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Location of Georgia

The non-marine molluscs of the country of Georgia are a part of the molluscan fauna of Georgia.

Summary table of number of species
Georgia
freshwater gastropods ??
land gastropods 255 species
gastropods altogether ???
bivalves ??
molluscs altogether ???

Georgia lies in the Caucasus ecoregion, that is a biodiversity hotspot. Georgia has majority of Caucasian endemic species of gastropods.

Freshwater gastropods

Lymnaeidae

Physidae

Planorbidae

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Land gastropods

Species of land gastropods of Georgia include:

Cyclophoridae

Diplommatinidae

Aciculidae

Cochlostomatidae

Pomatiidae

Ellobiidae

Succineidae

Cochlicopidae

Orculidae

Pupillidae

Chondrinidae

Lauriidae

Vertiginidae

Enidae

Clausiliidae

Spiraxidae

Oxychilidae

Pristilomatidae

Vitrinidae

Trigonochlamydidae

Boettgerillidae

Milacidae

Agriolimacidae

Limacidae

Hygromiidae

Helicidae

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Bivalvia

Sphaeriidae

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Hothouse aliens

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See also

References

  1. ^ Mumladze L., Cameron R. A. D. & Pokryszko B. M. (2014). "Endemic land molluscs in Georgia (Caucasus): how well are they protected by existing reserves and national parks?". Journal of Molluscan Studies 80: 67-73. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyt047.
  2. ^ Ani Bikashvili, Nino Kachlishvili, Levan Mumladze (2021). "Species diversity and distribution of freshwater molluscs of Javakheti Highlands (Republic of Georgia)". Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e66649.
  3. ^ "Caucasian Land Snails" Archived 2014-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. accessed May 2, 2014.
  4. Páll-Gergely B. & Németh L. (2008). "Observations on the breeding habits, shell development, decollation, and reproductive anatomy of Pontophaedusa funiculum (Mousson 1856) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae, Phaedusinae)". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca 7: 11-14. Online serial at <http://mollusca.sav.sk> 8-February-2008.
  5. "Species summary for Drilolestes retowskii". AnimalBase, last modified 14 June 2007, accessed 7 September 2010.
  6. ^ Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V.(published online on December 22, 2009). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories". Version 2.3.
  7. Hausdorf B. (2003). "Revision of the genus Caucasocressa from the eastern Pontic Region (Gastropoda: Hygromiidae)". Journal of Natural History 37(21): 2627-2646. doi:10.1080/00222930210158762. abstract.
  8. Hausdorf B. (2001). "A SYSTEMATIC REVISION OF CIRCASSINA FROM THE WESTERN CAUCASUS REGION (GASTROPODA: HYGROMIIDAE)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 67(4): 425-446. doi:10.1093/mollus/67.4.425.
  9. ^ Hausdorf B. (2000). "The genus Monacha in the Western Caucasus (Gastropoda: Hygromiidae)". Journal of Natural History 34(8): 1575-1594. PDF Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine. abstract
  10. Mumladze L., Tarkhnishvili D. & Pokryszko B. M. (2008). "A new species of the genus Helix from the Lesser Caucasus (sw Georgia)". Journal of Conchology 39(part 5): 483, abstract

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