List of non-marine molluscs of Costa Rica

Location of Costa Rica

The non-marine molluscs of Costa Rica are a part of the wildlife of Costa Rica. 233 species and subspecies have been reported (50 freshwater and 183 terrestrial), however scientists estimate that a full inventory can reach up to 300 or 400 species.^[1]

The terrestrial gastropods reported for Costa Rica belong to 25 families and 59 genera, and include 11 doubtful identifications.^[2] Species are commonly found in paramo and oak forests^[3] Samples of the species collected in Costa Rica can be found in the Museum of Zoology of the Universidad de Costa Rica.^[4]^[5]

The terrestrial malacofauna of Costa Rica presents an endemism of 31% in terrestrial species and 8% in freshwater species. These species can be affected by water pollution, deforestation and the destruction of calcium-rich habitats.^[1]

Gastropods[]

The land gastropods belong to the class Gastropoda. In Costa Rica the taxonomy of this group is as follows:^[2]

Helicinidae (17 subspecies)

Richling, 2001
parvidens Pilsbry, 1920
funcki Pfr, 1848
Helicina funcki costaricensis Wagner, 1905
Richling, 2001
coccinostoma Morelet, 1849
Helicina oweniana anozona Martens, 1875
Wagner, 1911
tenuis Pfr., 1848
Helicina tenuis pittieri Wagner, 1911
Lucidella lirata Pfr., 1847
Beatrix Angas, 1879
Olygyra beatrix confusa Wagner, 1911
Richling, 2001
Morelet, 1851
Preston,1903
Richling, 2001

Cyclophoridae (15 subspecies)

Angas, 1878
Pilsbry, 1935
Da Costa, 1900
* Tryon, 1863
Martens, 1864
Thompson, 1969
Bartsch & Morrison, 1942
Martens, 1876
dysoni Pfr., 1851
Neocyclotus dysoni valerioi Bartsch & Morrison, 1942
Neocyclotus dysoni nicaraguense Bartsch & Morrison, 1942
Bartsch & Morrison, 1942
Pfr., 1855
Thompson, 1969
Martens, 1900

Diplommatinidae (1 species)

Bartsch & Morrison, 1942

Carychiidae (1 species)

Carychium exiguum costaricanum

Achatinellidae (2 species)

Martens, 1902
Martens, 1898

Vertiginidae (3 species)

Thompson & López, 1996
Dall, 1900
Pupisoma dioscoricola C.B. Adams, 1845

Orthalicidae (30 species)

Sowerby, 1833
Beck, 1837
attenuates Pfr., 1851
pittieri Martens, 1893
Pfr., 1862
Sowerby, 1833
Angas, 1879
Martens, 1893
Fulton, 1900
Angas, 1878
Pfr., 1846
josephus Angas, 1878
Drymaeus josephus maculosus Martens, 1893
Drymaeus josephus concolor Martens, 1893
Conrad, 1855
Parodiz, 1962
Pfr., 1862
recluzianus Pfr., 1847
Drymaeus recluzianus martesianus Pilsbry, 1899
Pilsbry, 1898
Tristram, 1861
Drymaeus sulphureus sulphureus Pfr., 1856
Drymaeus sulphureus citronellus Angas, 1879
Drymaeus sulphureus obesus Martens, 1893
Drymaeus tripictus Albers, 1857
Angas, 1879
Martens, 1863
Sowerby, 1833
Martens, 1893
crossei Martens, 1893

Urocoptidae (1 species)

Morelet, 1849

Subulinidae (23 species)

Beckianum beckianum beckianum Pfr., 1846
Beckianum beckianum gabbianum Angas, 1879
Beckianum sinistrum Martens, 1898
Lamellaxis gracilis Hutton, 1834
Lamellaxis micra micra Orbigny, 1835
Lamellaxis micra subovale Martens, 1898
Martens, 1898
Martens, 1898
Martens, 1898
Martens, 1898
Martens, 1898
majuscula Martens, 1898
Martens, 1898
E.A. Smith, 1898
Tate, 1869–70
pittieri Martens, 1898
Leptinaria pittieri obliquata Martens, 1898
Martens, 1898
bocourtianum Crosse & Fischer, 1869
Opeas bocourtianum pittieri Martens, 1898
Strebel, 1882
Opeas pumilum Pfr., 1840
Subulina octona Bruguière, 1792

Spiraxidae (33 species)

Euglandina aurata Morelet, 1849
Euglandina aurantiaca Angas, 1879
Euglandina anomala Angas, 1879
Pilsbry, 1926
Euglandina cumingi cumingi Beck, 1837
Euglandina cumingi rubromarginata Martens, 1891
Euglandina cylindracea Phillips, 1846
Euglandina gigantea Pilsbry, 1926
Pfr., 1846
Angas, 1879
pulcherrima Pfr., 1845
Martens, 1901
Martens, 1901
Fulton, 1897
pittieri Martens, 1898
Rehder, 1942
Martens, 1898
Crosse & Fischer, 1869
Da Costa, 1904
Pfr., 1846
* delibuta Morelet, 1851
*Streptostyla delibuta crassa Martens 1892-1901: 615
boucardi Pfr., 1861
Pilsbry, 1907
* (Morelet, 1851)
* (Shuttleworth, 1852)
* cobanensis (Tristam, 1861)
* (Shuttleworth, 1852)
* Crosse & Fischer, 1869
*Streptostyla turgidula (Pfr., 1856)
Rehder, 1942
Angas, 1879
(Pfr., 1856)

Systrophiidae (5 species)

(Martens, 1892)
(Pfr.)
(Pilsbry, 1926)
Pilsbry, 1926
Rehder, 1942

Helicodiscidae (2 species)

(Baker, 1922)
costaricanus Pilsbry, 1926

Charopidae (1 species)

Rehder, 1942

Succineidae (5 species)

Succinea costaricana Martens, 1898
Martens, 1898
Morelet, 1849
Rehder, 1942
Morelet, 1851

Helicarionidae (15 species)

Martens, 1892)
Martens, 1892
Martens, 1892
Pilsbry, 1920
(Angas, 1879)
Martens, 1892
costaricanus (Pilsbry, 1920)
Habroconus costaricanus elatior (Pilsbry, 1920)
(Martens, 1892)
(Dall, 1900)
Baker, 1941
(Pfr., 1846)
(Morelet, 1851)
Ovachlamys fulgens (Gude, 1900)
Binney, 1879

Zonitidae (6 species)

(Say, 1823)
Hawaiia minuscula (Binney, 1840)
(Martens, 1892)
Zonitoides arboreus (Say, 1816)
(Martens, 1892)
Pilsbry, 1926

Limacidae (1 species)

Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774)

Polygyridae (1 species)

Praticolella griseola (Pfr., 1891)

Thysanophoridae (2 species)

* (Pfr., 1866)
Rehder, 1942

Camaenidae (4 species)

quadridentatus (Broderip, 1832)
Labyrinthus quadridentatus biolleyi Solem, 1966
(Martens, 1868)
(Angas, 1879)

Helicidae (1 species)

Cornu aspersum = Helix aspersa Müller, 1774

Helminthoglyptidae (8 species)

(Crosse, 1873)
Cuezzo, 1997
(Binney, 1879)
(Angas, 1878)
(Roth in Pfr., 1857)
(Angas, 1879)
(Pfr., 1846)
(Morelet, 1851)

Arionidae (1 species)

Cockerell, 1890

Philomycidae (1 species)

(Mörch, 1857)

Veronicellidae (2 species)

Diplosolenodes occidentalis (Guilding, 1825)
Sarasinula plebeia (Fischer, 1868)

Incertae sedis

Martens, 1892
minor Martens, 1892

Bivalvia[]

Some bivalves can be found in freshwater ecosystems.

References[]

^ ^a ^b Barrientos, Zaidett (2003). "Estado actual del conocimiento y la conservación de los moluscos continentales de Costa Rica" (PDF). Revista de Biología Tropical. 51: 285–292.
^ ^a ^b (in Spanish) Barrientos Z. (2003). "Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica". 51(Suppl. 3): 293-304. PDF
^ Barrientos, Zaidett (2005). Moluscos terrestres de los páramos de Costa Rica. En Kapelle, M. & Horn, S. P. (Eds.) (PDF). Heredia, Costa Rica: INBIO. pp. 501–512.
^ "MZUCR Mollusca". museo.biologia.ucr.ac.cr. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
^ "An annotated checklist and bibliography of the land and freshwater snails of México and Central America". ufdc.ufl.edu. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

External links[]

Land snails (14 species) at website by Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio)
Thompson, F. G. (2010). "Four species of land snails from Costa Rica and Panama (Pulmonata: Spiraxidae)". Revista de Biología Tropical. 58 (1): 195–202. doi:10.15517/rbt.v58i1.5204. PMID 20411717., PDF.
Barrientos Z. (2010). "Los moluscos terrestres (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de Costa Rica: clasificación, distribución y conservación". 58(4): 1165–1175. PDF.

[:0-1] Barrientos, Zaidett (2003). "Estado actual del conocimiento y la conservación de los moluscos continentales de Costa Rica" (PDF). Revista de Biología Tropical. 51: 285–292.

[Barrientos-2] (in Spanish) Barrientos Z. (2003). "Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica". 51(Suppl. 3): 293-304. PDF

[3] Barrientos, Zaidett (2005). Moluscos terrestres de los páramos de Costa Rica. En Kapelle, M. & Horn, S. P. (Eds.) (PDF). Heredia, Costa Rica: INBIO. pp. 501–512.

[4] "MZUCR Mollusca". museo.biologia.ucr.ac.cr. Retrieved 3 September 2019.

[5] "An annotated checklist and bibliography of the land and freshwater snails of México and Central America". ufdc.ufl.edu. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

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List of non-marine molluscs of Costa Rica

Contents

Gastropods[]

Bivalvia[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]