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List of non-marine molluscs of Thailand

The non-marine mollusks of Thailand are a part of the molluscan fauna of Thailand (the wildlife of Thailand). A number of species of non-marine mollusks are found in the wild in Thailand.

There is known at least 23 families, 57 genera and 125 species of land gastropods from Eastern Thailand.

There is known at least 8 species of freshwater gastropods and at least 2 species of freshwater bivalves from the Sakaeo Province in the Eastern Thailand.

Many of the freshwater species are traditionally used as food.

Summary table of number of species

Freshwater gastropods

The lower Mekong River area, which includes parts of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, is considered to be a biodiversity hotspot for freshwater gastropods, with dominant taxa from the families Pomatiopsidae, Stenothyridae, Buccinidae and Marginellidae.

Ampullariidae

Viviparidae

Pachychilidae

Thiaridae

Bithyniidae

Pomatiopsidae

Buccinidae

Land gastropods

Hydrocenidae

  • 5 species of Georissa or 4 species or 3

Cyclophoridae

Diplommatinidae

Pupinidae

Ellobiidae

Amphibolidae

Onchidiidae

Rathouisiidae

Veronicellidae

Pupillidae

Clausiliidae

Subulinidae

Achatinidae

Pyramidulidae

Streptaxidae

Diapheridae

Plectopylidae

Succineidae

Trochomorphidae

Dyakiidae

Gastrodontidae

Zonitidae

Helicarionidae

Ariophantidae

Bradybaenidae

Camaenidae

Freshwater bivalves

Unionidae

See also

Molluscs of surrounding countries:

General:

References

Further reading

  • Brandt R. A. M. (1974). "The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 105: 1–423.
  • Chidchua W. & Dumrongrojwattana P. (file created 12 January 2010). "อนุกรมวิธานของหอยทากบกในเขตอําเภอแกลง จังหวัดระยอง และอําเภอแก่ งหางแมว จังหวัดจันทบุรี "Taxonomy of Land Snails in Klaeng District Rayong Province and Kaenghangmaew District Chanthaburi Province, Eastern Thailand (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, Pulmonata)". 10 pp., pages unnumbered. PDF.
  • Chitramvong Y. P. (1991). "The Bithyniidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchla) of Thailand: comparative internal anatomy. Walkerana 5(14): 161–206. PDF.
  • Dumrongrojwattana P. & Panha S. (2005). "A new species of Aulacospira from Thailand (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora : Pupillidae)". The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University 5(1): 15–16.
  • Dumrongrojwattana P. & Panha S. (2006). "Two new species of Aulacospira from Thailand (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora: Pupillidae)". The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University.
  • Dumrongrojwattana P., Khunsook C. & Mutchacheep S. (2006, Thai solar calendar: 2549). "การศึกษาจํานวนโครโมโซมของหอยทากบก จํานวน 13 ชนิดของประเทศไทย (Gastropoda : Pulmonata: Stylommatophora). Chromosome Study of thirteen Land Pulmonate Snails in Thailand (Gastropoda : Pulmonata : Stylommatophora)". Proceedings of 44th Kasetsart University Annual Conference: Science, Bangkok, 345–352, 8 pp., HTM, PDF. Last change of the file: 1 April 2006.
  • Hemmen J. & Hemmen C. (2001). "Aktualisierte liste der terrestrischen gastropoden Thailands". Schr. Malakozool. 18: 35–70.
  • Panha S. (1996). "A checklist and classification of the terrestrial pulmonate snails of Thailand". Walkerana 8(19): 31–40.
  • Panha S. & Burch J. B. (2005). "An introduction to the microsnails of Thailand". Malacological review 37–38: 1–155.
  • Solem A. (1965). "Land snails of the genus Amphidromus from Thailand (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Camaenidae)". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 117: 615–631.
  • Solem A. (1966). "Some non-marine mollusks from Thailand, with notes on classification of the Helicarionidae". Spolia Zoologica Musei Hauniensis 24: 1–114.
  • Sri-aroon P., Butraporn P., Limsoomboon J., Kaewpoolsri M., Chusongsang Y., Charoenjai P., Chusongsang P., Numnuan S. & Kiatsiri S. (2007). "Freshwater mollusks at designated areas in eleven provinces of Thailand according to the water resource development projects". The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health 38: 294–301. PDF.
  • Thompson F. G. & Upatham S. (1997). "Vertiginid land snails from Thailand (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Pupilloidea)". Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 39(7): 221–245.