List of non-marine molluscs of Seychelles
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The non-marine molluscs of Seychelles are a part of the molluscan wildlife of Seychelles.
Freshwater gastropods
- Paludomus ajanensis Morelet, 1860[1]
Land gastropods
Streptaxidae - There are 20 species of Streptaxidae on the Seychelles.[2][3] Seven genera of Streptaxidae are endemic to the Seychelles: Stereostele, Imperturbatia, Silhouettia, Careoradula, Augustula, Priodiscus and Acanthennea.[2]
- Acanthennea erinacea (Martens, 1898) - endemic[2]
- Augustula braueri (Martens, 1898) - endemic[2]
- Careoradula perelegans (Martens, 1898) - endemic[2]
- Conturbatia crenata Gerlach, 2001 - endemic to Frégate Island,[3] possibly extinct[4]
- Edentulina dussumieri (Dufo, 1840)[2] - subspecies: Edentulina dussumieri dussumieri (Dufo, 1840); Edentulina dussumieri reservae Gerlach & Bruggen, 1999; Edentulina dussumieri silhouettae Gerlach & Bruggen, 1999; Edentulina dussumieri praslina Gerlach & Bruggen, 1999.[2] The subspecies praslina is only known as subfossil.[2]
- Edentulina moreleti (Adams, 1868) - endemic[2]
- Glabrennea gardineri (Sykes, 1909) - endemic[5][2]
- Glabrennea silhouettensis (Verdcourt, 1994) - endemic[6][2]
- Glabrennea thomasseti (Sykes, 1909) - endemic[7][2]
- Gonaxis quadrilateralis Preston, 1910[8] / Gonaxis (Macrogonaxis) quadrilateralis (Preston, 1910)[2] / Macrogonaxis quadrilateralis - introduced in 1958 to biological control two species of Achatina, but it has failed[2]
- Huttonella bicolor (Hutton, 1834)[2]
- Imperturbatia constans (Martens, 1898) - endemic[2]
- Imperturbatia violescens (Martens, 1898) - endemic[9] - Gerlach & Bruggen (1999) have spelled the specific name as Imperturbatia violascens[2][clarification needed]
- Priodiscus costatus - endemic[2]
- Priodiscus serratus (Adams, 1868) - endemic[10][2]
- Priodiscus spinatus - endemic[2]
- Seychellaxis souleyetianus (Petit, 1841) - endemic[2]
- Silhouettia silhouettae (Martens, 1898) - endemic[2]
- Stereostele nevilli (Adams, 1868) - endemic[2] - subspecies: Stereostele nevilli nevilli (Adams, 1868) and Stereostele nevilli parvidentata Gerlach & Bruggen, 1999[2]
- Streptostele acicula (Morelet, 1877)[2]
See also
- List of marine molluscs of Seychelles
- List of non-marine molluscs of Zanzibar
- List of non-marine molluscs of Mauritius
- List of non-marine molluscs of Réunion
- List of non-marine molluscs of Comoros
- List of non-marine molluscs of Mayotte
- List of non-marine molluscs of Madagascar