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List of non-marine molluscs of Vietnam


The non-marine molluscs of Vietnam are a part of the molluscan fauna of Vietnam (wildlife of Vietnam). A number of species of non-marine mollusks are found in the wild in Vietnam.

There are good reasons to suppose that the country of Vietnam, with a surface of 332,000 km2, a large variety of habitats, and many different limestone ‘islands’, will have a diverse terrestrial molluscan fauna. Many species are known already from the area but many still wait to be discovered and described.

Freshwater gastropods in Vietnam include:

Neritidae

Ampullariidae

Viviparidae

Pachychilidae

Paludomidae

Potamididae (brackish water snails)

Thiaridae

Assimineidae

Bithyniidae

Pomatiopsidae

Stenothyridae

Iravadiidae (including Fairbankia) (marine/brackish)

Buccinidae

Lymnaeidae

Planorbidae

Land gastropods in Vietnam include:

Clausiliidae

Streptaxidae

Plectopylidae - 16 species are known from Vietnam

Freshwater bivalves in Vietnam include:

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

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