List of non-marine molluscs of Nepal
The non-marine molluscs of Nepal are a complete molluscan fauna of Nepal (wildlife of Nepal, environment of Nepal), because Nepal is landlocked country.
A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Nepal.
- Summary table of number of species
(Summary table is based on species counted in this list and include also those ones with question marks)
| Nepal | |
|---|---|
| freshwater gastropods | >10 |
| land gastropods | 138 species[1] |
| gastropods altogether | ??? |
| bivalves | >4 |
| molluscs altogether | ??? |
| non-indigenous gastropods in the wild | ?? freshwater and ?? land |
| non-indigenous hot-house alien gastropods | ? |
| non-indigenous bivalves in the wild | ? |
| non-indigenous hot-house alien bivalves | ? |
| non-indigenous molluscs altogether | ? |
Land slug Limax seticus lives in altitudes 4,700–4,800 m a.s.l. in Nepal. It is the highest locality where occurrence of land slugs was recorded.[2]
Freshwater gastropods
Freshwater gastropods in Nepal include:
- Bellamya bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822)[3]
- Pila globosa (Swainsen, 1822)[3]
- Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1822)[3]
- Brotia costula (Rafinesque, 1833)[3]
- Austropeplea viridis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
- Lymnaea acuminata Lamarck, 1822[3]
- Radix luteola (Lamarck, 1822)[3]
- Indoplanorbis exustus (Deshayes, 1834)[3]
- Gyraulus convexiusculus (Hutton, 1849)[3]
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Land gastropods
Land gastropods in Nepal include:
- Cyclophorus fulguratus (L. Pfeiffer, 1852)[1]
- Cyclophorus pyrotrema Benson, 1854[1]
- Cyclophorus aurantiacus (Schumacher, 1817) - doubtful[1]
- Theobaldius sp.[1]
- Scabrina phaenotopicus (Benson, 1851)[1]
- Pterocyclos cf. brahmakundensis Godwin-Austen, 1915[1]
- Alycaeus burti Godwin-Austen, 1874[1]
- Alycaeus lohitensis Godwin-Austen, 1914[1]
- Alycaeus yamneyensis Godwin-Austen, 1914[1]
- Chamalycaeus bicrenatus (Godwin-Austen, 1874)[1]
- Chamalycaeus digitatus (H.F. Blanford, 1871)[1]
- Chamalycaeus inflatus (Godwin-Austen, 1874)[1]
- Chamalycaeus notatus (Godwin-Austen, 1876)[1]
- Chamalycaeus plectochilus (Benson, 1859)[1]
- Chamalycaeus strangulatus (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)[1]
- Chamalycaeus stylifer (Benson, 1857)[1]
- Chamalycaeus otiphorus (Benson, 1858)[1]
- Chamalycaeus summus (Godwin-Austen, 1914)[1]
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- Pyramidula kuznetsovi Schileyko & Balashov, 2012[4]
- Limax seticus Wiktor & Bössneck, 2004[2]
- Achatina fulica (Férussac, 1821)[3]
Freshwater bivalves
- Lamellidens marginalis (Lamarck, 1819)[3]
- Parreysia corrugata[3]
- Parreysia flavidens deltae (Benson)[3]
- Parreysia lima (Simpson)[3]
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See also
Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Budha P., Naggs F. & Backeljau T. (2015). "Annotated Checklist of the Terrestrial Gastropods of Nepal". Zookeys 492: 1-48. doi:10.3897/zookeys.492.9175.
- ^ a b Wiktor A. & Bössneck U. (2004). "Limax (Limax) seticus n. sp. from high mountains in Nepal (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Limacidae)". Folia Malacologica 12(4): 183–187. doi:10.12657/folmal.012.017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Surana R., Subba B. R. & Limbu K. P. (2004). "Report of Molluscs from Chimdi lake (Birju Tal), Sunsari district, Eastern Nepal". Our Nature 2(1). doi:10.3126/on.v2i1.325.
- ^ Schileyko A. A. & Balashov I. A. (2012). "Pyramidula kuznetsovi sp. nov. a new species of land molluscs from Nepal (Pulmonata, Pyramidulidae)". Ruthenica 22(1): 41–45. PDF.
External links
- Template:De icon Bössneck U. (2006). "Ökologie und Verbreitung der Nacktschnecken im Nepal-Himalaya (Molluca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata)". In: Hartmann M. & Weipert J. (Eds) Biodiversität und Naturausstattung im Himalaya. Bandung 2: 39–48.
- Budha P. B. (2005). "Nepalese malacology trails behind “Catch up”". Himalayan Journal of Sciences 3(5): 9–10.
- Budha P. B., Mordan P. B., Naggs F. & Backeljau T. (2012). "Darwininitium – a new fully pseudosigmurethrous orthurethran genus from Nepal (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Cerastidae)". ZooKeys 175: 19–26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.175.2755.
- Khanal S. & Budha P. B. (2013). "Terrestrial gastropod fauna of Nagarjun forest, Shivapuri-Nagarjun National Park, Kathmandu, Nepal". Journal of Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University 18(1): 113–119.
- Kuznetsov A. G. (1996). "Himalodiscus aculeatus Kuznetsov, gen. et sp. nov. (Pulmonata, Endodontidae) from Nepal". Ruthenica 5(2): 163–165.
- Kuznetsov A. G. & Schileyko A. A. (1997). "New data on Enidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) of Nepal". Ruthenica 7(2): 133–140.
- Kuznetsov A. G. & Schileyko A. A. (1999). "Two new species of the genus Pupinidius Moellendorff, 1901 (Enidae, Pulmonata), and the distribution of the genus in Nepal". Ruthenica 9(2): 117–121.
- Limbu K. P., Subba B. R. & Rai B. K. (2???). "Nutritional Status of Three Species of Molluscs in Nepal". In: Gupta V .K., Verma A. K. & Singh G. D. (eds), pp. 232–239. Perspectives in animal ecology and reproduction, Edition: vol. 9, Chapter: 10, Daya Publishing House. PDF.
- Raut S. K. (1999). "The giant African land snail Achatina fulica Bowdich in Nepal and Bhutan". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 96(1): 173.
- Schileyko A. A. & Frank C. (1994). "Some terrestrial Mollusca of the Nepalesian fauna". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 123(1/6): 127–136.
- Subba B. R. (2003). "Molluscan checklist of Ghodaghodi Tal area, Kailali District". Our Nature 1: 1–2.
- Subba B. R. & Ghosh T. K. (2000). "Some freshwater molluscs from eastern and central Nepal". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 97(3): 452-455.
- Subba B. R. & Ghosh T. K. (2001). "Terrestrial mollusks from Nepal". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 98(1): 58–61.
- Subba B. R. & Ghosh T. K. (2008). "Report on some terrestrial molluscs from different regions of Nepal". Journal of Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan University 23: 78–81.
- Subba B. R., Limbu K. P. & Rai B. K. (2012). "Food value of edible molluscs of eastern Nepal:The lesser utilized food in Nepal". Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, ISBN 978-3-659-21584-1. PDF.