List of non-marine molluscs of Colombia
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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.[1]
There are a total of ??? species of gastropods, which breaks down to ?? species of freshwater gastropods, and ??? species of land gastropods in 82 genera,[2][3][4] 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)[5] 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).[2][needs update]
- Summary table of number of species
Colombia | |
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freshwater gastropods | ?? |
land gastropods | ??? (82 genera) |
gastropods altogether | ??? |
bivalves | ?? |
molluscs altogether | 559[1] |
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 |