List of non-marine molluscs of Australia
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This is a list of the non-marine molluscs of the country of Australia. They are part of the invertebrate fauna of Australia.
Contents
1 Freshwater gastropods
2 Land gastropods
3 Freshwater bivalves
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
Freshwater gastropods
The freshwater molluscs of Australia vary greatly in size, shape, biology and evolutionary history, and more than 99% of the native species occur nowhere else on earth. Currently, there are more than 400 native described species and a further 100 species that are undescribed.
Hydrobiidae
Austropyrgus angasi[1]
Austropyrgus bungoniensis[2]
Austropyrgus bunyaensis[2]
Austropyrgus centralia[1]
Austropyrgus colensis[2]
Austropyrgus cooma[1]
Austropyrgus dyerianus[2]
Austropyrgus elongatus[2]
Austropyrgus eumekes[2]
Austropyrgus foris[2]
Austropyrgus grampianensis[1]
Austropyrgus halletensis[2]
Austropyrgus nepeanensis[2]
Austropyrgus niger[2]
Austropyrgus ora[2]
Austropyrgus parvus[2]
Austropyrgus pusillus[2]
Austropyrgus rectoides[2]
Austropyrgus rectus[1]
Austropyrgus ronkershawi[2]
Austropyrgus salvus[2]
Austropyrgus simsonianus[1]
Austropyrgus sinuatus[2]
Austropyrgus smithii[2]
Austropyrgus sparsus[1]
Austropyrgus tateiformis[2]
Austropyrgus tumidus[2]
Austropyrgus turbatus[1]
Beddomeia hullii[1]
Beddomeia launcestonensis[1]
Beddomeia minima[1]
Caldicochlea - genus with two species, endemic to the Dalhousie Springs supergroup[1]
Edgbastonia alanwillsi, sole species within the genus Edgbastonia[3]
Fonscochlea Ponder, Hershler & Jenkins, 1989 - genus endemic to Lake Eyre supergroup[1]
Jardinella Iredale & Whitley, 1938 - genus endemic to Australia[1]
Nanocochlea sp.[1]
Phrantela daveyensis tristis[1]
Phrantela marginata[1]
Posticobia brazieri[1]
Pseudotricula sp.[1]
Trochidrobia Ponder, Hershler & Jenkins, 1989 - genus endemic to Lake Eyre supergroup[1]
Westrapyrgus slacksmithae[4]
Westrapyrgus westralis[1][4]
Thiaridae
Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774)
Melasma onca (Adams and Angas, 1864)
Mieniplotia scabra (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Plotiopsis balonnensis (Conrad, 1850)
Ripalania queenslandica (Smith, 1882)
Sermyla riqueti Grateloup, 1840
Sermyla venustula (Brot, 1877)
Stenomelania cf. aspirans (Hinds, 1844)
Stenomelania denisoniensis (Brot, 1877
Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1816)
Thiara amarula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Thiara australis Lea & Lea, 1850
Thiara rudis (Lea, 1850)
Viviparidae
Cipangopaludina japonica (Martens, 1861) - known from the Austral Watergardens at Cowan in Sydney.
Larina lirata (Tate, 1887)
Larina strangei A. Adams, 1864
Notopala ampullaroides (Reeve, 1863)
Notopala essingtonensis (Frauenfeld, 1862)
Notopala hanleyi (Frauenfeld, 1864)
Notopala kingi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
Notopala kingi kingi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
Notopala kingi suprafasciata (Tryon, 1866)
Notopala sublineata Conrad, 1850
Notopala sublineata sublineata Conrad, 1850
Notopala sublineata alisoni (Brazier, 1979)
Notopala waterhousii (Adams & Angus, 1864)
Notopala tricincta (E. A. Smith, 1882)
Sinotaia guangdungensis (Kobelt, 1906) - known from the Lane Cove River, Sydney, New South Wales (Shea 1994).
Land gastropods
Noctepuna cerea from North-East Queensland
Pupillidae
Gyliotrachela catherina Solem, 1981[5]
Pupilla ficulnea (Tate, 1894)[6]
Camaenidae
Amphidromus cognatus Fulton, 1907[7]- Noctepuna cerea
Freshwater bivalves
Velesunio ambiguous
The freshwater mollusks of Australia vary greatly in size, shape, biology and evolutionary history, and more than 99% of the native species occur nowhere else on earth. Currently, there are 46 bivalve species that are described with several other known species yet to be described.
Velesunio wilsoni from the Ross River, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Corbulidae
Lentidium dalyfluvialis Hallan & Willan, 2010
Cyrenidae
Batissa australis (Deshayes, 1855)
Batissa violacea (Lamarck, 1818)
Corbicula australis (Deshayes, 1830)
Corbicula fluminea Müller, 1774
Hyriidae
Alathyria condola Iredale, 1943
Alathyria jacksoni Iredale, 1934
Alathyria pertexta pertexta Iredale, 1934
Alathyria pertexta wardi Iredale, 1943
Alathyria profuga (Gould, 1850)
Cucumerunio novaehollandiae (Gray, 1834)
Hyridella aquilonalis (Iredale, 1934)
Hyridella australis (Lamarck, 1819)
Hyridella depressa (Lamarck, 1819)
Hyridella drapeta (Iredale, 1934)
Hyridella glenelgensis Dennant,1898
Hyridella interserta (Iredale, 1934)
Hyridella narracanensis (Cotton & Gabriel, 1932)
Lortiella froggatti (Iredale,1934)
Lortiella opertanea Ponder & Bayer, 2004
Lortiella rugata (Sowerby, 1868)
Westralunio carteri Iredale,1934
Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)
Velesunio angasi (Sowerby, 1867)
Velesunio moretonicus (Sowerby, 1865)
Velesunio wilsonii (Lea, 1859)
Lasaeidae
Arthritica sp. (new species)
Mytilidae (brackish)
Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857)
Xenostrobus securis (Lamarck, 1819)
Sphaeriidae
Pisidium aslini Kuiper, 1983
Musculium kendricki (Kuiper, 1983)
Musculium lacusedes (Iredale, 1943)
Musculium cf. lacustre (Müller, 1774)
Musculium problematicum (Gabriel, 1939)
Musculium quirindi Korniushin, 2000
Musculium tasmanicum queenslandicum (. A. Smith, 1883)
Musculium tasmanicum tasmanicum (Tenison-Woods, 1876)
Musculium tatiarae (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938)
Pisidium carum (Cotton, 1953)
Pisidium centrale Korniushin, 2000
Pisidium etheridgei E.A.Smith, 1883
Pisidium fultoni Kuiper, 1983
Pisidium hallae Kuiper, 1983
Pisidium kosciusko (Iredale, 1943)
Pisidium ponderi Korniushin, 2000
Pisidium tasmanicum Tenison-Woods, 1876
Pisidium australiense Korniushin, 2000
Trapezidae
Fluviolanatus subtortus (Dunker, 1857)
See also
- List of marine molluscs of Australia
- List of non-marine molluscs of Papua New Guinea
- List of non-marine molluscs of New Caledonia
- List of non-marine molluscs of New Zealand
References
^ abcdefghijklmnopqrstu Perez, Kathryn E.; Ponder, Winston F.; Colgan, Donald J.; Clark, Stephanie A.; Lydeard, Charles (2005). "Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of spring-associated hydrobiid snails of the Great Artesian Basin, Australia" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 34 (3): 545–56. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.11.020. PMID 15683928. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ abcdefghijklmnopqrst Clark, Stephanie A.; Miller, Alison C.; Ponder, Winston F. (2003). "Revision of the Snail Genus Austropyrgus (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae): A Morphostatic Radiation of Freshwater Gastropods in Southeastern Australia" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. The Australian Museum. Supplement 28: 1–109. doi:10.3853/j.0812-7387.28.2003.1377. ISBN 0-7347-2313-X. ISSN 0812-7387. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
^ Ponder, W. F., Wilke, T. , Zhang, W.-H., Golding, R. E., Fukuda, H., and Mason, R. A. B. (2008). "Edgbastonia alanwillsi n. gen & n. sp. (Tateinae: Hydrobiidae s.l.: Rissooidea: Caenogastropoda); a snail from an artesian spring group in western Queensland, Australia, convergent with some Asian Amnicolidae". Molluscan Research. 28 (2): 89–106.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
^ ab Ponder, W.F., Clark, S.A. & Miller, A.C. (1999). "A new genus and two new species of Hydrobiidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda) from south Western Australia". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 82 (3): 109–120.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Kessner V. (1996). Gyliotrachela catherina. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
^ Kessner V. (1996). Pupilla ficulnea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
^ Kessner, V. & Ponder, W.F. 1996. Amphidromus cognatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
External links
Cox J. C. (1868). A monograph of Australian land shells. William Maddock, Sydney. 110 pp. + 18 plates.
