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Location of Mexico. The non-marine molluscs of Mexico are a part of the molluscan wildlife of Mexico. A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Mexico. There are about 1,178 species and subspecies of terrestrial gastropods in the Mexico. [1]
This list of gastropods described in 2017 is a list of new taxa of snails and slugs of every kind that have been described (following the rules of the ICZN) during the year 2017. The list only includes taxa at the rank of genus or species. For changes in taxonomy above the level of genus, see Changes in the taxonomy of gastropods since 2005.
Scaly-foot gastropod Chrysomallon squamiferum, common name the scaly-foot gastropod, is a species of deep-sea hydrothermal-vent snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Peltospiridae. This vent-endemic gastropod is known only from deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Indian Ocean, where it has been found at depths of about 2,400–2,800 m ...
The majority of gastropods have haemolymph containing the respiratory pigment haemocyanin. This is a copper-containing protein that helps to carry oxygen, and gives the haemolymph a pale blue colour. In the freshwater Planorbid snails, however, the haemocyanin is replaced by haemoglobin , and thus their haemolymph is red rather than blue.
Taxa of gastropods described in 2018 in WoRMS database. Thach, Nguyen Ngoc (2018). New Shells of South Asia - Seashells - Landsnails - Freshwater Shells. 3 New Genera, 132 New Species & Subspecies. 48HRBooks Company, Akron, Ohio, USA. p. 172. [self-published source
This clade has been considered to be a leftover of early gastropod diversification. Neritimorpha is the sister taxon of the Apogastropoda. [7] [8] The clade uniting neritimorphs and apogastropods has been called either Adenogonogastropoda [9] or Angiogastropoda. [7] All modern members of Neritimorpha are classified in the order ...
This list of gastropods described in 2010, is a list of new taxa of snails and slugs of every kind that have been described (following the rules of the ICZN) during the year 2010. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species. For changes in taxonomy above the level of genus, see Changes in the taxonomy of gastropods since 2005.
This list of gastropods described in 2013 is a list of new taxa of snails and slugs of every kind that have been described (following the rules of the ICZN) during the year 2013. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species. For changes in taxonomy above the level of genus, see Changes in the taxonomy of gastropods since 2005.