List of non-marine molluscs of Puerto Rico

Location of Puerto Rico

The non-marine mollusks of Puerto Rico are a part of the molluscan fauna of Puerto Rico. A number of species of non-marine mollusks are found in the wild in Puerto Rico.

Robert James Shuttleworth has described 3 genera and 25 species from Puerto Rico as new in 1854.[1][2]

Freshwater gastropods

Thiaridae

Land gastropods

Amphibulimidae

Succineidae

Veronicellidae

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

References

  1. 1 2 Shuttleworth R. J. (1854). "Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken der Insel Portorico". Mitteilungen der naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern Nr. 310-330: 33-56.
  2. "Taxa described as new in Shuttleworth, R. J. 1854 (n = 28)". AnimalBase, accessed 4 January 2011.
  3. Chaniotis B. N., Butler J. M., Ferguson F. F. & Jobin W. R. (1980). "Bionomics of Tarebia granifera (Gastropoda: Thiaridae) in Puerto Rico, an Asian vector of Paragonimiasis westermani". Caribbean Journal of Science 16: 81-89. PDF
  4. Breure A. S. H. (1974). "Notes On the Genus Gaeotis Shuttleworth, 1854 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Bulimulidae)". Netherlands Journal of Zoology 24(3): 236-252. doi:10.1163/002829674X00057. PDF.
  5. (Spanish) Aguayo C. G. (1965). "Sobre el status de Veronicella portoricensis (Mollusca Pulmonata)". Caribbean Journal of Science 5(1-2): 25-28. PDF.

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