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List of non-marine molluscs of Vietnam

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

There are good reasons to suppose that Vietnam, with a surface of 332,000&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, a large variety of habitats, and many different limestone 'islands' that differ from each other in faunal composition, will have a rich diversity of terrestrial molluscs. Numerous non-marine mollusc species, including more than 850 species of land gastropods, have been described from the country but many others still await discovery and description.

Freshwater gastropods

Freshwater gastropods in Vietnam include:

Neritidae

Ampullariidae

Viviparidae

Pachychilidae

Paludomidae

Potamididae (brackish water snails)

Thiaridae

Assimineidae

Bithyniidae

Pomatiopsidae

Stenothyridae

Iravadiidae (marine/brackish)

Buccinidae

Lymnaeidae

Planorbidae

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Vietnam include:

Cyclophoridae

Diplommatinidae

Pupinidae

Helicinidae

Hydrocenidae

Clausiliidae

Helicarionidae

Streptaxidae - 39 species of Streptaxidae are known from Vietnam

Plectopylidae - 16 species are known from Vietnam

Philomycidae

Ariophantidae

Agriolimacidae

Camaenidae

Freshwater bivalves

Freshwater bivalves in Vietnam include:

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

References

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Further reading

  • Do D. S., Nguyen T. H. T. & Do V. N. (2015). "A checklist and classification of terrestrial prosobranch snails from Son La, north-western Vietnam". Ruthenica 25(4): 117–132. PDF.
  • Vermeulen J. J. & Whitten T. (1998). "Land and freshwater molluscs of the karst regions ENE of Haiphong and the Cuc Phuong National Park, northern Vietnam". Report of a survey for the Vietnam Programme of FFI 12 pp. (unpublished report).
  • Vermeulen J. J. & Maassen W. J. M. (2003). "The non-marine mollusk fauna of the Pu Luong, Cuc Phuong, Phu Ly, and Ha Long regions in northern Vietnam". Report of a survey for the Vietnam Programme of FFI 35 pp. (unpublished report).