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List of non-marine molluscs of Madeira

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List of non-marine molluscs of Madeira

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Location 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. In addition there are at least ? gastropod species living only in as hothouse aliens in greenhouses, aquaria and terraria.

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%.

There are ?? non-indigenous species of gastropods (?? freshwater and ?? land species) and ?? species of bivalves in the wild in Croatia. This is altogether ?? freshwater non-indigenous species of wild molluscs. --

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

Madeira
freshwater gastropods
land gastropods
gastropods altogether
bivalves
molluscs altogether
non-indigenous gastropods in the wild
non-indigenous hot-house alien gastropods
non-indigenous bivalves in the wild
non-indigenous hot-house alien bivalves
non-indigenous molluscs altogether

Land gastropods

Discidae

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

Ferussaciidae

  • Amphorella iridescens
  • Amphorella melampoides
  • Amphorella hypselia
  • 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
  • Craspedaria coronula (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)
  • 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

References

  1. Cameron R. A. D., Cook L. M. & Hallows J. D. (29 March 1996). "Land Snails on Porto Santo: Adaptive and Non-Adaptive Radiation". ''Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences'' '''351'''(1337): 309-327. {{doi. 10.1098/rstb.1996.0025, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/56389 JSTOR].
  2. Teixeira, D.. (2017). "''Atlantica guerinianus''".
  3. Teixeira, D.. (2017). "''Amphorella iridescens''".
  4. Abreu, C.. (2017). "''Amphorella melampoides''".
  5. Teixeira, D.. (2017). "''Amphorella hypselia''".
  6. Teixeira, D.. (2017). "''Cecilioides eulima''".
  7. Mollusc Specialist Group. (1996). "''Cecilioides nyctelia''".
  8. Seddon, M.B.. (2017). "''Cylichnidia ovuliformis''".
  9. Seddon, M.B.. (2011). "''Caseolus commixtus''".
  10. Seddon, M.B.. (2011). "''Callina bulverii''".
  11. Seddon, M.B.. (2011). "''Discula cheiranthicola''".
  12. Fontaine B., [[Philippe Bouchet. Bouchet P.]], Van Achterberg K., Alonso-Zarazaga M. A., Araujo R. et al. (2007). "The European union's 2010 target: Putting rare species in focus." ''Biological Conservation'' '''139''': 167-185. Table 2 on p. 173. {{doi. 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.06.012. [http://download.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/hannelore.hoch/2010_target.pdf PDF].
  13. Seddon, M.B.. (2011). "''Discula tabellata''".
  14. Seddon, M.B.. (2011). "''Geomitra moniziana''".
  15. Seddon, M.B.. (2011). "''Geomitra tiarella''".
  16. Seddon, M.B.. (2011). "''Hystricella bicarinata''".
  17. Neiber, M.T.. (2018). "''Hystricella echinulata''".
  18. Seddon, M.B.. (2011). "''Wollastonaria oxytropis''".
  19. Seddon, M.B.. (2011). "''Wollastonaria turricula''".
  20. Seddon, M.. (2011). "''Serratorotula juliformis''".
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