The non-marine mollusks of Puerto Rico are a part of the molluscan fauna of Puerto Rico. A number of species of non-marine mollusks are found in the wild in Puerto Rico.
Robert James Shuttleworth has described 3 genera and 25 species from Puerto Rico as new in 1854."Taxa described as new in Shuttleworth, R. J. 1854 (n = 28)". AnimalBase, accessed 4 January 2011.
Freshwater gastropods Thiaridae Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1822)Chaniotis B. N., Butler J. M., Ferguson F. F. & Jobin W. R. (1980). "Bionomics of Tarebia granifera (Gastropoda: Thiaridae) in Puerto Rico, an Asian vector of Paragonimiasis westermani". Caribbean Journal of Science 16: 81-89. PDF Land gastropods Amphibulimidae genus Gaeotis Shuttleworth, 1854 is endemic to Puerto RicoBreure A. S. H. (1974). "Notes on the Genus Gaeotis Shuttleworth, 1854 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Bulimulidae)". Netherlands Journal of Zoology 24(3): 236-252. . PDF . Gaeotis albopunctulata Gaeotis nigrolineata Gaeotis flavolineata Gaeotis malleata
Ellobiidae
Melampus bidentatus Say, 1822 Melampus coffea (Linnaeus, 1758) Melampus floridanus Pfeiffer, 1856 Melampus monile (Bruguiére, 1789)
Sagdidae Polydontes acutangula Burrow, 1815Burrow, E.I. (1815). Elements of conchology, according to the Linnæan system, illustrated by 28 plates, drawn from nature. London, R. & A. Taylor, xix + 246 pp.
Succineidae Succinea approximans Shuttleworth, 1854Shuttleworth R. J. (1854). "Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken der Insel Portorico". Mitteilungen der naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern Nr. 310-330: 33–56.
Veronicellidae Diplosolenodes occidentalis (Guilding, 1851) Leidyula floridana (Leidy, 1851) Sarasinula plebeia (Fischer, 1868) Veronicella cubensis (Pfeiffer, 1840) Veronicella portoricensis (Semper, 1885) Aguayo C. G. (1965). "Sobre el status de Veronicella portoricensis (Mollusca Pulmonata)". Caribbean Journal of Science 5(1-2): 25-28. PDF . Veronicella tenax (Baker, 1931) See also Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries: List of non-marine molluscs of the United States
References
Further reading Grana F. A. (2007). "Nomenclatura de los organismos acuáticos y marinos de Puerto Rico e Islas Vírgenes. Vol. 6: Moluscos de Puerto Rico e Islas Vírgenes, parte 5". PDF. Harry H. W. (1964). "The foreign freshwater snails now established in Puerto Rico" (abstract). American Malac. Union. An. Rep. 1964: 4–5. Gundlach J. (1883). Apuntes para la fauna Puerto-Riqueña [Notes for Puerto-Rican fauna]. Memorias de Historia Natural 4: 5-58; 5: 441–484. van der Schalie H. (1948). "The land and fresh-water mollusks of Puerto Rico". Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 70: 134 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/56315 PDF. Richards C. S. (1964). "Puerto Rican species of Tropicorbis and Drepanotrema. Comparison with Australorbis glabratus and other Planorbids". Malacologia 2(1): 105–129.