List of non-marine molluscs 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.

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%.

Summary table of number of species

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

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

See also

• List of non-marine molluscs of Portugal

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of the Canary Islands

References

Further reading

• Cameron R. A. D., Laurence M. Cook L. M., Goodfriend G. A. & Seddon M. B. (2006). "Fossil land snail faunas of Porto Santo, Madeiran archipelago: change and stasis in Pleistocene to recent times". Malacologia 49(1): 25–59. .
• Cameron R. A. D., da Cunha R.M.T. & Martins A. M. F. (2007). "Chance and necessity: land-snail faunas of São Miguel, Azores, compared with those of Madeira." Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1): 11–21.
• Cameron R. A. D., Cook L. M. & Gao G. (1996). "Variation in snail species widespread on Porto Santo, Madeiran archipelago." Journal of Molluscan Studies 62: 143–150. abstract.
• Cockerell T. D. A. (May–June 1922). "Porto Santo and its snails". Natural History, New York. 22(3): 268-270.
• Seddon M. B. (2008). "The landsnails of Madeira. An illustrated compendium of the landsnails and slugs of the Madeiran archipelago. Studies in Biodiversity and Systematics of Terrestrial Organisms from the National Museum of Wales". BIOTIR Reports 2: 204 pp. .
• book review: Cameron R. A. D. (2009). Folia Malacologica 17(1): 45–47. abstract