List of non-marine molluscs of Iran

Location of Iran

The non-marine molluscs of Iran are a part of the molluscan fauna of Iran, which is part of the (wildlife of Iran).

Summary table of species in the wild of Iran
Mollusc Number
Freshwater gastropods 73[1]
Land gastropods 132
Total gastropods 1,055
Marine gastropods 850
Bivalves ??
non-marine molluscs ??

Freshwater gastropods[edit]

27 freshwater gastropod species (37% of freshwater gastropod species in Iran) are endemic to Iran.[1]

Species of freshwater gastropods of Iran include:

Neritidae

Viviparidae

Melanopsidae

Potamididae

Thiaridae

Bithyniidae

Cochliopidae

Hydrobiidae

Moitessieridae

Stenothyridae

Valvatidae

Acroloxidae

Lymnaeidae

Doubtful Lymnaeidae:

  • Radix lagotis (Schrank, 1803) - It was recorded from Iran by Martens (1874) and by Biggs (1937), but this species most probably does not occur in Iran.[1]

Planorbidae

Physidae

Freshwater species excluded from the list:

Land gastropods[edit]

An unidentified gastropod from Iran

Species of land gastropods of Iran include:

Aciculidae

Cyclophoridae

Pomatiidae

Carychiidae

Succineidae

Cochlicopidae

Enidae

Chondrinidae

Gastrocoptidae

Lauriidae

Orculidae

Pupillidae

Truncatellinidae

Valloniidae

Vertiginidae

Clausiliidae

Achatinidae

Punctidae

Gastrodontidae

Oxychilidae

Pristilomatidae

Parmacellidae

Trigonochlamydidae

Agriolimacidae

Limacidae

Vitrinidae

Geomitridae

Helicidae

Hygromiidae

Freshwater bivalves[edit]

Species of freshwater bivalves of Iran include:

See also[edit]

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

References[edit]

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Further reading[edit]

  • (in Persian) Mansoorian A. (1986). "A practical guide to the identification of the freshwater snails of Iran". J. Pub. Hlth. 15(1-2): 41-53.
  • Mansoorian A. (1994). "Freshwater snails of Iran, Technical series, No 2145, 1374". Scientific publication of School of Public Health & Institute of Public Health Research, P.O. Box 6446, Tehran 14155, Iran.
  • Mansoorian A. & Edlinger K. (2001). "Some Terrestrial Snails from Northern Iran". In: abstract volume of Unitas Malacologica, 14th Congress, Vienna, 19–26 August 2001.
  • Massoud J. & Hedayeti-Far M. (1979). "Freshwater Mollusk Fauna of the Khuzestan and Khorram-abad Areas in Southwestern Iran". Malacological Review 12: 96.