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List of non-marine molluscs of Seychelles

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

Freshwater gastropods

Paludomidae

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)

See also

References

Further reading

  • Gerlach J. (1998). "The shell-less slugs of Seychelles (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Veronicellidae and Urocyclidae)". Argonauta 11: 56–64.
  • Gerlach J. (2007) Terrestrial and Freshwater Mollusca of Seychelles. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden.
  • Martens E. & Wiegmann F. (1898). "Land und Süsswasser mollusken der Seychellen". Mitteilugen aus dem Zoologischen, Sammlung des Museums Naturkunde, Berlin 1: 1-94.

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