List of non-marine molluscs of Mauritius

Location of Mauritius

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

The Outer islands of Mauritius includes Cargados Carajos, Rodrigues and the Agalega Islands.

Freshwater gastropods

Assimineidae

• Omphalotropis hieroglyphica Potiez & Michaud, 1838 – endemic, in salt marshes[1]
• Omphalotropis major Stephanie, Maela & Stephane, 2005 - endemic

Planorbidae

• Africanogyrus rodriguezensis (Crosse, 1873) – endemic[2]
• Bulinus cernicus Morelet, 1867[3]
• Gyraulus mauritianus Morelet – endemic[4]

Land gastropods

Drawing of apertural view of the shell of land snail Tropidophora michaudi, that is endemic to Mauritius.

Pomatiidae

• Tropidophora articulata (Gray, 1834) – endemic[5]
• Tropidophora michaudi Grateloup, 1840 – endemic[6]

Ariophantidae

• Tanychlamys indica (2005)

Achatinellidae

• Elasmias cernicum Benson, 1850[7]
• Elasmias jaurffreti Madge, 1946 – endemic[8]

Achatinidae

• Lissachatina fulica (1993)
• Lissachatina immaculata (2006)

Euconulidae

• Colparion madgei Laidlaw, 1938 – extinct, was endemic to Mauritius[9]
• Ctenophila caldwelli Benson, 1859 – endemic[10]
• Dancea rodriguezensis – endemic[11]
• Dupontia levis Godwin-Austen, 1908 – endemic[12]
• Dupontia perlucida Adams, 1867[13]
• Dupontia poweri Adams, 1868 – endemic[14]
• Dupontia proletaria Morelet, 1860 – extinct[15]

Vertiginidae

• Nesopupa madgei Peile, 1936[16]
• Nesopupa rodriguezensis Connolly, 1925 – endemic[17]

Streptaxidae – genus Gibbus and genus Gonidomus were endemic to Mauritius, but they are now extinct.[18]

• Gibbus lyonetianus Pallas, 1780 – endemic, extinct[19]
• Gonidomus newtoni Adams, 1867 – endemic, extinct[20]
• Gonidomus sulcatus Peile, 1936 – endemic[21]
• Gonospira duponti Nevill, 1870 – endemic[22]
• Gonospira holostoma Morelet, 1875 – endemic[23]
• Gonospira madgei Kennard, 1943 – endemic[24]
• Gonospira nevilli Adams, 1867 – endemic, extinct[25]
• Gonospira striaticostus Morelet, 1866 – endemic[26]
• Gonospira teres Pfeiffer, 1856 – endemic[27]
• Gulella antelmeana Peile, 1936 – endemic[28]
• Microstrophia modesta Adams, 1867 – endemic[29]
• Microstrophia nana Peile, 1936 – endemic[30]
• Plicadomus Swainson, 1840 – endemic genus[18]
• Maurennea[18]

Helicidae

• Cornu aspersum 2006

Helicarionidae

• Erepta odontina Morelet, 1851 – endemic[31]
• Erepta stylodon Pfeiffer, 1842 – endemic[32]
• Harmogenanina implicata Nevill, 1870 – endemic[33]
• Erepta nevilli – extinct, was endemic to Mauritius[34]
• Thapsia snelli Connolly, 1925 – endemic[35]

Freshwater bivalves

See also

• List of marine molluscs of Mauritius
• List of non-marine molluscs of the Seychelles
• List of non-marine molluscs of Madagascar
• List of non-marine molluscs of Réunion

References

1. Griffiths O. (1996). Omphalotropis hieroglyphica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
2. Brown D. S. (1996). Afrogyrus rodriguezensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
3. Brown D. S. (1996). Bulinus cernicus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
4. Brown D. S. (1996). Gyraulus mauritianus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
5. Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Tropidophora articulata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
6. Griffiths O. (1996). Tropidophora michaudi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
7. Griffiths O. (1996). Elasmias cernicum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
8. Griffiths O. (1996). Elasmias jaurffreti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
9. Griffiths O. (1996). Colparion madgei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
10. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Ctenophila caldwelli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
11. Griffiths O. (1996). Dancea rodriguezensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
12. Griffiths O. (1996). Dupontia levis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
13. Griffiths O. (1996). Dupontia perlucida. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
14. Griffiths O. (1996). Dupontia poweri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
15. Griffiths O. (1996). Dupontia proletaria. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
16. Griffiths O. (1996). Nesopupa madgei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
17. Griffiths O. (1996). Nesopupa rodriguezensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
18. Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1–16. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00598.x.
19. Griffiths O. (1996). Gibbus lyonetianus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
20. Griffiths O. (1996). Gonidomus newtoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
21. Griffiths O. (1996). Gonidomus sulcatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
22. Griffiths O. (1996). Gonospira duponti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
23. Griffiths O. (1996). Gonospira holostoma. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
24. Griffiths O. (1996). Gonospira madgei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
25. Griffiths O. (1996). Gonospira nevilli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
26. Griffiths O. (1996). Gonospira striaticostus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
27. Griffiths O. (1996). Gonospira teres. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
28. Griffiths O. (1996). Gulella antelmeana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
29. Griffiths O. (1996). Microstrophia modesta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
30. Griffiths O. (1996). Microstrophia nana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
31. Griffiths O. (1996). Erepta odontina. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
32. Griffiths O. (1996). Erepta stylodon. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
33. Griffiths O. (1996). Harmogenanina implicata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
34. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Erepta nevilli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
35. Griffiths O. (1996). Thapsia snelli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 7 August 2007.