List Of Non-marine Molluscs Of Colombia
The non-marine molluscs of Colombia are a part of the molluscan fauna of Colombia.
There are 559 species of non-marine molluscs living in the wild in Colombia.
There are a total of ??? species of gastropods, which breaks down to ?? species of freshwater gastropods, and ??? species of land gastropods in 82 genera, plus ?? species of bivalves living in the wild.
There are 20 non-indigenous species of gastropods (? freshwater and 20 land species: 13 snails and 7 slugs) and ? species of bivalves in the wild in Colombia. This is a total of ? freshwater non-indigenous species of wild molluscs.
The non-marine mollusc fauna of Colombia is not fully surveyed yet. There are still 6 departments of Colombia, especially in the southwest, from which there are no records of land gastropods yet (as of 2008).
- Summary table of number of species
| Colombia | |
|---|---|
| freshwater gastropods | ?? |
| land gastropods | ??? (82 genera) |
| gastropods altogether | ??? |
| bivalves | ?? |
| molluscs altogether | 559 |
| non-indigenous gastropods in the wild | ? freshwater and 20 land |
| non-indigenous synantrop gastropods | ? |
| non-indigenous bivalves in the wild | ? |
| non-indigenous synantrop bivalves | ? |
| non-indigenous molluscs altogether | 20 |
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