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Snail samples were collected from five study sites in Hpa-an Township. They were Shwe-Yin- Hmyo Pagoda environs (site 1), the pond of Kyaukkanladd Pagoda (Site 2), Mya-Kan-Thar Inn (Site 3), Channel (Site 4) near the rice field of Eastern Thidar Street, and Kyar-Inn Bridge (Site 5) within Hpa-an Township from December, 2011 to February, 2012.These snails were taken photographs with digital camera. Identification was based on the shell shapes and classification of recorded snails were followed by Blanford and Godwin- Austen (1908); Gude (1914); Thompson (2004). All species differed in shape, colour, and pattern of the shell. A total of 22 species belonging to 15 families and 22 genera were recorded.