List of non-marine molluscs of Argentina

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The non-marine molluscs of Argentina are a part of the molluscan fauna of Argentina. There are hundreds of species of molluscs living in the wild in Argentina. There are a total of ??? species of gastropods, which breaks down to 101 species of freshwater gastropods, and ??? species of land gastropods in ?? genera, plus 65 species of bivalves living in the wild. There are ?? non-indigenous species of gastropods (4 freshwater and ?? land species: ?? snails and ?? slugs) and ? species of bivalves in the wild in Argentina. This is a total of ? freshwater non-indigenous species of wild molluscs. Potamolithus is the largest genus (with highest species richness) of recent freshwater snails in Argentina.

Freshwater gastropods

There are 10 families of freshwater gastropods in Argentina. There are 40 species of freshwater gastropods endemic to Argentina. There are about 45 endangered freshwater gastropods in Argentina. Ampullariidae – 12 species, one endemic Thiaridae – 4 species, 3 endemic but extinct in the wild Cochliopidae – 16 species, 10 endemic Lithoglyphidae – 22 species Glacidorbidae – 1 species Chilinidae – 17 species, 12 endemic Lymnaeidae – 5 species, 2 endemic Planorbidae – 20 species Physidae – 5 species, 2? endemic

Land gastropods

Cyclophoridae Charopidae Helicodiscidae Diplommatinidae Succineidae Scolodontidae (Systrophiidae is a synonym for Scolodontidae) Odontostomidae Milacidae Epiphragmophoridae

Freshwater bivalves

Hyriidae – 1? endemic Etheriidae – 1? endemic Sphaeriidae – 25 species, 10 endemic Corbiculidae Mytilidae

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