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
- Theodoxus jordani (Sowerby, 1844)[1][3]
- Theodoxus macrii (Sowerby, 1844)[1][3]
- Valvata saulcyi Bourguignat, 1853[1][3]
- Eupaludestrina contempta (Dautzenberg, 1894)[1][3]
- Eupaludestrina longiscata (Bourguignat, 1856)[1][3]
- Pyrgophorus coronatus (L. Pfeiffer, 1840)- non-indigenous[3][2]
- Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1][3]
- Mieniplotia scabra (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous[2][3]
- Melanopsis ammonis Tristram, 1865[3]
- Melanopsis buccinoidea Olivier, 1801[1][3]
- Melanopsis costata (Olivier, 1804)[1]
- Melanopsis saulcyi Bourguignat, 1853[3]
- Galba truncatula (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1][3]
- Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)[1][3]
- Physa acuta (Draparnaud, 1805)[1][3]
- Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827)[1][3]
- Gyraulus piscinarum (Bourguignat, 1852)[1][3]
- Planorbis planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758)[1][3]
Land gastropods
- Pupoides coenopictus (T. Hutton, 1834)[4]
- Pyramidula rupestris (Draparnaud, 1801)[4]
- Granopupa granum (Draparnaud, 1801)[4]
- Rupestrella rhodia (J. R. Roth, 1839)[4]
- Truncatellina haasi Venmans, 1957[4]
- Buliminus diminutus (Mousson, 1861)[4]
- Buliminus jordani (Charpentier, 1847)[4]
- Buliminus labrosus (Olivier, 1804)[4]
- Buliminus marsabensis Westerlund, 1887[4]
- Buliminus negevensis Heller, 1970[4]
- Buliminus sinaiensis Heller, 1970[4]
- Euchondrus chondriformis (Mousson, 1861)[4]
- Euchondrus michonii (Bourguignat, 1853)[4]
- Euchondrus saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852)[4]
- Euchondrus septemdentatus (J. R. Roth, 1839)[4]
- Paramastus episomus (Bourguignat, 1857)[4]
- Pene bulimoides (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)[4]
- Calaxis hierosolymarum (J. R. Roth, 1855)[4]
- Cecilioides acicula (O. F. Müller, 1774)[4]
- Cecilioides genezarethensis Forcart, 1981[4]
- Cecilioides tumulorum (Bourguignat, 1856)[4]
- Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758)[4]
- Paralaoma servilis (Shuttleworth, 1852)[4]
- Vitrea contracta (Westerlund, 1871)[4]
- Gigantomilax cecconii (Simroth, 1906)[4]
- Cochlicella acuta (O. F. Müller, 1774)[4]
- Xerocrassa langloisiana (Bourguignat, 1853)[4]
- Xerocrassa seetzeni (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)[4]
- Xerocrassa simulata (Ehrenberg, 1831)[4]
- Xerocrassa tuberculosa (Conrad, 1852)[4]
- Xeropicta krynickii (Krynicki, 1833)[4]
- Eobania vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous
- Helix engaddensis Bourguignat, 1852[4]
- Levantina spiriplana (Olivier, 1801)[4]
- Monacha crispulata (Mousson, 1861)[4]
- Monacha obstructa (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)[4]
- Sphincterochila cariosa (Olivier, 1804)[4]
- Sphincterochila fimbriata (Bourguignat, 1852)[4]
- Sphincterochila prophetarum (Bourguignat, 1852)[4]
- Sphincterochila zonata (Bourguignat, 1853)[4]
- Sphincterochila zonata filia (Mousson, 1861)[4]
- Sphincterochila zonata zonata (Bourguignat, 1853)[4]
Freshwater bivalves
See also
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
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Amr Z. S. & Abu Baker M. (2004). "Freshwater snails of Jordan". Denisia 14: 221-227.PDF.
- 1 2 3 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
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 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.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ Kuiper, J.G.J. (1981). "The distribution of Pisidium tenuilineatum Stelfox and Pisidium annandalei Prashad in the Mediterranean". Basteria. 45 (4–5): 79–84.
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