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List of non marine molluscs of Madeira

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List of non-marine molluscs of Madeira

The non-marine molluscs of Madeira are a part of the molluscan fauna of Madeira (wildlife of Madeira). This list includes whole Madeira Autonomous Region, that includes Madeira Island, Porto Santo Island, Desertas Islands and Savage Islands.

A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Madeira.

There are 56 species of gastropods: ?? species of freshwater gastropods, 56 species of land gastropods (land snails) and ?? species of bivalves living in the wild.

The degree of endemism for the area of Madeira is about 84%.

Summary table of number of species

(Summary table is based on species counted in this list and include also those ones with question marks)

Land gastropods

Discidae

  • Discus guerinianus (R. T. Lowe, 1852) - endemic to Madeira

    • Ferussaciidae

  • Amphorella iridescens
  • Amphorella melampoides
  • Amphorella producta
  • Cecilioides eulima (Lowe, 1854)
  • Cecilioides nyctelia
  • Cylichnidia ovuliformis

    • Lauriidae

  • Leiostyla abbreviata (R. T. Lowe, 1852) - globally extinct from Madeira
  • Leiostyla gibba (R. T. Lowe, 1852) - globally extinct from Madeira
  • Leiostyla lamellosa (R. T. Lowe, 1852) - globally extinct from Madeira

    • Hygromiidae

  • Caseolus calvus galeatus (R. T. Lowe, 1862) - The subspecies Caseolus calvus galeatus is globally extinct.
  • Caseolus commixtus R. T. Lowe, 1852
  • Discula bulweri (Wood, 1828)
  • Discula cheiranthicola
  • Discula lyelliana (R. T. Lowe, 1852) - globally extinct from Deserta Grande Island
  • Discula rotula (R. T. Lowe, 1831) - on Porto Santo Island
  • Discula tabellata (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
  • Discula tetrica (R. T. Lowe, 1862) - globally extinct from Bugio
  • Geomitra delphinuloides (R. T. Lowe, 1860) - globally extinct from Madeira
  • Geomitra grabhami (Wollaston, 1878) - globally extinct from Deserta Grande Island
  • Geomitra moniziana Paiva, 1867
  • Geomitra tiarella Webb & Berthelot, 1833
  • Hystricella bicarinata (Sowerby, 1824)
  • Hystricella echinulata
  • Hystricella oxytropis
  • Hystricella turricula (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
  • Pseudocampylaea loweii (A. Férussac, 1835) - globally extinct from Madeira
  • Serratorotula coronata (Deshayes, 1850) - synonym: Geomitra coronata

    • Helicidae

  • Leptaxis simia hyaena (R. T. Lowe, 1852) - The subspecies Leptaxis simia hyaena is globally extinct from Bugio, Madeira

    • References

    List of non-marine molluscs of Madeira Wikipedia
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