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List of non-marine molluscs of Jordan

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Location of Jordan

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
Jordan
freshwater gastropods 17[1] + 2[2] = 19
land gastropods ??
gastropods altogether ???
bivalves ??
molluscs altogether ???

Freshwater gastropods

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Neritidae

Bithyniidae

Valvatidae

Cochliopidae

Hydrobiidae

Thiaridae

Melanopsidae

Lymnaeidae

Physidae

Planorbidae

Land gastropods

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Pupillidae

Pyramidulidae

Chondrinidae

Truncatellidae

Enidae

Ferussaciidae

Achatinidae

Punctidae

Oxychilidae

Pristilomatidae

Limacidae

Geomitridae

Helicidae

Hygromiidae

Sphincterochilidae

Freshwater bivalves

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Sphaeriidae

See also

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Lists of non-marine molluscs of surrounding countries:

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Amr Z. S. & Abu Baker M. (2004). "Freshwater snails of Jordan". Denisia 14: 221-227.PDF.
  2. ^ a b c Nasarat H., Amr Z. & Neubert E. (2014). "Two invasive freshwater snails new to Jordan (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Zoology in the Middle East 60(1). doi:10.1080/09397140.2014.892333
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Amr, Z.; Nasarat, H.; Neubert, E. (2014). "Notes on the current and past freshwater snail fauna of Jordan". Jordan Journal of Natural History. 1: 83–115.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as Neubert, E.; Amr, M.Z.; Waitzbauer, W.; Al Talafha, H. (2015). "Annotated checklist of the terrestrial gastropods of Jordan (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 144 (2): 169–238.
  5. ^ a b Schütt, H. (1983). "Die bisher aus Jordanien bekannten süßwasser- und landbewohnenden Mollusken anhand der Aufsammlungen von Dr. Bandel 1978". Natur und Mensch. 1983: 49–64.
  6. ^ Kuiper, J.G.J. (1981). "The distribution of Pisidium tenuilineatum Stelfox and Pisidium annandalei Prashad in the Mediterranean". Basteria. 45 (4–5): 79–84.