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List of non-marine molluscs of Trinidad and Tobago

List of non-marine molluscs of Trinidad and Tobago

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The non-marine molluscs of the republic of Trinidad and Tobago (which comprises two West Indian islands) are a part of the molluscan fauna of Trinidad and Tobago, part of the Natural history of Trinidad and Tobago.

Location of Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean

Starting in the 1860s, the terrestrial and freshwater molluscs of Trinidad and Tobago have been fairly well studied. Thomas Bland published the first paper mentioning terrestrial molluscs in 1861.[1] Robert John Lechmere Guppy discovered and identified many more species from 1864 onwards, and along with Edgar Albert Smith was responsible for the earliest comprehensive species lists. The list here includes all the non-marine mollusks found in Trinidad and Tobago's ecosystem including native, introduced and invasive species alike.

Freshwater gastropods

Marisa cornuarietis
Pomacea glauca
Pomacea urceus
Melanoides tuberculata

Freshwater gastropods include:

Ampullariidae

Ancylidae

Hydrobiidae

Physidae

  • Physella cubensis (Pfeiffer, 1839)[4]

Planorbidae

  • Tropicorbis pallidus (C.B. Adams, 1846)[4]

Thiaridae

Land gastropods

Land gastropods include:

Helicinidae

Neocyclotidae

Diplommatinidae

Sarasinula plebeia

Annulariidae

  • Halotudora aripensis (Guppy, 1864)[2] Endemic to Trinidad

Truncatellidae

  • Truncatella reclusa (Guppy, 1871)[2] Endemic to Trinidad

Veronicellidae

Achatinidae

Subulina octona

Ferussaciidae

  • Karolus consobrinus (d’Orbigny, 1841)[2]

Streptaxidae

Streptostele musaecola

Succineidae

Vertiginidae

Gastrocoptidae

Valloniidae

Amphibulimidae

  • Plekocheilus glaber (Gmelin, 1791)[2]

Bulimulidae

  • Bulimulus sp.
  • Drymaeus aureolus (Guppy, 1866) Endemic to Trinidad
  • Drymaeus broadwayi (E.A. Smith, 1896)[2] Endemic to Trinidad
  • Drymaeus imperfectus (Guppy, 1866) Endemic to Trinidad
  • Drymaeus mossi (E.A. Smith, 1896)[2] Endemic to Trinidad
  • Drymaeus rawsoni (Guppy, 1871)[2] Endemic to Tobago
  • Drymaeus vincentinus (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)[2]
  • Protoglyptus pilosus (Guppy, 1871)[2]

Orthalicidae

Orthalicus undatus

Simpulopsidae

  • Simpulopsis corrugata Guppy, 1866

Urocoptidae

  • Brachypodella trinitaria (L. Pfeiffer, 1860)[2]
  • Brachypodella oropuchensis Spence (Possible synonym of above)

Scolodontidae

  • Happia guildingi (Bland, 1865)[2]
  • Miradiscops implicans (Guppy, 1868)
  • Miradiscops lunti (E.A. Smith, 1898)
  • Systrophia alicea (Guppy, 1871)[2]
  • Tamayoa decolorata (Drouët, 1859)
  • Tamayoa trinitaria (E.A. Smith, 1898)

Gastrodontidae

Ovachlamys fulgens
Megalobulimus oblongus
  • Pseudohyalina umbratilis (Guppy, 1868)[2]

Philomycidae

Euconulidae

  • Guppya gundlachi (L. Pfeiffer, 1840)
  • Habroconus ernsti (Jousseaume, 1889)
  • Habroconus cassiquiensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)[2]

Helicarionidae

Strophocheilidae

Charopidae

Trichodisccinidae

  • Trichodiscina coactiliata (Férussac, 1838)[2]

Thysanophoridae

  • Lyroconus plagioptycha (Shuttleworth, 1854)

Freshwater bivalves

Freshwater bivalves include:

Pisidium punctiferum

Mycetopodidae

  • Anodontites leotaudi (Guppy, 1864)[2]
  • Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix, 1827)[7]

Sphaeriidae (=Pisidiidae)

See also

Lists of non-marine molluscs of nearby countries and islands:

  • List of non-marine molluscs of Venezuela
  • List of non-marine molluscs of Grenada
  • List of non-marine molluscs of Barbados
  • List of non-marine molluscs of Curaçao
  • List of non-marine molluscs of Aruba
  • List of non-marine molluscs of Guyana

References

  1. Bland T. (1861). On the Geographical Distribution of the Genera and Species of Land Shells of the West India Islands with a Catalogue of the species of each island. The Annals of The Lyceum of Natural History, New York. Vol. VII.
  2. Smith E.A. (1896) A List of the Land and Freshwater Mollusca of Trinidad. Journal of Conchlogy 8:231-251.
  3. Geijkes, D.C. & Pain, T. (1957): Suriname freshwater snail of the genus Pomacea. Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and others Guyanas, 1(3):41-48 pt.IX-X.
  4. Bass D. (2003) A Survey of Freshwater Macroinvertebrates in Tobago. The Living World Journal 2003:64-68.
  5. Bacon P.R. (1978) Notes on some freshwater molluscs from Nariva Swamp, Trinidad. The Living World Journal 1978:14-15.
  6. Haas F. (1960) Caribbean Land Molluscs: Vertiginidae. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands. 10:1-17.
  7. Mohammed R.S., Nieweg D.C., Rostant W.G. and Badal P (2008) Collections of Freshwater mussel shells of Anodontites sp. and Mycetopoda sp. in rivers of south-central Trinidad, West Indies. The Living World Journal 2008:76-77.
  8. Guppy R. J. L. (1867). "Description of a new freshwater bivalve found in Trinidad" Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)19(111): 160-161.



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