page_title: List of non-marine molluscs of Cuba
section_title: Freshwater gastropods
hierarchical_section_title: List of non-marine molluscs of Cuba / Freshwater gastropods
caption_attribution_description: English: photo of apertural and abapertural views of shells of Hemisinus cubanianus.
context_page_description: The non-marine molluscs of Cuba are a part of the molluscan wildlife of Cuba. Numerous species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Cuba, which is in fact one of the richest places for the malacological fauna in the world, especially in land snails, hosting a high degree of endemism. Cuba has some highly charismatic species of land snails, such as those of the genus Polymita and Liguus.
  A total of 42 species of freshwater molluscs occur in Cuba. Introduced species such as Tarebia granifera and Melanoides tuberculata are spread throughout the country and might be a threat for endemics and other native snails.
context_section_description: 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
  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
caption: shells of endemic Cuban species Hemisinus cubanianus
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