The non-marine mollusks of Taiwan are a part of the molluscan fauna of Taiwan. A number of species of non-marine mollusks are found in the wild in Taiwan.
Summary table of number of species
Land gastropods
Assimineidae
Assiminea nitida (Pease, 1864) – on Pratas Island
Truncatellidae
Truncatella guerinii A. & J. B. Villa, 1841 – on Pratas Island
Truncatella pfeifferi Martens, 1860 – on Pratas Island
Ellobiidae
Melampus castanea (Mühlfeld, 1818) – on Pratas Island
Melampus nuxeastaneus Kuroda, 1949 – on Pratas Island
Melampus flavus (Gmelin, 1791) – on Pratas Island
Melampus sculptus (Pfeiffer, 1855) – on Pratas Island
Melampus taeniolatus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854) – on Pratas Island
Tralia malanastoma Garrett, 1873 – on Pratas Island
Veronicellidae
Laevicaulis alte (Férussac, 1821) – on Pratas Island
Clausiliidae
Hemiphaedusa (Hemizaptyx) antuensis chichiensis Nordsieck, 2005
Hemiphaedusa (Hemizaptyx) hemmeni Nordsieck, 2005
Hemiphaedusa (Hemizaptyx) hemmeni yucola Nordsieck, 2005
Hemiphaedusa (Hemizaptyx) longiplicata Nordsieck, 2005
Thaumatoptyx costellata Nordsieck, 2005
Thaumatoptyx gonyptyx lacuphila Nordsieck, 2005
Thaumatoptyx uraniscoptyx diploptyx Nordsieck, 2005
Pupillidae
Gastrocopta pediculus (Shuttleworth, 1852) – on Pratas Island
Gastrocopta pediculus ovatula (Moellendorff, 1890) Gastrocopta servilis (Gould, 1843) – on Pratas Island
Vertiginidae
Nesopupa yamagutii Kuroda, 1941 – on Pratas Island, endemic to Taiwan
Vertigo sp. – on Pratas Island
Succineidae
Succinea erythrophana Ancey, 1883 – on Pratas Island
Subulinidae
Lamellaxis gracilis (Hutton, 1834) – on Pratas Island
Lamellaxis turgidulum (Heude, 1841) – on Pratas Island
Paropeas achatinaceum (Pfeiffer, 1846) – on Pratas Island
Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1792) – on Pratas Island
Achatinidae
Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822 – exotic species, on Pratas Island
Streptaxidae
Indoennea bicolor (Hutton, 1834) – on Pratas Island
Elma Adams, 1866
Helicarionidae
Liardetia yaeyamensis (Pilsbry, 1901) – on Pratas Island
Gastrodontidae
Zonitoides arboreus (Say, 1816) – on Pratas Island
Philomycidae
Meghimatium burchi Tsai & Wu, 2008
Meghimatium bilineatum
Meghimatium fruhstorferi (Collinge, 1901) Meghimatium pictum Meghimatium rugosum
Arionidae
Arion distinctus Mabille, 1868
Agriolimacidae
Deroceras laeve (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Bradybaenidae
Acusta tourannensis (Souleyet, 1842) – on Pratas Island
Bradybaena similaris (Férussac, 1822) – on Pratas Island
Aegista subchinensis
Aegista mackensii
Aegista impexa
Camaenidae
Camaena cicatricosa cicatricosa (Müller, 1774)
Bivalvia
Unionidae
Unio douglasiae taiwanicus (Pilsbry, 1905) Cristaria tenuis (Gray, 1833) [=Cristaria discoidea (Lea, 1834)] Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834)
See also
List of marine molluscs of Taiwan
Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries: List of non-marine molluscs of China List of non-marine molluscs of Hong Kong List of non-marine molluscs of the Philippines List of non-marine molluscs of Japan
References
External links
Sinica.edu: Shells of Taiwan
Chen W. D. & Wu S.-K. (2011). Freshwater Molluscs of Taiwan. 321 pp. . Nordsieck H. (2005). "New taxa of Phaedusinae and Garnieriinae from mainland China and Taiwan (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Clausiliidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 134: 23–52. .