List of non-marine molluscs of Jordan
Location 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 | ??? |
Freshwater gastropods[]
- Theodoxus jordani (Sowerby, 1844)[1]
- (Sowerby, 1844)[1]
- (Conrad, 1852)[1]
- Pyrgophorus cf. coronatus (L. Pfeiffer, 1840)- non-indigenous[2]
- Valvata saulcyi Bourguignat, 1853[1]
- Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
- Melanopsis buccinoidea Olivier, 1801[1]
- Melanopsis costata (Olivier, 1804)[1]
- Mieniplotia scabra (O. F. Müller, 1774) - synonym: Pseudoplotia scabra (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous[2]
- Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)[1]
- Galba truncatula (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
- Physa acuta (Draparnaud, 1805)[1]
- Gyraulus piscinarum (Bourguignat, 1852)[1]
- Planorbis planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
- Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827)[1]
Land gastropods[]
- Sphincterochila prophetarum (Bourguignat, 1852)
- Xerocrassa langloisiana (Bourguignat, 1853)
- Eobania vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous
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Freshwater bivalves[]
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See also[]
Lists of non-marine molluscs of surrounding countries:
References[]
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