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List of non-marine molluscs of Seychelles

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List of non-marine molluscs of Seychelles

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Location of Seychelles

The non-marine molluscs of Seychelles are a part of the molluscan wildlife of Seychelles.

Freshwater gastropods

Paludomidae

  • Paludomus ajanensis Morelet, 1860

Land gastropods

Streptaxidae - There are 20 species of Streptaxidae on the Seychelles. Seven genera of Streptaxidae are endemic to the Seychelles: Stereostele, Imperturbatia, Silhouettia, Careoradula, Augustula, Priodiscus and Acanthennea.

  1. Acanthennea erinacea (Martens, 1898) - endemic
  2. Augustula braueri (Martens, 1898) - endemic
  3. Careoradula perelegans (Martens, 1898) - endemic
  4. Conturbatia crenata Gerlach, 2001 - endemic to Frégate Island, possibly extinct
  5. Edentulina dussumieri (Dufo, 1840) - subspecies: Edentulina dussumieri dussumieri (Dufo, 1840); Edentulina dussumieri reservae Gerlach & Bruggen, 1999; Edentulina dussumieri silhouettae Gerlach & Bruggen, 1999; Edentulina dussumieri praslina Gerlach & Bruggen, 1999. The subspecies praslina is only known as subfossil.
  6. Edentulina moreleti (Adams, 1868) - endemic
  7. Glabrennea gardineri (Sykes, 1909) - endemic
  8. Glabrennea silhouettensis (Verdcourt, 1994) - endemic
  9. Glabrennea thomasseti (Sykes, 1909) - endemic
  10. Gonaxis quadrilateralis Preston, 1910 / Gonaxis (Macrogonaxis) quadrilateralis (Preston, 1910) / Macrogonaxis quadrilateralis - introduced in 1958 to biological control two species of Achatina, but it has failed
  11. Huttonella bicolor (Hutton, 1834)
  12. Imperturbatia constans (Martens, 1898) - endemic
  13. Imperturbatia violescens (Martens, 1898) - endemic - Gerlach & Bruggen (1999) have spelled the specific name as Imperturbatia violascens
  14. Priodiscus costatus - endemic
  15. Priodiscus serratus (Adams, 1868) - endemic
  16. Priodiscus spinatus - endemic
  17. Seychellaxis souleyetianus (Petit, 1841) - endemic
  18. Silhouettia silhouettae (Martens, 1898) - endemic
  19. Stereostele nevilli (Adams, 1868) - endemic - subspecies: Stereostele nevilli nevilli (Adams, 1868) and Stereostele nevilli parvidentata Gerlach & Bruggen, 1999
  20. Streptostele acicula (Morelet, 1877)

References

References

  1. Brown D. S. & Gerlach J. (1991). "On ''Paludomus'' and ''Cleopatra'' (Thiariidae) in Africa and the Seychelles islands". ''Journal of Molluscan Studies'' '''57'''(4): 471-479. {{doi. 10.1093/mollus/57.4.471.
  2. Gerlach J. & [[Adolph Cornelis van Bruggen. Bruggen A. C. van]] (1999). "Streptaxidae Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) of the Seychelles Islands, western Indian Ocean". ''[[Zoologische Verhandelingen]]'' '''328''': 1-60. [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/219431 abstract], [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/46273 PDF].
  3. Gerlach J. (2001). "''Conturbatia'', a new genus of Streptaxidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pulmonata)". ''[[Zoosystematics and Evolution]]'' '''77'''(2): 297-302. {{doi. 10.1002/mmnz.20010770213.
  4. Gerlach, J.. (2009). "''Conturbatia crenata''".
  5. Gerlach, J.. (2009). "''Glabrennea gardineri''".
  6. Gerlach, J.. (2009). "''Glabrennea silhouettensis''".
  7. Gerlach, J.. (2009). "''Glabrennea thomasseti''".
  8. Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of ''Diaphera'' Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". ''[[Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society]]'' '''160''': 1-16. {{doi. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00598.x.
  9. Gerlach, J.. (2009). "''Imperturbatia violescens''".
  10. Gerlach J. (2006). [http://oldredlist.iucnredlist.org/details/168150/0 ''Priodiscus serratus'']. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 6 September 2010.{{dead link. (July 2024)
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