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

Freshwater gastropods

Neritidae

Theodoxus jordani (Sowerby, 1844) Theodoxus macrii (Sowerby, 1844)

List of non-marine molluscs of Jordan

Bithyniidae

Bithynia philalensis (Conrad, 1852)

List of non-marine molluscs of Jordan

Valvatidae

Valvata saulcyi Bourguignat, 1853

Cochliopidae

Eupaludestrina contempta (Dautzenberg, 1894) Eupaludestrina longiscata (Bourguignat, 1856) Pyrgophorus coronatus (L. Pfeiffer, 1840)- non-indigenous

List of non-marine molluscs of Jordan

Hydrobiidae

Globuliana gaillardotii (Bourguignat, 1856) Pseudamnicola solitaria Tchernov, 1971

Thiaridae

Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) Mieniplotia scabra (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous

Melanopsidae

Melanopsis ammonis Tristram, 1865

Melanopsis buccinoidea Olivier, 1801

Melanopsis costata (Olivier, 1804) Melanopsis costata jordanica J. R. Roth, 1839 Melanopsis costata lampra Bourguignat, 1884 Melanopsis costata obliqua Bourguignat, 1884 Melanopsis saulcyi Bourguignat, 1853

Lymnaeidae

Galba truncatula (O. F. Müller, 1774) Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)

Physidae

Physa acuta (Draparnaud, 1805)

Planorbidae

Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827) Gyraulus piscinarum (Bourguignat, 1852) Planorbis planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Land gastropods

Pupillidae

Pupoides coenopictus (T. Hutton, 1834)

Pyramidulidae

Pyramidula rupestris (Draparnaud, 1801)

Chondrinidae

Granopupa granum (Draparnaud, 1801) Rupestrella rhodia (J. R. Roth, 1839)

Truncatellidae

Truncatellina haasi Venmans, 1957

Enidae

Buliminus diminutus (Mousson, 1861) Buliminus jordani (Charpentier, 1847) Buliminus labrosus (Olivier, 1804) Buliminus marsabensis Westerlund, 1887 Buliminus negevensis Heller, 1970 Buliminus sinaiensis Heller, 1970 Euchondrus chondriformis (Mousson, 1861) Euchondrus michonii (Bourguignat, 1853) Euchondrus saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852) Euchondrus septemdentatus (J. R. Roth, 1839) Paramastus episomus (Bourguignat, 1857) Pene bulimoides (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)

Ferussaciidae

Calaxis hierosolymarum (J. R. Roth, 1855) Cecilioides acicula (O. F. Müller, 1774) Cecilioides genezarethensis Forcart, 1981 Cecilioides tumulorum (Bourguignat, 1856)

Achatinidae

Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Punctidae

Paralaoma servilis (Shuttleworth, 1852)

Oxychilidae

Eopolita protensa jebusitica (J. R. Roth, 1855) Oxychilus renanianus (Pallary, 1939)

Pristilomatidae

Vitrea contracta (Westerlund, 1871)

Limacidae

Gigantomilax cecconii (Simroth, 1906)

Geomitridae

Cochlicella acuta (O. F. Müller, 1774) Xerocrassa langloisiana (Bourguignat, 1853) Xerocrassa seetzeni (L. Pfeiffer, 1847) Xerocrassa simulata (Ehrenberg, 1831) Xerocrassa tuberculosa (Conrad, 1852) Xeropicta krynickii (Krynicki, 1833)

Helicidae

Eobania vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous

Helix engaddensis Bourguignat, 1852

Levantina spiriplana (Olivier, 1801) Levantina spiriplana caesareana (Mousson, 1854) Levantina spiriplana spiriplana (Olivier, 1801)

Hygromiidae

Monacha crispulata (Mousson, 1861) Monacha obstructa (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)

Sphincterochilidae

Sphincterochila cariosa (Olivier, 1804) Sphincterochila fimbriata (Bourguignat, 1852) Sphincterochila prophetarum (Bourguignat, 1852) Sphincterochila zonata (Bourguignat, 1853) Sphincterochila zonata filia (Mousson, 1861) Sphincterochila zonata zonata (Bourguignat, 1853)

Freshwater bivalves

Sphaeriidae

Euglesa casertana (Poli, 1791) Odhneripisidium annandalei (Prashad, 1925)

See also

Wildlife of Jordan

Lists of non-marine molluscs of surrounding countries: List of non-marine molluscs of Israel List of non-marine molluscs of Syria List of non-marine molluscs of Iraq List of non-marine molluscs of Saudi Arabia

References

Lists of biota of Jordan

Jordan