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).
A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Malta. There are 78 species of gastropods, 15 species of freshwater gastropods, 62 species of land gastropods) and 2 species of bivalves living in the wild.
There are 5 non-indigenous species of gastropods (2 freshwater and 2 land species). There are no non-indigenous species of bivalves in the wild in Malta.
| Numbers of molluscs by habitat | Number of species (according to this list) |
|---|---|
| Freshwater gastropods | 15 |
| Land gastropods | 62 |
| Total number of non-marine gastropods | 77 |
| Freshwater bivalves | 2 |
| Total number of non-marine molluscs | 79 |
Freshwater gastropods[edit]
Freshwater gastropods in Malta include:
- Hydrobia acuta (Draparnaud, 1805) - in brackish water[1]
- Hydrobia ventrosa (Montagu, 1803) - in brackish water[1]
- Paludinella littorina (Delle Chiaje, 1828) - in brackish water[1]
- Pseudamnicola moussoni (Calcara, 1841)[1]
- Heleobia stagnorum (Gmelin, 1791)[2] - synonym: Littorinida stagnorum (Gmelin, 1791)[1] - in brackish water
- Mercuria similis (Draparnaud, 1805)[1]
- Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1] - probably locally extinct[2]
- Galba truncatula (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
- Radix peregra (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1] - probably locally extinct[2]
- Physella acuta Draparnaud, 1805 - non-indigenous[1]
- Planorbis moquini Requien, 1848[1]
- Planorbis planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758)[1] - probably locally extinct[2]
- Gyraulus laevis (Alder, 1838)[1]
- Helisoma duryi Wetherby, 1879 - non-indigenous[1]
- Ancylus fluviatilis (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
Land gastropods[edit]
Land gastropods in Malta include:
- Pomatias elegans (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous[1]
- Tudorella sulcata (Draparnaud, 1805)[1]
- Truncatella subcylindrica (Linnaeus, 1767)[1] - partly marine, partly land snail
- Leucophytia bidentata (Montagu, 1808)[1] - semi-marine
- Ovatella firminii (Payraudeau, 1826)[1] - semi-marine
- Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801)[1] - semi-marine
- Carychium schlickumi Strauch, 1977[1]
- Lauria cylindracea (Da Costa, 1778)[1]
- Vallonia pulchella (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
- Truncatellina callicratis (Scacchi, 1833)[1]
- Pleurodiscus balmei (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)[1]
- Granopupa granum (Draparnaud, 1801)[1]
- Rupestrella philippii (Cantraine, 1840)[1]
- Mastus pupa (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
- Lampedusa imitatrix (O. Boettger, 1879) - Lampedusa imitatrix imitatrix (O. Boettger, 1879) - endemic; Lampedusa imitatrix melitensis (Gatto, 1892) - endemic[1]
- 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[1]
- hybrid Lampedusa imitatrix imitatrix × Muticaria macrostoma macrostoma[1]
- Muticaria macrostoma (Gulia, 1861) - Muticaria macrostoma mamotica (Gulia, 1861) - endemic; Muticaria macrostoma scalaris (L. Pfeiffer, 1848) - endemic[1]
- Papillifera papillaris (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
- Ferussacia folliculum (Gronovius, 1781)[1]
- Cecilioides acicula (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
- Cecilioides janii (De Betta & Martinati, 1855)[1]
- Cecilioides petitiana (Benoit, 1862)[1]
- Hohenwartiana hohenwarti (Rossmässler, 1839)[1]
- Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
- Testacella riedeli Guisti, Manganelli & Schembri, 1995[1]
- Discus rotundatus (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous[1]
- Oxyloma elegans (Risso, 1826)[1]
- Vitrea contracta (Westerlund, 1871)[1]
- Vitrea subrimata (Reinhardt, 1871)[1]
- Mediterranea hydatina (Rossmässler, 1838)[1]
- Oxychilus draparnaudi (Beck, 1837)[1]
- Milax nigricans (Schultz, 1836)[1]
- Tandonia sowerbyi (Férussac, 1823)[1]
- Limacus flavus Linnaeus, 1758[1]
- Lehmannia melitensis (Lessona & Pollonera, 1882)[1]
- Ambigolimax valentianus (Férussac, 1821) – introduced[3]
- Deroceras panormitanum (Lessona & Pollonera, 1882)[1]
- Deroceras golcheri Altena, 1962[1]
- Sphincterochila candidissima (Draparnaud, 1801)[1]
- Cernuella caruanae (Kobelt, 1888) - endemic to Malta and Sicily[1]
- Cernuella cisalpina (Rossmässler, 1837)[1]
- Cernuella virgata (Da Costa, 1778)[1]
- Cochlicella acuta (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
- Cochlicella conoidea (Draparnaud, 1801)[1]
- Schileykiella parlatoris (Bivona, 1839)[1]
- Trochoidea calcarata (Benoit, 1860) - endemic[1]
- Trochoidea cucullus (Martens, 1873) - endemic[1]
- Trochoidea despotti (Soós, 1933) - endemic[1]
- Trochoidea ogygiaca (Westerlund, 1889) - endemic[1]
- Trochoidea schembrii (Pfeiffer, 1848) - endemic[1]
- Trochoidea spratti (Pfeiffer, 1846) - endemic[1]
- Xerocrassa gharlapsi (Beckmann, 1987) - endemic[1]
- Xerocrassa meda (Porro, 1840)[1]
- Xerotricha apicina (Lamarck, 1822)[1]
- Xerotricha conspurcata (Draparnaud, 1801)[1]
- Cantareus aperta (Born, 1778)[1]
- Cornu aspersum (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
- Eobania vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
- Murella globularis (Philippi, 1836)[1]
- Murella melitensis (Férussac, 1821) - endemic[1]
- Theba pisana (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
- Caracollina lenticula (Michaud, 1831)[1]
Freshwater bivalves[edit]
Freshwater bivalves in Malta include:
- Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791)[1]
- Pisidium personatum (Malm, 1855)[1]
See also[edit]
Lists of molluscs of surrounding oversea countries:
- List of non-marine molluscs of Italy, Wildlife of Italy
- List of non-marine molluscs of Tunisia, Wildlife of Tunisia
- List of non-marine molluscs of Libya, Wildlife of Libya
The following species have been found only as fossils on Malta:
Fossil freshwater gastropods
- Gyraulus crista (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
- Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827)[1]
Fossil terrestrial gastropods
- Vertigo antivertigo (Draparnaud, 1801)[1]
- Orculella templorum (Benoit, 1862)[1]
- Siciliaria septemplicata (Philipii, 1836)[1]
- Cernuella durieui (Pfeiffer, 1848)[1]
- Trochoidea caroni (Deshayes, 1830) - fossil endemic to Malta and Sicily[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci Kolouch, Luboš R. (2003-07-10). "Suchozemští, sladkovodní a brakičtí měkkýši ostrovů Malty [Terrestrial, freshwater and brackish mollusca of Malta islands]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca (in Czech). 2: 43–50. doi:10.5817/MaB2003-2-43. ISSN 1336-6939.
- ^ a b c d Schembri P. J. (1992). "Diversity and conservation of the non-marine molluscs of the Maltese Islands". In: Giusti F. & Manganelli G. (eds.) Abstracts of the Eleventh International Malacological Congress, Siena 1992. pp. 195-198. University of Siena, Siena, Italy. PDF.
- ^ Beckmann, K.-H. (2003). "Neunachweis von Lehmannia valentiana für die Maltesischen Inseln". Heldia. 5 (1/2): 37.
External links[edit]
- Beckmann K. H. (1987). "Land - und Süβwassermollusken der Maltesischen Inseln". Heldia 1,suppl. 1: 1-38.
- Beckmann K. H. (1992). "Catalogue and bibliography of the land and freshwater molluscs of the Maltese Islands, the Pelagi Islands and the isle of Pantelleria". Heldia 2suppl. 2: 1-60.
- Beckmann K. H. & Gittenberger E. (1987). "The Clausiliidae (Gastropoda) of the Maltese Islands, some additional data". Journal of Conchology 32: 335-338.
- Holyoak D. T. (1986). "Biological species-limits and systematics of Clausiliidae (Gastropoda) of the Maltese Islands". Journal of Conchology 32: 211-220.
- Mandahl-Barth G. (1988). "The shell-bearing land-snails of Malta". Mdina, Malta, Friends of the National Museum of Natural History, iv + 65 pp.
- Soós L. (1933). "A systematic and zoogeographical contribution to the mollusc fauna of the Maltese Islands and Lampedusa". Archiv für Naturgeschichte 2: 305-353.
- Thake M. A. & Schembri P. J. (1989). "Mollusca". In: Schembri P. J. & Sultana J. (eds.) Red data book for the Maltese Islands. pp. 79-89. Valletta, Malta, Department of Information.