page_title: Wildlife of Vietnam
section_title: Molluscs
hierarchical_section_title: Wildlife of Vietnam / Fauna / Molluscs
caption_attribution_description: English: Holotype of Leptacme cuongi, holotype (RMNH 99273). Locality: Vietnam, Thanh Hoa Province, Pu Luong National Park, limestone hill near the native village Am, 20°27.39'N 105°13.65'E; 21.ix.2003. Actual height 13.0 mm.
context_page_description: The wildlife of Vietnam is rich in flora and fauna as reflected by its unique biodiversity. Rare and endemic antelope-like animal, categorized under the bovine subfamily, was found in 1992, in Bạch Mã National Park. In the 1990s, three other large mammal species, the deer-like Truong Son muntjac, giant muntjac and Pu Hoat muntjac, were also discovered, the first two in the same park. Conservation protection and scientific studies of the ecology of Vietnam, particularly in the protected forest areas, have been given priority attention by the Government of Vietnam. Laws were enacted to set up Xuân Thủy Wetland National Park, four UNESCO Biosphere Reserves, and Hạ Long Bay and Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Parks; the last two are also designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
  The rich diversity of Vietnam’s wildlife includes 11,400 species of vascular plants, 1030 species of moss, 310 species of mammals, 296 reptile species, 162 amphibian species, 700 freshwater species of fish and 2000 species of marine fish. There are about 889 species of birds and 310 species of land mollusks.
context_section_description: The habitat with molluscan fauna is in the terrestrial region of limestone formations where 310 species of Molluscs are reported  of which only 50% are verified by field checks. More are being discovered. One of the species is of snails but four more were identified in 2000s. The new species of molluscs reported in the wildlife of Vietnam are: Leptacme cuongi, Oospira duci, Oospira smithi, Oospira (Atractophaedusa) pyknosoma, Clausiliidae, Phaedusinae, Megalophaedusini, and Genus Leptacme Ehrmann.
caption: A shell of Leptacme cuong
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