List of non-marine molluscs of Laos

The non-marine molluscs of Laos are a part of the fauna of Laos (wildlife of Laos). A number of species of molluscs are found in the wild in Laos. Laos is landlocked country, so there are no marine molluscs.

Location of Laos

Almost all groups of the land snail fauna in Laos have been less-well studied than those of neighbouring areas.[1] The Lao People’s Democratic Republic, until recently encompassed some of the most significant forest areas remaining in Southeast Asia such as mountainous areas in the north and limestone karsts in central area, and some of the most intact biota left in Asia.[1] Those habitat characteristics also harbor diverse of terrestrial molluscan fauna.[1]

Freshwater gastropods

Freshwater gastropods in Laos include:

Viviparidae

Pachychilidae

Pomatiopsidae

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Laos include:

Perrottetia aquilonaria

Streptaxidae - 12 species of Streptaxidae are known from Laos[1]

  • Discartemon discus (Pfeiffer, 1853)[1]
  • Haploptychius blaisei (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905)[1]
  • Haploptychius pellucens (Pfeiffer, 1863)[1]
  • Haploptychius fischeri (Morlet, 1887)[1]
  • Haploptychius porrectus (Pfeiffer, 1863)[1]
  • Perrottetia aquilonaria Siriboon & Panha, 2013[1]
  • Perrottetia daedaleus (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1908)[1]
  • Perrottetia dugasti (Morlet, 1892)[1]
  • Perrottetia megadentata Inkhavilay & Panha, 2016[1]
  • Perrottetia unidentata Inkhavilay & Panha, 2016[1]
  • Indoartemon diodonta Inkhavilay & Panha, 2016[1]
  • Indoartemon tridens (Möllendorff, 1898)[1]

Plectopylidae - 3 species are known from Laos[7]

Freshwater bivalves

Freshwater bivalves in Laos include:

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

References

This article includes CC-BY-4.0 text from the reference[1]

  1. Inkhavilay K., Siriboon T., Sutcharit C., Rowson B. & Panha S. (2016). "The first revision of the carnivorous land snail family Streptaxidae in Laos, with description of three new species (Pulmonata, Stylommatophora, Streptaxidae)". ZooKeys 589: 23-53. doi:10.3897/zookeys.589.7933.
  2. Köhler F., Sri-aroon P. & Simonis J. (2012). "Filopaludina martensi". In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 9 November 2012.
  3. Köhler F., Sri-aroon P. & Simonis J. (2012). "Filopaludina filosa". In: IUCN 2014. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 12 June 2014.
  4. Köhler F., Sri-aroon P. & Simonis J. (2012). "Filopaludina sumatrensis". In: IUCN 2014. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 12 June 2014.
  5. Köhler F., Sri-aroon P. & Simonis J. (2012). "Sulcospira housei". In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 5 November 2012.
  6. Attwood S. W. & Upatham E. S. (2012). "Observations on Neotricula aperta (Gastropoda: Pomatiopsidae) population densities in Thailand and central Laos: implications for the spread of Mekong schistosomiasis". Parasites & Vectors 5: 126. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-5-126.
  7. Páll-Gergely B., Muratov I. V. & Asami T. (2016). "The family Plectopylidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) in Laos with the description of two new genera and a new species". ZooKeys 592: 1-26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.592.8118.
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