List of non-marine molluscs of Jordan

The non-marine mollusks of Jordan are a part of the fauna of Jordan. That country is land-locked and therefore it has no marine molluscs, only land and freshwater species, including snails, slugs, freshwater clams and freshwater mussels. There are ?? species of gastropods (19 species of freshwater gastropods, ?? species of land gastropods) and ?? species of freshwater bivalves living in the wild.

Summary table of number of species
Jordan
freshwater gastropods 17[1] + 2[2] = 19
land gastropods ??
gastropods altogether ???
bivalves ??
molluscs altogether ???
Location of Jordan

Freshwater gastropods

Neritidae

Bithyniidae

  • Bithynia philalensis (Conrad, 1852)[1]

Cochliopidae

Valvatidae

  • Valvata saulcyi Bourguignat, 1853[1]

Hydrobiidae

  • Semisalsa contempta (Dautzenberg, 1894)[1]
  • Semisalsa longiscata (Bourguignat, 1856)[1]
  • Pseudamnicola solitaria Tchernov, 1971[1]
  • Pseudamnicola gaillardotii (Bourguignat, 1856)[1]

Thiaridae

Lymnaeidae

Physidae

Planorbidae

Land gastropods

Sphincterochilidae

Hygromiidae

Helicidae

See also

Lists of non-marine molluscs of surrounding countries:

References

  1. Amr Z. S. & Abu Baker M. (2004). "Freshwater snails of Jordan". Denisia 14: 221-227.PDF.
  2. Nasarat H., Amr Z. & Neubert E. (2014). "Two invasive freshwater snails new to Jordan (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Zoology in the Middle East 60(1). doi:10.1080/09397140.2014.892333
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