List of non-marine molluscs of Madeira
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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[1] 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%.[1]
- 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 | 56 species of land snails[1] |
| gastropods altogether | 56 |
| bivalves | ?? |
| molluscs altogether | 56 |
| non-indigenous gastropods in the wild | ?? freshwater and ?? land |
| non-indigenous hot-house alien gastropods | ? |
| non-indigenous bivalves in the wild | ? |
| non-indigenous hot-house alien bivalves | ? |
| non-indigenous molluscs altogether | ? |
Land gastropods
- Discus guerinianus (R. T. Lowe, 1852) - endemic to Madeira[2]
- Amphorella iridescens[3]
- Amphorella melampoides[4]
- Amphorella hypselia[5]
- Cecilioides eulima (Lowe, 1854)[6]
- Cecilioides nyctelia[7]
- Cylichnidia ovuliformis[8]
- Leiostyla abbreviata (R. T. Lowe, 1852) - globally extinct from Madeira[9]
- Leiostyla gibba (R. T. Lowe, 1852) - globally extinct from Madeira[9]
- Leiostyla lamellosa (R. T. Lowe, 1852) - globally extinct from Madeira[9]
- Caseolus calvus galeatus (R. T. Lowe, 1862) - The subspecies Caseolus calvus galeatus is globally extinct.[9]
- Caseolus commixtus R. T. Lowe, 1852[10]
- Craspedaria coronula (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
- Discula bulweri (Wood, 1828)[11]
- Discula cheiranthicola[12]
- Discula lyelliana (R. T. Lowe, 1852) - globally extinct from Deserta Grande Island[9]
- Discula rotula (R. T. Lowe, 1831) - on Porto Santo Island
- Discula tabellata (R. T. Lowe, 1852)[13]
- Discula tetrica (R. T. Lowe, 1862) - globally extinct from Bugio[9]
- Geomitra delphinuloides (R. T. Lowe, 1860) - globally extinct from Madeira[9]
- Geomitra grabhami (Wollaston, 1878)
- Geomitra moniziana Paiva, 1867[14]
- Geomitra tiarella Webb & Berthelot, 1833[15]
- Hystricella bicarinata (Sowerby, 1824)[16]
- Hystricella echinulata[17]
- Hystricella oxytropis[18]
- Hystricella turricula (R. T. Lowe, 1831)[19]
- Pseudocampylaea loweii (A. Férussac, 1835) - globally extinct from Madeira[9]
- Serratorotula coronata (Deshayes, 1850) - synonym: Geomitra coronata[20]
- Leptaxis simia hyaena (R. T. Lowe, 1852) - The subspecies Leptaxis simia hyaena is globally extinct from Bugio, Madeira[9]
See also
Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:
