List of non-marine molluscs of Cuba

There are many works regarding taxonomic and systematic studies in marine and land molluscs with a fewer number on ecology and distribution. Freshwater molluscs, however, are scarcer and have received less attention. == Freshwater molluscs overview ==

A total of 10 (23.8%) out of 42 described freshwater snails and mussels are endemic in Cuba. The percentage of endemism shown in Cuban freshwater molluscs (23.8%) is characteristic of the fauna of islands. Only one endemic species exhibits a wide distribution range throughout the country while the others have small populations in a few or only one locality. Of the 42 freshwater molluscs of Cuba, 24 species occur within the limits of protected areas. Of these, Tarebia granifera and Physa acuta seem to be the most common snails while the endemics of the genus Hemisinus, Nephronaias, and Viviparus are quite rare in the protected areas, and have scarce populations in Cuba. Of the 253 protected areas in Cuba, only 35 have populations of freshwater molluscs (endemic and non-endemic species). A remarkable point is that 54% of protected areas host introduced species. Five species of introduced freshwater molluscs occur in Cuba. The main species are the thiarids Tarebia granifera and Melanoides tuberculata (family Thiaridae). Other species are Pomacea diffusa and Marisa cornuarietis (family Ampullariidae), and Corbicula fluminea (family Corbiculidae). Most of the freshwater mollusc endemic species in Cuba might be endangered or vulnerable. Shrinkage in distribution range of populations, introduction of exotic species, and habitat loss due to human activity are probably the main drivers of population declines. The continuous growth of the Cuban population has forced many populations of endemic molluscs to withdraw from many localities. This has been the result of, first, the construction of buildings near these species populations, which generate an associated pollution of the freshwater environment, and, second, a direct transformation to the ecosystems where the molluscs occur due to water consumption. The Cauto River, the largest river in Cuba, is an example of this transformation with the rerouting of some segments to build dams in order to provide water for the nearby cities. Many recreational infrastructures for tourism have been built in Cuba in the vicinity of areas where endemic freshwater molluscs are found. This is a common problem in places like Viñales, Soroa, Zapata Swamp, and Baracoa, which are among the most important tourist destinations in Cuba. == Freshwater gastropods ==

'' '' Ampullariidae • Pomacea diffusa Blume, 1957 – introduced, only scarce populations in the western region • Pomacea poeyana (Pilsbry, 1927) – endemic, well distributed in Cuba • Marisa cornuarietis (Linnaeus, 1758) – introduced, only scarce populations in the western region Viviparidae • Viviparus bermondianus (d'Orbigny, 1842) – endemic in the Zapata Peninsula, it has not been currently found and has perhaps disappeared Pachychilidae • Pachychilus nigratus (Poey, 1858) – endemic to Villa Clara • Pachychilus violaceus (Preston, 1911) – endemic to the area from Santiago de Cuba to Baracoa '' '' Thiaridae • Hemisinus brevis (d'Orbigny, 1841) – endemic to Pinar del Río, scarce distribution • Hemisinus cubanianus (d'Orbigny, 1841) – endemic to Pinar del Río, scarce distribution • Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) – introduced and widespread • Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1822) – introduced and widespread. Also with Physella acuta it is the most common freshwater snail in Cuba Hydrobiidae • Nanivitrea alcaldei (Jaume & Abbot, 1947) – endemic to Cárdenas, Cuba with one population, this small snail of less than 3 mm have not been currently found and have perhaps disappeared • Nanivitrea helicoides (Gundlach, 1865) – endemic to Trinidad, Cuba with one population, this small snail of less than 3 mm have not been currently found and have perhaps disappeared '' Lymnaeidae • Galba cubensis (Pfeiffer, 1839) – synonym: Fossaria cubensis Physidae • Physella acuta (Draparnaud, 1805) – also with Tarebia granifera it is the most common freshwater snail in Cuba Planorbidae • Biomphalaria havanensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1839) • Planorbella duryi (Wetherby, 1879) – synonym: Helisoma duryi File:Biomphalaria havanensis shell.png|shell of Biomphalaria havanensis File:Planorbella duryi shell.png|shell of Planorbella duryi freshwater snails or freshwater bivalve family ? • B. helophila • P. parvulus • B. pallida • D. lucidum • D. anatinum • E. cubensis • G. radiata • P. columella • D. cimex • G. parvus • L. manroensis == Land gastropods ==

There are about 1300 or 1387 species of land gastropods in Cuba. Land snails have a large degree of endemism and represent almost 94% of the species. • Helicina declivis Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1860 • Veronicella sloanei (Cuvier, 1817) '' • Cryptelasmus alcaldei Jaume & Sánchez de Fuentes, 1943 • Cryptelasmus canteroiana (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1857) • Cryptelasmus verai Jaume & Sánchez de Fuentes, 1943 • Cupulella dominguezi Aguayo & Jaume, 1948 • Cupulella vallei Aguayo & Jaume, 1948 • Lamellaxis gracilis (Hutton, 1834) • Lamellaxis micra (d'Orbigny, 1835) • Leptinaria paludinoides (d'Orbigny, 1842) • Leptinaria striosa abdita (Poey, 1858) • Leptinaria unilamellata (d'Orbigny, 1835) • Obeliscus acicularis Aguayo & Jaume, 1957 • Obeliscus angustatus (Gundlach, 1856) • Obeliscus bacillus (Pfeiffer, 1861) • Obeliscus basilissa Aguayo & Jaume, 1954 • Obeliscus binneyi Pilsbry, 1906 • Obeliscus blandianus Pilsbry, 1906 • Obeliscus clavus flavus Pilsbry, 1906 • Obeliscus gonostoma (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1863) • Obeliscus gundlachi (Pfeiffer, 1863) • Obeliscus homalogyrus (Shuttleworth in Pfeiffer, 1851) • Obeliscus lata Gundlach in Pilsbry, 1905 • Obeliscus maximus (Poey, 1854) • Obeliscus microstoma (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1863) • Obeliscus paradoxus (Arango, 1881) • Obeliscus petricola Aguayo & Jaume, 1957 • Obeliscus saugeti Aguayo & Jaume, 1957 • Obeliscus strictus (Poey, 1853) • Obeliscus swiftianus (Pfeiffer, 1852) • Obeliscus terebraster (Lamarck, 1822) • Opeas pumilum (Pfeiffer, 1840) • Rumina decollata (Linné, 1758) • Subulina octona (Bruguiére, 1792) Oleacinidae • Glandinella poeyana (Pfeiffer, 1854) • Melaniella acuticostata (d'Orbigny, 1842) • Melaniella alcaldei Aguayo & Jaume, 1954 • Melaniella bermudezi Aguayo & Jaume, 1954 • Melaniella camagueyana Aguayo & Jaume, 1954 • Melaniella fuentesi Aguayo & Jaume, 1954 • Melaniella gracillima (Pfeiffer, 1839) • Melaniella manzanillensis (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1857) • Melaniella multicosta (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1866) • Melaniella pichardi (Arango, 1862) • Melaniella quiñonesi Aguayo & Jaume, 1954 • Melaniella scalarina (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1866) • Melaniella tuberculata Gundlach in Poey, 1858 • Oleacina cyanozoaria Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1857 • Oleacina incerta (Reeve in Pfeiffer, 1866) • Oleacina incisa Pfeiffer, 1867 • Oleacina lindoni (Pfeiffer, 1846) • Oleacina orysacea (Rang in d'Orbigny, 1842) • Oleacina ottonis (Pfeiffer) • Oleacina poeyana Pfeiffer, 1866 • Oleacina rangelina Aguayo, 1953 • Oleacina regularis (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1857) • Oleacina saturata (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1857) • Oleacina sicilis Morelet, 1849 • Oleacina solidula (Pfeiffer, 1840) • Oleacina straminea (Deshayes, 1819) • Oleacina subulata (Pfeiffer, 1839) • Oleacina teres Pfeiffer, 1866 • Oleacina translucida Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1860 • Oleacina wrighti Pfeiffer, 1866 • Rectoleacina cubensis (d'Orbigny, 1842) • Rectoleacina episcopalis (Morelet) • Rectoleacina suturalis (Pfeiffer, 1839) • Varicella elata (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1857) • Varicella gundlachi (Pfeiffer, 1866) • Varicella multilineata Pilsbry, 1907 • Varicella swiftiana Pilsbry, 1907 • Varicella trinitaria (Gundlach in Poey, 1858) Spiraxidae • Pseudosubulina exilis (Pfeiffer, 1839) • Pseudosubulina iridescens Ramsden & Torre, ms. • Pseudosubulina michaudiana (d'Orbigny, 1842) • Spiraxis moreletianus Pfeiffer, 1866 • Volutaxis melanielloides Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1858 Streptaxidae • Rhabdogulella bicolor (Hutton, 1834) • Streptostele musaecola (Morelet, 1860) Haplotrematidae • Haplotrema paucispira (Poey, 1858) Helicodiscidae • Helicodiscus apex (C. B. Adams, 1849) • Helicodiscus ramsdeni Pilsbry, 1942 Sagdidae • Euclastaria debilis (Pfeiffer, 1839) • Euclastaria euclasta (Shuttleworth, 1852) • Hojeda boothiana (Pfeiffer, 1839) • Hojeda gracilis (Poey, 1865) • Hojeda holguinensis Clench & Aguayo, 1953 • Hojeda mayarina Aguayo, 1953 • Hojeda montetaurina (Pfeiffer, 1859) • Hojeda translucens (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1860) • Lacteoluna prominula (Pfeiffer, 1858) • Lacteoluna selenina (Gould, 1839) • Lacteoluna turbiniformis (Pfeiffer, 1839) • Odontosagda havanensis Vanatta, 1920 • Odontosagda hillei (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1870) • Setipellis stigmatica (Pfeiffer, 1841) • Suavitas raripila (Morelet, 1851) • Suavitas suavis (Gundlach, 1857) • Volvidens tichostoma (Pfeiffer, 1839) Gastrodontidae • Zonitoides arboreus (Say, 1862) • Zonitoides bregyl Vanatta, 1920 Euconulidae • Euconulus fulvus (Müller, 1774) • Guppya gundlachi (Pfeiffer, 1840) Zonitidae • Retinella identata paucilirata (Morelet, 1864) Agriolimacidae • Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774) • Deroceras agreste (Linné, 1758) • Deroceras retitulatum (Müller, 1774) Vitrinidae • Hawaiia minuscula (Binney, 1840) Bradybaenidae • Bradybaena similaris (Férussac, 1821) Camaenidae • Caracolus lowei Pilsbry, 1929 • Caracolus najazensis Clench & Aguayo, 1951 • Caracolus sagemon (Beck, 1837) • Polydontes apollo (Pfeiffer, 1860) • Polydontes imperator (Montfort, 1810) • Polydontes natensoni Torre, 1938 • Polydontes sobrina (Férussac, 1819) • Polydontes torrei Pilsbry, 1938 • Zachrysia auricoma (Férussac, 1822) • Zachrysia baracoensis (Gutierrez in Pfeiffer, 1856) • Zachrysia bayamensis (Pfeiffer, 1854) • Zachrysia emarginata (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1859) • Zachrysia flavicoma Pilsbry, 1928 • Zachrysia gibarana Pilsbry, 1928 • Zachrysia guanensis (Poey, 1857) • Zachrysia guantanamensis (Poey, 1857) • Zachrysia gundlachiana Pilsbry, 1928 • Zachrysia lamellicosta (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1861) • Zachrysia noscibilis (Férussac, 1822) • Zachrysia petitiana (d'Orbigny, 1842) • Zachrysia poeyi Jaume, 1984 • Zachrysia proboscidea (Pfeiffer, 1856) • Zachrysia provisoria (Pfeiffer, 1858) • Zachrysia ramsdeni Pilsbry, 1928 • Zachrysia rangelina (Pfeiffer, 1854) • Zachrysia torrei (Henderson, 1916) • Zachrysia trinitaria (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1858) Cepolidae • Coryda alauda (Férussac, 1821) • Coryda armasi Sarasúa, 1972 • Coryda bartlettiana (Pfeiffer, 1848) • Coryda lindoni (Pfeiffer, 1846) • Coryda melanocephala (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1859) • Coryda nigropicta (Arango in Poey, 1867) • Coryda ovumreguli (Lea) • Cysticopsis auberi (d'Orbigny, 1842) • Cysticopsis comes (Poey, 1858) • Cysticopsis cubensis (Pfeiffer, 1840) • Cysticopsis exauberi Aguayo & Jaume, 1954 • Cysticopsis jaudenesi (Cisneros in Arango, 1876) • Cysticopsis lassevillei (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1861) • Cysticopsis lescallei (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1859) • Cysticopsis letranensis (Pfeiffer, 1857) • Cysticopsis luzi (Arango in Poey, 1868) • Cysticopsis naevula (Morelet) • Cysticopsis pemphigodes (Pfeiffer, 1846) • Eurycampta arctistria (Pfeiffer, 1865) • Eurycampta bonplandi (Lamarck, 1822) • Eurycampta exdeflexa (Pilsbry, 1890) • Eurycampta pinarensis (Aguayo, 1950) • Eurycampta poeyi (Petit, 1836) • Eurycampta supertexta (Pfeiffer, 1845) • Hemitrochus alleni Aguayo & Jaume, 1957 • Hemitrochus amplecta (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1860) • Hemitrochus beattiei Aguayo & Jaume, 1957 • Hemitrochus cesticulus (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1858) • Hemitrochus compta (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1857) • Hemitrochus fuscolabiata (Poey, 1858) • Hemitrochus garciana Clench & Aguayo, 1953 • Hemitrochus hendersoni Aguayo & Jaume, 1957 • Hemitrochus lucipeta (Poey, 1854) • Hemitrochus maculifera (Gutiérrez in Poey, 1858) • Hemitrochus maisiana Aguayo & Jaume, 1957 • Hemitrochus morbida (Morelet) • Hemitrochus pseudogilva Torre • Hemitrochus rufoapicata (Poey, 1858) • Hemitrochus sauvallei (Arango in Pfeiffer, 1866) • Hemitrochus tephritis (Morelet) • Hemitrochus varians (Menke, 1829) • Hemitrochus velazqueziana (Poey, 1858) • Jeanneretia bicincta (Menke, 1830) • Jeanneretia gundlachi Clench & Aguayo, 1951 • Jeanneretia jaumei Clench & Aguayo, 1951 • Jeanneretia modica Clench & Aguayo, 1951 • Jeanneretia parraiana (d'Orbigny, 1842) • Jeanneretia sagraiana (d'Orbigny, 1842) • Jeanneretia subtussulcata (Wright in Pfeiffer, 1863) • Jeanneretia torrei Clench & Aguayo, 1933 • Jeanneretia wrighti (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1865) • Plagiotycha gregoriana Dall, 1905 Polygyridae • Daedalochila poeyi Aguayo & Jaume, 1947 • Polygyra lingulata (Deshayes in Férussac, 1859) • Praticolella griseola (Pfeiffer, 1841) Thysanophoridae • Thysanophora incrustata (Poey, 1852) • Thysanophora jeannereti (Pfeiffer, 1858) • Thysanophora saxicola (Pfeiffer, 1840) • Thysanophora plagioptycha (Shuttleworth, 1854) Cepolidae or Helminthoglyptidae or Xanthonychidae or • genus Polymita Beck, 1837 is endemic to Cuba ==Bivalvia==

Unionidae • Nephronaias gundlachi (Dunker, 1858) – endemic to Pinar del Río, scarce distribution • Nephronaias scammata (Morelet, 1849) – endemic to Pinar del Río, scarce distribution Corbiculidae • Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller, 1774) – introduced. ==See also==