Annotated Checklist of the Terrestrial Gastropods of Nepal

By

Budha, Prem B.
Naggs, Fred
Backeljau, Thierry

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

492

Pages

Jan-48

Subjects

Checklist , endemic , Gastropoda , Nepal

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.492.9175

 

Abstract

This is the very first checklist of the terrestrial gastropods of Nepal. It includes 138 species and six subspecies, of which 22 species are endemic and four are introduced. It highlights 34 species recorded for the first time in Nepal and provides new distribution records for another 30 species.