List of non-marine molluscs of Brazil
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The non-marine molluscs of Brazil are a part of the molluscan fauna of Brazil.
There are at least 1,074[1] native nominal species of non-marine molluscs living in Brazil.
There are at least 956[1] nominal species of gastropods, which breaks down to about 250 species of freshwater gastropods, and about 700[1] species of land gastropods (590 species of snails[2] and approximately 110(?)[citation needed] species of slugs), plus at least 117[1] species of bivalves living in the wild.
There are at least 373 species of freshwater molluscs in Brazil.[1]
The number of native species is at least 1,074[1] and the number of non-indigenous molluscs in Brazil is, at minimum, 32 species.[1] The most serious invasive alien species in Paraná State are the land snail Achatina fulica and the freshwater snail Melanoides tuberculata.[3]
Freshwater gastropods | About 250 |
Land gastropods: snails | 590 |
Land gastropods: slugs | 110(?) |
Gastropods (total) | over 950 |
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Bivalves | at least 117 |
Molluscs (total) | 1107 |
Non-indigenous gastropods in the wild | ? freshwater and ? land |
Non-indigenous synantrop gastropods | ? |
Non-indigenous bivalves in the wild | ? |
Non-indigenous synantrop bivalves | ? |
Non-indigenous molluscs (total) | 32 |
In Rio Grande do Sul, 201 species and subspecies of non-marine mollusks were recorded: 156 gastropods (83 land snails + 18 slugs + 55 freshwater snails) and 45 bivalves.[4]
In Santa Catarina, 158 species and subspecies of non-marine mollusk were recorded: 135 gastropods (103 land gastropods + 32 freshwater snails) and 23 bivalves.[5]