List of non-marine molluscs of Taiwan

The non-marine mollusks of Taiwan are a part of the molluscan fauna of Taiwan. A number of species of non-marine mollusks are found in the wild in Taiwan.

Summary table of number of species

Land gastropods

Assimineidae

• Assiminea nitida (Pease, 1864) – on Pratas Island

Truncatellidae

• Truncatella guerinii A. & J. B. Villa, 1841 – on Pratas Island
• Truncatella pfeifferi Martens, 1860 – on Pratas Island

Ellobiidae

• Melampus castanea (Mühlfeld, 1818) – on Pratas Island
• Melampus nuxeastaneus Kuroda, 1949 – on Pratas Island
• Melampus flavus (Gmelin, 1791) – on Pratas Island
• Melampus sculptus (Pfeiffer, 1855) – on Pratas Island
• Melampus taeniolatus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854) – on Pratas Island
• Tralia malanastoma Garrett, 1873 – on Pratas Island

Veronicellidae

• Laevicaulis alte (Férussac, 1821) – on Pratas Island

Clausiliidae

• Hemiphaedusa (Hemizaptyx) antuensis chichiensis Nordsieck, 2005
• Hemiphaedusa (Hemizaptyx) hemmeni Nordsieck, 2005
• Hemiphaedusa (Hemizaptyx) hemmeni yucola Nordsieck, 2005
• Hemiphaedusa (Hemizaptyx) longiplicata Nordsieck, 2005
• Thaumatoptyx costellata Nordsieck, 2005
• Thaumatoptyx gonyptyx lacuphila Nordsieck, 2005
• Thaumatoptyx uraniscoptyx diploptyx Nordsieck, 2005

Pupillidae

• Gastrocopta pediculus (Shuttleworth, 1852) – on Pratas Island
• Gastrocopta pediculus ovatula (Moellendorff, 1890)
• Gastrocopta servilis (Gould, 1843) – on Pratas Island

Vertiginidae

• Nesopupa yamagutii Kuroda, 1941 – on Pratas Island, endemic to Taiwan
• Vertigo sp. – on Pratas Island

Succineidae

• Succinea erythrophana Ancey, 1883 – on Pratas Island

Subulinidae

• Lamellaxis gracilis (Hutton, 1834) – on Pratas Island
• Lamellaxis turgidulum (Heude, 1841) – on Pratas Island
• Paropeas achatinaceum (Pfeiffer, 1846) – on Pratas Island
• Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1792) – on Pratas Island

Achatinidae

• Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822 – exotic species, on Pratas Island

Streptaxidae

• Indoennea bicolor (Hutton, 1834) – on Pratas Island
• Elma Adams, 1866

Helicarionidae

• Liardetia yaeyamensis (Pilsbry, 1901) – on Pratas Island

Gastrodontidae

• Zonitoides arboreus (Say, 1816) – on Pratas Island

Philomycidae

• Meghimatium burchi Tsai & Wu, 2008
• Meghimatium bilineatum
• Meghimatium fruhstorferi (Collinge, 1901)
• Meghimatium pictum
• Meghimatium rugosum

Arionidae

• Arion distinctus Mabille, 1868

Agriolimacidae

• Deroceras laeve (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Bradybaenidae

• Acusta tourannensis (Souleyet, 1842) – on Pratas Island
• Bradybaena similaris (Férussac, 1822) – on Pratas Island
• Aegista subchinensis
• Aegista mackensii
• Aegista impexa

Camaenidae

• Camaena cicatricosa cicatricosa (Müller, 1774)

Bivalvia

Unionidae

• Unio douglasiae taiwanicus (Pilsbry, 1905)
• Cristaria tenuis (Gray, 1833) [=Cristaria discoidea (Lea, 1834)]
• Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834)

See also

• List of marine molluscs of Taiwan

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of China
• List of non-marine molluscs of Hong Kong
• List of non-marine molluscs of the Philippines
• List of non-marine molluscs of Japan

References

External links

• Sinica.edu: Shells of Taiwan
• Chen W. D. & Wu S.-K. (2011). Freshwater Molluscs of Taiwan. 321 pp. .
• Nordsieck H. (2005). "New taxa of Phaedusinae and Garnieriinae from mainland China and Taiwan (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Clausiliidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 134: 23–52. .