List of non-marine molluscs of Nepal
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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
[edit]Freshwater gastropods in Nepal include:
- Erhaia banepaensis Nesemann & S. Sharma in Nesemann et al., 2007[3]
- Erhaia chandeshwariensis Nesemann & S. Sharma in Nesemann et al., 2007[3]
- Erhaia sugurensis Nesemann, Shah & Tachamo in Nesemann et al., 2007[3]
- Bellamya bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822)[4]
- Pila globosa (Swainsen, 1822)[4]
- Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1822)[4]
- Brotia costula (Rafinesque, 1833)[4]
- Austropeplea viridis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
- Lymnaea acuminata Lamarck, 1822[4]
- Radix luteola (Lamarck, 1822)[4]
- Indoplanorbis exustus (Deshayes, 1834)[4]
- Gyraulus convexiusculus (Hutton, 1849)[4]
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Land gastropods
[edit]Land gastropods in Nepal include:
- 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 otiphorus (Benson, 1858)[1]
- Chamalycaeus plectochilus (Benson, 1859)[1]
- Chamalycaeus strangulatus (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)[1]
- Chamalycaeus stylifer (Benson, 1857)[1]
- Chamalycaeus summus (Godwin-Austen, 1914)[1]
- 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][5]
- Pterocyclos cf. brahmakundensis Godwin-Austen, 1915[1]
- Diplommatina abiesiana Budha & Naggs, 2017[6]
- Diplommatina boessnecki Walther & Hausdorf, 2020[7]
- Diplommatina exserta Godwin-Austen, 1886[6]
- Diplommatina fistulata Budha & Naggs, 2017[6]
- Diplommatina folliculus (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)[6]
- Diplommatina godawariensis Budha & Naggs, 2017[6]
- Diplommatina maipokhariensis Budha & Naggs, 2017[6]
- Diplommatina miriensis Godwin-Austen, 1917[6]
- Diplommatina munipurensis Godwin-Austen, 1892[6]
- Diplommatina oviformis Fulton, 1901[6]
- Diplommatina pachycheilus Benson, 1857[6]
- Diplommatina regularis Fulton, 1901[6]
- Diplommatina salgharica Budha & Backeljau, 2017[6]
- Diplommatina shivapuriensis Budha & Backeljau, 2017[6]
- Diplommatina silvicola Godwin-Austen, 1886[6]
- Diplommatina sperata W. T. Blanford, 1862[6]
- Diplommatina syabrubesiensis Budha & Backeljau, 2017[6]
- Gastrocopta huttoniana (Benson, 1849)[8]
- Pyramidula kuznetsovi Schileyko & Balashov, 2012[9]
- Vallonia costohimala Gerber & Bößneck, 2009[10]
- Vallonia himalaevis Gerber & Bößneck, 2009[10]
- Vallonia kathrinae Gerber & Bößneck, 2009[10]
- Vallonia ladacensis (Nevill, 1878)[10]
- Vallonia tenuilabris (Braun, 1843)[10]
- Limax seticus Wiktor & Bössneck, 2004[2]
- Khasiella pansa (Benson, 1856)[4]
- Sarika dugasti (Morlet, 1891)[11]
- Achatina fulica (Férussac, 1821)[4]
- Glessula orobia (Benson, 1860)[12]
- Glessula cf. hebetata Godwin-Austen, 1920[12]
- Glessula tamakoshi Budha & Backeljau, 2017[12]
- Rishetia hastula (Benson, 1860)[12]
- Rishetia kathmandica Budha & Backeljau, 2017[12]
- Rishetia cf. mastersi Godwin-Austen, 1920[12]
- Rishetia nagarjunensis Budha & Naggs, 2017[12]
- Rishetia rishikeshi Budha & Naggs, 2017[12]
- Rishetia subulata Budha & Naggs, 2017[12]
- Rishetia tribhuvana Budha, 2017[12]
- Endothyrella angulata Budha & Páll-Gergely, 2015[13]
- Endothyrella dolakhaensis Budha & Páll-Gergely, 2015[13]
- Endothyrella minor (Godwin-Austen, 1879)[13]
- Endothyrella nepalica Budha & Páll-Gergely, 2015[13]
- Anadenus altivagus (Theobald, 1862)[14]
- Anadenus kuznetsovi Kuzminykh & Schilyko, 2005[15]
- Anadenus nepalensis Wiktor, 2001[14]
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Freshwater bivalves
[edit]- Lamellidens marginalis (Lamarck, 1819)[4]
- Parreysia corrugata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[4]
- Parreysia flavidens deltae (Benson)[4]
- Parreysia lima Simpson, 1900[4]
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See also
[edit]Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:
References
[edit]- ^ 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 Edmund Gittenberger, Choki Gyeltshen & Björn Stelbrink (2022). "The genus Erhaia (Gastropoda, Truncatelloidea, Amnicolidae), with a new species from Bhutan". ZooKeys 1085: 1–9. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1085.77900
- ^ 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.
- ^ Junn Kitt Foon & Mohammad Effendi Marzuki (2022). "First record and description of a new Scabrina species (Gastropoda: Cyclophoridae) from Peninsular Malaysia". Folia Malacologica 1(30): 23-35. DOI: https://doi.org/10.12657/folmal.030.003
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Budha, Prem B.; Naggs, Fred; Backeljau, Thierry (21 July 2017). "The genus Diplommatina Benson, 1849 (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Diplommatinidae) in Nepal, with the description of seven new species". European Journal of Taxonomy (337). doi:10.5852/ejt.2017.337. hdl:10067/1452050151162165141.
- ^ Walther, Frank; Hausdorf, Bernhard (23 January 2020). "Diplommatina boessnecki n. sp. from Nepal (Gastropoda: Diplommatinidae)". Zootaxa. 4728 (3): 398–400. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4728.3.11. PMID 32230570. S2CID 214212464.
- ^ Meng, Stefan; Bößneck, Ulrich (17 December 2018). "Gastrocopta armigerella (Reinhardt, 1877) and Gastrocopta theeli (Westerlund, 1877) in western Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan, and their further occurrence in Asia (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pupilloidea)". ZooKeys (807): 1–11. doi:10.3897/zookeys.807.29113. PMC 6305356. PMID 30595650.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e Gerber, J.; Bößneck, U. (2009). "The genus Vallonia in Nepal (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Valloniidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 138 (1): 43–52. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/0003-9284/138/043-052.
- ^ A. A. Schileyko (2011). "Check-list of land pulmonate molluscs of Vietnam (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". Ruthenica 21(1): 1-68.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Budha, Prem B.; Naggs, Fred; Backeljau, Thierry (23 May 2017). "Conchological differentiation and genital anatomy of Nepalese Glessulinae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Subulinidae), with descriptions of six new species". ZooKeys (675): 129–156. doi:10.3897/zookeys.675.13252. PMC 5523889. PMID 28769682.
- ^ a b c d Páll-Gergely, Barna; Budha, Prem; Naggs, Fred; Backeljau, Thierry; Asami, Takahiro (26 October 2015). "Review of the genus Endothyrella Zilch, 1960 with description of five new species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Plectopylidae)". ZooKeys (529): 1–70. doi:10.3897/zookeys.529.6139. PMC 4668899. PMID 26692792.
- ^ a b Wiktor, A. (2001). "A review of Anadenidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata), with a description of a new species". Folia Malacologica. 9 (1): 3–26. doi:10.12657/folmal.009.002.
- ^ Kuzminykh, A.A.; Schileyko, A.A. (2005). "Slugs of the family Anadenidae Pilsbry, 1948 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) with descriptions of two new subgenera and three new species". Ruthenica. 15 (2): 109–118.
External links
[edit]- (in German) 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.