• Source: List of non-marine molluscs of India

The non-marine molluscs of India are a part of the molluscan fauna of India.
There are 5070 species of marine and non-marine molluscs living in the wild in India. There are 3371 species of marine molluscs in India.
There are 1671 species of non-marine molluscs living in the wild in India. This includes 1488 terrestrial species in 140 genera and 183 freshwater species in 53 genera.
There are a total of species of gastropods, which breaks down to ?? species of freshwater gastropods, and 1488 species of land gastropods, plus ?? species of bivalves living in the wild.

Summary table of number of species




Freshwater gastropods


Neritidae

Neripteron auriculatum (Lamarck, 1816)
Neripteron violaceum (Gmelin, 1791)
Neritina pulligera (Linnaeus, 1767)
Neritina platyconcha (Annandale & Prashad, 1919) – subgenus Dostia
Neritina perottetiana (Recluz) – subgenus Vittina
Neritina smithi (Wood, 1828) – subgenus Vittina
Neritina turrita (Gmelin, 1791)
Neritina variegata Lesson – subgenus Vittina
Neritodryas subsulcata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1836)
Theodoxus bicolor (Récluz, 1843) – subgenus Clithon
Theodoxus corona (Linnaeus, 1758) – subgenus Clithon
Theodoxus reticularis Sowerby, 1838 – subgenus Clithon
Septaria lineata (Lamarck, 1816)
Septaria porcellana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Viviparidae

Angulyagra microchaetophora (Annandale, 1921)
Angulyagra oxytropis (Benson, 1836)
Taia crassicallosa Annandale & Rao, 1925
Ampullariidae

Pila globosa (Swainson, 1822) – including varieties incrassatula (Nevill) and minor (Nevill)
Pila olea (Reeve, 1856)
Pila conica (Gray, 1828) – including variety compacta Reeve
Pila theobaldi Hanley, 1875
Pila virens (Lamarck, 1822)
Pila saxea (Reeve, 1856)
Valvatidae

Valvata piscinalis (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Littorinidae

Cremnoconchus syhadrensis (Blanford, 1863)
Cremnoconchus conicus Blanford, 1870 – synonym: Cremnoconchus carinatus (Layard, 1854)
Mainwaringia paludomoidea (G. Nevill, 1885)
Pomatiopsidae

Tricula montana (Benson, 1843)
Amnicolidae

Erhaia nainatalensis Davis & Rao, 1997
Hydrobiidae

Mysorella costigera (Küster, 1852)
Assimineidae

Assiminea brevicula Pfeiffer, 1854
Thiaridae

Paludomus tanschauria Gmelin
Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Plotia scabra (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Lymnaeidae

Radix luteola (Lamarck, 1822)
Planorbidae

Anisus convexiusulcus (Benson, 1863) = Gyraulus convexiusulcus (Benson, 1863)
Indoplanorbis exustus (Deshayes, 1834)




Land gastropods



Species of gastropods of India include:
Assimineidae

Acmella roepstorffiana Nevill, 1878
Acmella tersa (Benson, 1853)
Hydrocenidae

Georissa pyxis (Benson, 1856)
Helicinidae

Pleuropoma andamanica (Benson, 1860)
Pleuropoma arakanensis (W. T. Blanford, 1865)
Pleuropoma dunkeri (Zelebor, 1867)
Pleuropoma nicobarica (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)
Pleuropoma rogersi (Bourne, 1911)
Pleuropoma scrupula (Benson, 1863)
Sulfurina behniana (Pfeiffer, 1865)
Sulfurina bensoni A. J. Wagner, 1907
Sulfurina zelebori (L. Pfeiffer, 1867)
Achatinidae

Achatina fulica fulica (Bowdich, 1822)
Camaenidae

Amphidromus
Chloritis propinqua (Pfeiffer, 1857)
Cerastidae

Rhachis bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822)
Rhachis praetermissus (Blanford, 1861)
Rhachis pulcher (Gray, 1825)
Rhachis punctatus (Anton, 1839)
Charopidae

Ruthvenia retifera (Pfeiffer, 1845)
Cyclophoridae

Alycaeus expatriatus (Blanford, 1860)
Alycaeus footei (Blanford, 1861)
Craspedotropis bilirata (Beddome, 1875)
Craspedotropis cuspidata (Benson, 1851)
Cyathopoma atrosetosum (Beddome, 1875)
Cyathopoma filocinctum (Benson, 1851)
Cyathopoma latilabrie (Beddome, 1875)
Cyathopoma nitidum (Beddome, 1875)
Cyathopoma ovatum (Beddome, 1875)
Cyathopoma trochlea (Benson, 1851)
Cyathopoma wynaadense (Blanford, 1868)
Cyclophorus altivagus (Benson, 1854)
Cyclophorus bensoni (Pfeiffer, 1854)
Cyclophorus cryptomphalus Benson, 1857
Cyclophorus indicus (Deshayes, 1832)
Cyclophorus malayanus (Benson, 1852)
Cyclophorus nilagiricus (Benson, 1852)
Cyclophorus siamensis (Sowerby, 1850)
Cyclophorus stenomphalus (Pfeiffer, 1846)
Cyclophorus volvulus (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Cyclophorus zebrinus (Benson, 1836)
Leptopomoides valvatus (Mollendroff, 1897)
Mychopoma seticinctum (Beddome, 1875)
Pterocyclus bilabiatus (Sowerby, 1843)
Pterocyclus comatus (Mollendorff, 1897)
Pterocyclus cyclophoroideus (G. Nevill, 1881)
Pterocyclus nanus (Benson, 1851)
Scabrina phenotopicus (Benson, 1851
Scabrina pinnulifer (Benson, 1857)
Theobaldius ravidus (Benson, 1851)
Theobaldius stenostoma (G. B. Sowerby I, 1843)
Theobaldius tristis (Blanford, 1869)
Pupinidae

Tortulosa recurvatus (Pfeiffer, 1862)
Diplommatinidae

Nicida anamullayana (Beddome, 1875)
Nicida liricincta (Blanford, 1868)
Nicida nilgirica (Blanford, 1860)
Nicida nitidula (Blanford, 1868)
Nicida subovata (Beddome, 1875)
Opisthostoma deccanense (Beddome, 1875)
Opisthostoma fairbanki (Blanford, 1866)
Ophisthostoma macrostoma (Blanford, 1869)
Diplommatina canarica (Beddome, 1875)
Endodontidae

Philalanka bidenticulata (Benson, 1852)
Philalanka daghoba (Blanford, 1861)
Philalanka quinquilirata (Gude, 1914)
Thysanota guerini (Pfeiffer, 1842)
Ruthvenia retifera (Pfeiffer, 1845)
Enidae

Ena
Staffordiidae – this family lives only in India

Staffordia daflaensis (Godwin-Austen)
Staffordia staffordi (Godwin-Austen)
Staffordia toruputuensis Godwin-Austen
Helicarionidae

Kaliella barrackporensis (Pfeiffer, 1852)
Kaliella sigurensis (Godwin-Austen, 1882)
Sitala liricincta (Stolickzka, 1871)
Sitala palmaria (Benson, 1864)
Sitala denselirata (Preston, 1908)

Ariophantidae

Ariophanta canarica (Blanford, 1901)
Ariophanta cysis (Benson, 1852)
Ariophanta immerita (Blanford, 1870)
Ariophanta interrupta (Benson, 1834)
Ariophanta kadapaensis (Nevill, 1878)
Ariophanta thyreus (Benson, 1852)
Cryptozona albata (Blanford, 1880) (subgenus Xestina)
Cryptozona belangeri (Deshayes, 1834) (subgenus Xestina)
Cryptozona bistrialis (Beck) (subgenus Xestina)
Cryptozona ligulata (Ferussac, 1821)
Cryptozona maderaspatana (Gray, 1834) (subgenus Nilgiria)
Cryptozona semirugata (Beck, 1837) (subgenus Nilgiria)
Cryptozona sisparica (Blanford, 1866)
Cryptozona solata (Benson, 1848)
Euplecta acuducta (Benson, 1850)
Euplecta cacuminifera (Benson, 1850)
Euplecta fluctuosa (Blanford, 1901)
Euplecta hyphasma (Pfeiffer, 1853)
Euplecta granulifera (Blanford, 1901)
Euplecta indica (Pfeiffer, 1846)
Euplecta mucronifera (H. Adams, 1869)
Euplecta semidecussata (Pfeiffer, 1851)
Euplecta subdecussata (Pfeiffer, 1857)
Euplecta travancorica (Benson, 1865)
Hemiplecta beddomii (Blanford, 1874)
Macrochlamys aulopsis (Benson, 1863)
Macrochlamys indica Benson, 1832
Macrochlamys lixa (Blanford, 1866)
Macrochlamys prava (Blanford, 1904)
Macrochlamys vilipensa (Benson, 1853)
Macrochlamys woodiana (Pfeiffer, 1851)
Indrella ampulla (Benson, 1850)

Mariaella beddomei (Godwin-Austen, 1888)
Mariaella dussumieri (Gray, 1855)
Pupillidae

Pupilla
Pyramidulidae

Pyramidula
Streptaxidae

Streptaxis canaricus (Blanford, 1869)
Streptaxis concinnus (Blanford, 1880)
Streptaxis peroteti (Petit, 1841)
Streptaxis scalptus (Blanford, 1899)
Streptaxis subacutus (Blanford, 1899)
Gluella canarica (Blanford, 1880)
Gluella exilis (Blanford, 1880)
Gluella turricula (Blanford, 1899)
Huttonella bicolor (Hutton)
Ennea
Perrottetia rajeshgopali Bhosale, Thackeray & Rowson, 2021
Diapheridae

Sinoennea Kobelt, 1904
Succineidae

Succinea baconi (Pfeiffer, 1854)
Succinea gravelyi Rao, 1924
Succinea raoi (Subba Rao & Mitra, 1976)
Succinea subgranosa (Pfeiffer, 1849)
Subulinidae

Opeas gracilis (Hutton, 1834)
Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1789)
Zootecus insularis (Ehrenberg, 1831)
Glessula canarica (Beddome, 1906)
Glessula chessoni (Benson, 1860)
Glessula inornata (Pfeiffer, 1851)
Glessula mullorum (Blanford, 1861)
Glessula oreas (Reeve, 1850)
Glessula orophila (Reeve, 1849)
Glessula perrotteti (Pfeiffer, 1842)
Glessula pseudoreas (Nevill, 1881)
Glessula subserena (Beddome, 1906)
Glessula tenuispira (Benson, 1836)
Glessula textilis (Blanford, 1866)
Glessula tornensis (Blanford, 1870)
Lamellaxis gracile (Hutton, 1834)
Zootecus chion (Pfeiffer, 1856)
Valloniidae

Vallonia
Veronicellidae

Vaginula alte Férussac, 1821 =? Laevicaulis alte (Férussac, 1822)
Filicaulis (Lavecaulis) frauenfeldi (Semper, 1885) = Vaginula frauenfeldi Semper, 1885
Vertiginidae

Pupisoma evezardi (Blanford, 1875)
Pleurodontidae

Planispira fallaciosa (Férussac, 1821)
Planispira nilagerica (Pfeiffer, 1845)
Planispira vittata (Muller, 1774)
unsorted:

Lithotis rupicola
Diplommantina
Apatetes
Corilla
Edouardia
Eurychlamys
Microcystina
Prosopeas
Pupoides
Bifidaria
Micraulax
Pearsonia
Pseudaustenia
Cyclotopsis
Thysanota
Planispira
Rachisellus
Satiella
Cerastus




See also


List of marine molluscs of India
List of non-marine molluscs of Pakistan
List of non-marine molluscs of China
List of non-marine molluscs of Nepal
List of non-marine molluscs of Bhutan
List of non-marine molluscs of Bangladesh
List of non-marine molluscs of Myanmar
List of non-marine molluscs of Sri Lanka
List of non-marine molluscs of Maldives
List of non-marine molluscs of Indonesia




References






Further reading


(sorted chronologically)

Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen 1920. Land and freshwater mollusca of India, including South Arabia, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Nepal, Burmah, Pegu, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Ceylon, and other islands of the Indian Ocean, supplementary to Messrs. Theobald and Hanley's Conchologia Indica. Volume III. Taylor & Francis, London. – The volume III. include Glessula species only.
1908–1915. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Mollusca.
Satyamurti S. T. 1960. Land and freshwater mollusca in the collection of the Madras Government museum. Natural History Section New Series, Vol. VI, No.4., 174 pp.
Raut S. K. & Ghose K.C. 1984. Pestiferous land snails of India. Technical Monograph No. 11 Zool. Surv. India, 1–151.
Subba Rao, N.V., Thakur D. K. & Mitra S. C. 1989. Mollusca (Terrestrial). Fauna of Orissa Part – II. State fauna Series: 1 Ed: Director, Zoological Survey of India P., 253–276.
Subba Rao N.V. & Mitra S. C. 1993. Land Molluscs of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occ. Paper No. 126, 88 pp.
H. Nesemann, S. Gopaö & K. S. Ravindra (2003) The Bivalvia of the Ganga River and adjacent stagnant water bodies in Patna (Bihar, India) with special reference on Unionacea. Acta Conchyliorum, 43 pages, include 9 tables, 31 figures.
S. C. Mitra, A. Dey & Ramakrishna (2005) Pictorial handbook: Indian land snails . 4 + 344 pp.
Nesemann H. & Sharma S., Sharma G., Khanal S. N., Pradhan B., Shah D. N. & Tachamo R. D. (2007) Aquatic Invertebrates of the Ganga River System, Vol. 1. (Mollusca, Annelida, Crustacea), 263 pp., 76 (12 colour) plates with 748 figures. ISBN 978-99946-2-674-8.
Ramakrishna & A. Dey (2007) Indian Freshwater Molluscs. 399 pp., 279 color figures in text, hardcover.




External links


Sahyadri: Western Ghats Biodiversity Information System. issue 20. Mollusca.
https://web.archive.org/web/20090717093156/http://www.wii.gov.in/envis/rain_forest/chapter9.htm

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Hewan
• List of non-marine molluscs of India
• List of non-marine molluscs of Pakistan
• List of non-marine molluscs of China
• List of non-marine molluscs of Afghanistan
• List of non-marine molluscs of Bhutan
• List of non-marine molluscs of Myanmar
• List of non-marine molluscs of Nepal
• List of non-marine molluscs of Sri Lanka
• List of non-marine molluscs of Trinidad and Tobago
• Fauna of India