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List of non marine molluscs of Malta

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List of non-marine molluscs of Malta

The non-marine molluscs of Malta are a part of the molluscan fauna of Malta (wildlife of Malta).

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A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Malta. There are 77 species of gastropods, 15 species of freshwater gastropods, 62 species of land gastropods) and 2 species of bivalves living in the wild.

There are 4 non-indigenous species of gastropods (2 freshwater and 2 land species). There are no non-indigenous species of bivalves in the wild in Malta.

Freshwater gastropods

Freshwater gastropods in Malta include:

Hydrobiidae

  • Hydrobia acuta (Draparnaud, 1805) - in brackish water
  • Hydrobia ventrosa (Montagu, 1803) - in brackish water
  • Paludinella littorina (Delle Chiaje, 1828) - in brackish water
  • Pseudamnicola moussoni (Calcara, 1841)
  • Heleobia stagnorum (Gmelin, 1791) - synonym: Littorinida stagnorum (Gmelin, 1791) - in brackish water
  • Mercuria similis (Draparnaud, 1805)
  • Thiaridae

  • Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) - probably locally extinct
  • Lymnaeidae

  • Galba truncatula (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Radix peregra (O. F. Müller, 1774) - probably locally extinct
  • Physidae

  • Physella acuta Draparnaud, 1805 - non-indigenous
  • Planorbidae

  • Planorbis moquini Requien, 1848
  • Planorbis planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758) - probably locally extinct
  • Gyraulus laevis (Alder, 1838)
  • Helisoma duryi Wetherby, 1879 - non-indigenous
  • Ancylus fluviatilis (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Land gastropods

    Land gastropods in Malta include:

    Pomatiidae

  • Pomatias elegans (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous
  • Tudorella sulcata (Draparnaud, 1805)
  • Truncatellidae

  • Truncatella subcylindrica (Linnaeus, 1767) - partly marine, partly land snail
  • Ellobiidae

  • Leucophytia bidentata (Montagu, 1808) - semi-marine
  • Ovatella firminii (Payraudeau, 1826) - semi-marine
  • Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) - semi-marine
  • Carychium schlickumi Strauch, 1977
  • Lauriidae

  • Lauria cylindracea (Da Costa, 1778)
  • Valloniidae

  • Vallonia pulchella (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Vertiginidae

  • Truncatellina callicratis (Scacchi, 1833)
  • Pleurodiscidae

  • Pleurodiscus balmei (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
  • Chondrinidae

  • Granopupa granum (Draparnaud, 1801)
  • Granopupa philippii (Cantraine, 1840)
  • Enidae

  • Jaminia pupa (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Clausiliidae

  • Lampedusa imitatrix (O. Boettger, 1879) - Lampedusa imitatrix imitatrix (O. Boettger, 1879) - endemic; Lampedusa imitatrix melitensis (Gatto, 1892) - endemic
  • Muticaria macrostoma (Cantraine, 1835) - Muticaria macrostoma macrostoma (Cantraine, 1835) - endemic; Muticaria macrostoma oscitans (Charpentier, 1852) - endemic; Muticaria macrostoma macrostoma × Muticaria macrostoma oscitans - endemic; Muticaria macrostoma macrostoma × Muticaria macrostoma scalaris
  • hybrid Lampedusa imitatrix imitatrix × Muticaria macrostoma macrostoma
  • Muticaria macrostoma (Gulia, 1861) - Muticaria macrostoma mamotica (Gulia, 1861) - endemic; Muticaria macrostoma scalaris (L. Pfeiffer, 1848) - endemic
  • Papillifera papillaris (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Ferussaciidae

  • Ferussacia follicula (Gronovius, 1781)
  • Cecilioides acicula (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Cecilioides janii (De Betta & Martinati, 1855)
  • Cecilioides petitiana (Benoit, 1862)
  • Hohenwartiana hohenwarti (Rossmässler, 1839)
  • Subulinidae

  • Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Testacellidae

  • Testacella riedeli Guisti, Manganelli & Schembri, 1995
  • Discidae

  • Discus rotundatus (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous
  • Succineidae

  • Oxyloma elegans (Risso, 1826)
  • Pristilomatidae

  • Vitrea contracta (Westerlund, 1871)
  • Vitrea subrimata (Reinhardt, 1871)
  • Oxychilidae

  • Oxychilus draparnaudi (Beck, 1837)
  • Oxychilus hydatinus (Rossmässler, 1838)
  • Milacidae

  • Milax nigricans (Schultz, 1836)
  • Tandonia sowerbyi (Férussac, 1823)
  • Limacidae

  • Limax flavus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Lehmannia melitensis (Lessona & Pollonera, 1882) - endemic to Malta and Italy
  • Agriolimacidae

  • Deroceras panormitanum (Lessona & Pollonera, 1882)
  • Deroceras golcheri Altena, 1962
  • Sphincterochilidae

  • Sphincterochila candidissima (Draparnaud, 1801)
  • Hygromiidae

  • Schileykiella parlatoris (Bivona, 1839)
  • Helicella apicina (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Helicella conspurcata (Draparnaud, 1801)
  • Cernuella caruanae (Kobelt, 1888) - endemic to Malta and Sicily
  • Cernuella cisalpina (Rossmässler, 1837)
  • Cernuella virgata (Da Costa, 1778)
  • Cochlicella acuta (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Cochlicella conoidea (Draparnaud, 1801)
  • Trochoidea calcarata (Benoit, 1860) - endemic
  • Trochoidea cucullus (Martens, 1873) - endemic
  • Trochoidea despotti (Soós, 1933) - endemic
  • Trochoidea ogygiaca (Westerlund, 1889) - endemic
  • Trochoidea schembrii (Pfeiffer, 1848) - endemic
  • Trochoidea spratti (Pfeiffer, 1846) - endemic
  • Trochoidea gharlapsi Beckmann, 1987 - endemic
  • Trochoidea meda (Porro, 1840)
  • Helicidae

  • Helix aperta Born, 1778
  • Helix aspersa O. F. Müller, 1774
  • Eobania vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Murella globularis (Philippi, 1836)
  • Murella melitensis (Férussac, 1821) endemic
  • Theba pisana (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Caracollina lenticula (Michaud, 1831)
  • Freshwater bivalves

    Freshwater bivalves in Malta include:

    Sphaeriidae

  • Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791)
  • Pisidium personatum (Malm, 1855)
  • References

    List of non-marine molluscs of Malta Wikipedia


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