List of non-marine molluscs of Puerto Rico

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Location of Puerto Rico

The non-marine mollusks of Puerto Rico are a part of the molluscan fauna of Puerto Rico. A number of species of non-marine mollusks are found in the wild in Puerto Rico.

Robert James Shuttleworth has described 3 genera and 25 species from Puerto Rico as new in 1854.[1][2]

Freshwater gastropods

Thiaridae

Land gastropods

Amphibulimidae

  • genus Gaeotis Shuttleworth, 1854 is endemic to Puerto Rico[4]

Sagdidae

Succineidae

Veronicellidae

Freshwater bivalves

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

References

  1. ^ a b Shuttleworth R. J. (1854). "Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken der Insel Portorico". Mitteilungen der naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern Nr. 310-330: 33–56.
  2. ^ "Taxa described as new in Shuttleworth, R. J. 1854 (n = 28)". AnimalBase, accessed 4 January 2011.
  3. ^ Chaniotis B. N., Butler J. M., Ferguson F. F. & Jobin W. R. (1980). "Bionomics of Tarebia granifera (Gastropoda: Thiaridae) in Puerto Rico, an Asian vector of Paragonimiasis westermani". Caribbean Journal of Science 16: 81-89. PDF Archived 1 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Breure A. S. H. (1974). "Notes on the Genus Gaeotis Shuttleworth, 1854 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Bulimulidae)". Netherlands Journal of Zoology 24(3): 236-252. doi:10.1163/002829674X00057. PDF Archived 7 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ^ Burrow, E.I. (1815). Elements of conchology, according to the Linnæan system, illustrated by 28 plates, drawn from nature. London, R. & A. Taylor, xix + 246 pp.
  6. ^ (in Spanish) Aguayo C. G. (1965). "Sobre el status de Veronicella portoricensis (Mollusca Pulmonata)". Caribbean Journal of Science 5(1-2): 25-28. PDF Archived 1 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine.

Further reading