nowshahrensis Glöer & Pešić, 2012
  • Acroloxidae

  • Acroloxus pseudolacustris Glöer & Pešić, 2012
  • Lymnaeidae

  • Radix persica (Issel, 1865)
  • Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1785) - Radix auricularia gedrosiana Annandale & Prashad, 1919
  • Radix bactriana (Annandale & Prashad, 1919)
  • Radix iranica (Annandale & Prashad, 1919)
  • Radix gedrosiana (Annandale & Prashad, 1919) - Radix gedrosiana gedrosiana (Annandale & Prashad, 1919). Radix gedrosiana rectilabrum is endemic to Iran.
  • Radix hordeum (Mousson, 1874)
  • Radix labiata (Rossmaessler, 1835)
  • Galba truncatula (Müller, 1774)
  • Galba schirazensis Küster, 1862
  • Stagnicola sp. - Most probably, the species reported from Iran as Stagnicola palustris represents an undescribed species. It is not possible to identify or eventually describe this species according to shells only as new to science without anatomical studies.
  • Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1774)
  • Doubtful Lymnaeidae:

  • Radix lagotis (Schrank, 1803) - It was recorded from Iran by Martens (1874) and by Biggs (1937), but this species most probably does not occur in Iran.
  • Planorbidae

  • Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827)
  • Planorbis intermixtus Mousson, 1874
  • Planorbis carinatus O. F. Müller, 1774
  • Anisus leucostoma (Millet, 1813)
  • Anisus spirorbis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Anisus sp. - shells similar to Anisus vorticulus
  • Anisus vortex (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Gyraulus piscinarum (Bourguignat, 1852)
  • Gyraulus euphraticus (Mousson, 1874)
  • Gyraulus convexiusculus (Hutton, 1849)
  • Gyraulus laevis (Alder, 1838)
  • Indoplanorbis exustus (Deshayes, 1834)
  • Hippeutis complanatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - the first report in Iran was in 2012
  • Segmentina calatha (Benson, 1850)
  • Ferrissia isseli (Bourguignat, 1866)
  • Physidae

  • Physella acuta (Draparnaud, 1805)
  • Freshwater species excluded from the list:

  • Bithynia badiella (Küster, 1852)
  • Bithynia troschelii (Pasch, 1842)
  • Acroloxus lacustris (Linnaeus, 1758) - It was recorded by Lothar Forcart in 1935. But an analysis of the two specimens from Forcart’s collection (NMB 11516a) identified as Acroloxus lacustris from Mazandaran Province shows that these specimens belong to Acroloxus pseudolacustris.
  • Land gastropods

    Species of land gastropods of Iran include:

    Trigonochlamydidae

  • Hyrcanolestes velitaris (Martens, 1880)
  • Parmacellilla filipowitschi Simroth, 1910
  • Hygromiidae

  • Helicopsis aelleni Hausdorf, 1996
  • Freshwater bivalves

    Species of freshwater bivalves of Iran include:

    References

    List of non-marine molluscs of Iran Wikipedia


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