List of non-marine molluscs of Jordan

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

Neritidae

• Theodoxus jordani (Sowerby, 1844)[1][3]
• Theodoxus macrii (Sowerby, 1844)[1][3]

Bithyniidae

• Bithynia philalensis (Conrad, 1852)[1][3]

Valvatidae

• Valvata saulcyi Bourguignat, 1853[1][3]

Cochliopidae

• Eupaludestrina contempta (Dautzenberg, 1894)[1][3]
• Eupaludestrina longiscata (Bourguignat, 1856)[1][3]
• Pyrgophorus coronatus (L. Pfeiffer, 1840)- non-indigenous[3][2]

Hydrobiidae

• Globuliana gaillardotii (Bourguignat, 1856)[1][3]
• Pseudamnicola solitaria Tchernov, 1971[1][3]

Thiaridae

• Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1][3]
• Mieniplotia scabra (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous[2][3]

Melanopsidae

• Melanopsis ammonis Tristram, 1865[3]
• Melanopsis buccinoidea Olivier, 1801[1][3]
• Melanopsis costata (Olivier, 1804)[1]
  • Melanopsis costata jordanica J. R. Roth, 1839[3]
  • Melanopsis costata lampra Bourguignat, 1884[3]
  • Melanopsis costata obliqua Bourguignat, 1884[3]
• Melanopsis saulcyi Bourguignat, 1853[3]

Lymnaeidae

• Galba truncatula (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1][3]
• Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)[1][3]

Physidae

• Physa acuta (Draparnaud, 1805)[1][3]

Planorbidae

• Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827)[1][3]
• Gyraulus piscinarum (Bourguignat, 1852)[1][3]
• Planorbis planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758)[1][3]

Land gastropods

Pupillidae

• Pupoides coenopictus (T. Hutton, 1834)[4]

Pyramidulidae

• Pyramidula rupestris (Draparnaud, 1801)[4]

Chondrinidae

• Granopupa granum (Draparnaud, 1801)[4]
• Rupestrella rhodia (J. R. Roth, 1839)[4]

Truncatellidae

• Truncatellina haasi Venmans, 1957[4]

Enidae

• 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]

Ferussaciidae

• Calaxis hierosolymarum (J. R. Roth, 1855)[4]
• Cecilioides acicula (O. F. Müller, 1774)[4]
• Cecilioides genezarethensis Forcart, 1981[4]
• Cecilioides tumulorum (Bourguignat, 1856)[4]

Achatinidae

• Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758)[4]

Punctidae

• Paralaoma servilis (Shuttleworth, 1852)[4]

Oxychilidae

• Eopolita protensa jebusitica (J. R. Roth, 1855)[4]
• Oxychilus renanianus (Pallary, 1939)[4]

Pristilomatidae

• Vitrea contracta (Westerlund, 1871)[4]

Limacidae

• Gigantomilax cecconii (Simroth, 1906)[4]

Geomitridae

• 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]

Helicidae

• Eobania vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous
• Helix engaddensis Bourguignat, 1852[4]
• Levantina spiriplana (Olivier, 1801)[4]
  • Levantina spiriplana caesareana (Mousson, 1854)[4]
  • Levantina spiriplana spiriplana (Olivier, 1801)[4]

Hygromiidae

• Monacha crispulata (Mousson, 1861)[4]
• Monacha obstructa (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)[4]

Sphincterochilidae

• 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

Sphaeriidae

• Euglesa casertana (Poli, 1791)[5]
• Odhneripisidium annandalei (Prashad, 1925)[5][6]

See also

• Wildlife of Jordan

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. Amr Z. S. & Abu Baker M. (2004). "Freshwater snails of Jordan". Denisia 14: 221-227.PDF.
2. 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. 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. 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. 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.