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List of non-marine molluscs of the Canary Islands

The non-marine molluscs of the Canary Islands are a part of the molluscan fauna of the Canary Islands.

A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Canary Islands.

Freshwater gastropods

Hydrobiidae

Thiaridae

Lymnaeidae

Physidae

Planorbidae

Land gastropods

Hydrocenidae

Craspedopomatidae

Pomatiidae

Cochlicopidae

Chondrinidae

Lauriidae

Pupillidae

Truncatellinidae

Valloniidae

Enidae

Achatinidae

Ferussaciidae

Streptaxidae

Testacellidae

  • Testacella maugei A. Férussac, 1819 - probably non-indigenous on Tenerife and Gran Canaria
  • Testacella scutulum G. B. Sowerby, 1821 - probably non-indigenous on Gran Canaria

Discidae

Punctidae

Gastrodontidae

Oxychilidae

Pristilomatidae

Milacidae

Parmacellidae

Agriolimacidae

Boettgerillidae

Limacidae

Vitrinidae

Arionidae

  • Arion hortensis Férussac, 1819 - probably non-indigenous on Lanzarote

Canariellidae

Geomitridae

Helicidae

Trissexodontidae

Freshwater bivalves

Sphaeriidae

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

References

Further reading

  • Alonso M. R. & Ibáñez M. (24 May 2007) "Anatomy and function of the penial twin papillae system of the Helicinae (Gastropoda: Helicoidea: Helicidae) and description of two new, small Hemicycla species from the laurel forest of the Canary Islands". Zootaxa 1482: 1-23. 41 plates. abstract.
  • Alonso M. R., Ibáñez M., Valido M. J., Ponte-Lira C. E. & Henriquez F. C. (1991) (1988). "Catalogación de la malacofauna terrestre endémica de Canarias, con vistas a su protección. Isla de Tenerife". Iberus 8(2): 121–128.
  • Diaz J. A., Alonso M. R. & Ibáñez M. (1986). "Los pulmonados desnudos de las Islas Canarias. I. Superfamilias Testacelloidea Gray 1840 y Zonitoidea Morch 1864". Vieraea 16: 81–96. La Laguna.