List of non-marine molluscs of Mauritius
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Mauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
are a part of the molluscan wildlife of Mauritius
Wildlife of Mauritius
The wildlife of Mauritius is composed of its flora and fauna. Mauritius is located in the Indian Ocean to the east of Madagascar. Due to its isolation, it has a relatively low diversity of wildlife; however, a high proportion of these are endemic species occurring nowhere else in the world...
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The Republic of Mauritius includes also three islands as districts and dependencies of Mauritius
Districts and dependencies of Mauritius
||The island of Mauritius is divided into 9 districts :# Black River # Flacq # Grand Port # Moka # Pamplemousses # Plaines Wilhems...
: Cargados Carajos
Cargados Carajos
Cargados Carajos Shoals are a group of about 16 small islands and islets on an extended reef in the Indian Ocean northeast of Mauritius. The islands have a total land area of 1.3 km². The reef measures more than 50 km from north to south, and is 5 km wide, cut by three passes. The...
, Rodrigues
Rodrigues
Rodrigues is a common surname in the Portuguese language. It was originally a Patronymic, meaning Son of Rodrigo or Son of Rui. The "es" signifies "son of". The name Rodrigo is the Portuguese form of Roderick, meaning "famous power" or "famous ruler", from the Germanic elements "hrod" and "ric" ,...
and the Agalega Islands
Agalega Islands
The Agalega Islands are two islands in the Indian Ocean, lying north of Mauritius at and are governed by that country. The islands have a total area of 24 km² , although the official figure of 70 km² appears too high when compared with data from satellite images.The North Island is home...
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Freshwater gastropods
AssimineidaeAssimineidae
Assimineidae is a family of minute snails with an operculum that live in saltwater, freshwater or on the land; they are mostly aquatic gastropod mollusks or micromollusks, in the clade Littorinimorpha.- Ecology :...
- Omphalotropis hieroglyphicaOmphalotropis hieroglyphicaOmphalotropis hieroglyphica is a species of minute salt marsh snail with an operculum, an terrestrial gastropod mollusk, or micromollusk, in the family Assimineidae. This species is endemic to Mauritius....
Potiez & Michaud, 1838 - endemic, in salt marshes
Planorbidae
Planorbidae
Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks....
- Africanogyrus rodriguezensis (Crosse, 1873) - endemic
- Bulinus cernicusBulinus cernicusBulinus cernicus is a species of small air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.This species is found in Mauritius and Reunion Island....
Morelet, 1867 - Gyraulus mauritianusGyraulus mauritianusGyraulus mauritianus is a species of small, mostly air-breathing, freshwater snail, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails. This species is endemic to Mauritius....
Morelet - endemic
Land gastropods
Pomatiidae
The family Pomatiidae is a taxonomic family of small operculate land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that can be found over the warmer parts of the Old World. In the older literature, this family is designated as Pomatiasidae....
- Tropidophora articulataTropidophora articulataTropidophora articulata is a species of land snail with a gill and an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae.This species is endemic to Mauritius....
(Gray, 1834) - endemic - Tropidophora michaudiTropidophora michaudiTropidophora michaudi is a species of land snail with a gill and an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae family.This species is endemic to Mauritius.- Original description :...
Grateloup, 1840 - endemic
Achatinellidae
Achatinellidae
Achatinellidae is a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinelloidea.- Taxonomy :...
- Elasmias cernicumElasmias cernicumElasmias cernicum is a species of tropical, tree-living, air-breathing, land snail, arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is found in Mauritius and Réunion....
Benson, 1850 - Elasmias jaurffretiElasmias jaurffretiElasmias jaurffreti is a species of tropical tree-living air-breathing land snail, arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to Mauritius....
Madge, 1946 - endemic
Euconulidae
Euconulidae
Euconulidae is a taxonomic family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. This land snail family is closely allied to the Zonitidae, the glass snails.- Distribution :...
- Colparion madgeiColparion madgei†Colparion madgei was a species of small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. This species was endemic to Mauritius. It is now extinct....
Laidlaw, 1938 - extinct, was endemic to Mauritius - Ctenophila caldwelliCtenophila caldwelliCtenophila caldwelli is a species of small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. This species is endemic to Mauritius....
Benson, 1859 - endemic - Dancea rodriguezensisDancea rodriguezensisDancea rodriguezensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. This species is endemic to Mauritius....
- endemic - Dupontia levisDupontia levisDupontia levis is a species of small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. This species is endemic to Mauritius....
Godwin-Austen, 1908 - endemic - Dupontia perlucidaDupontia perlucidaDupontia perlucida is a species of small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. This species is found in Mauritius....
Adams, 1867 - Dupontia poweriDupontia poweriDupontia poweri is a species of small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. This species is endemic to Mauritius....
Adams, 1868 - endemic - Dupontia proletariaDupontia proletariaDupontia proletaria is an extinct species of small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails.This species is endemic to Mauritius and Réunion....
Morelet, 1860 - extinct
Vertiginidae
Vertiginidae
Vertiginidae is a family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.- Distribution :...
- Nesopupa madgeiNesopupa madgeiNesopupa madgei is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vertiginidae. This species is found in the islands of Mauritius and Réunion....
Peile, 1936 - Nesopupa rodriguezensisNesopupa rodriguezensisNesopupa rodriguezensis is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae. This species is endemic to Mauritius....
Connolly, 1925 - endemic
Streptaxidae
Streptaxidae
Streptaxidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in theStylommatophora. Six Streptaxidae subfamilies are accepted in the 2005 taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi....
- genus Gibbus
Gibbus
Gibbus is an extinct genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.- Distribution :The genus was endemic to Mauritius and it is now extinct....
and genus Gonidomus
Gonidomus
Gonidomus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.- Distribution :The genus Gonidomus was endemic to Mauritius and it is now extinct.-Species:...
were endemic to Mauritius, but they are now extinct.
- Gibbus lyonetianusGibbus lyonetianusGibbus lyonetianus is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.This species was endemic to Mauritius. It is now extinct....
Pallas, 1780 - endemic, extinct - Gonidomus newtoniGonidomus newtoni† Gonidomus newtoni is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.This species was endemic to Mauritius. It is now extinct.-References:...
Adams, 1867 - endemic, extinct - Gonidomus sulcatusGonidomus sulcatusGonidomus sulcatus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.The species is endemic to Mauritius....
Peile, 1936 - endemic - Gonospira dupontiGonospira dupontiGonospira duponti is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.This species is endemic to Mauritius....
Nevill, 1870 - endemic - Gonospira holostomaGonospira holostomaGonospira holostoma is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.This species is endemic to Mauritius....
Morelet, 1875 - endemic - Gonospira madgeiGonospira madgeiGonospira madgei is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.This species is endemic to Mauritius....
Kennard, 1943 - endemic - Gonospira nevilliGonospira nevilliGonospira nevilli is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.This species was endemic to Mauritius. It is now extinct....
Adams, 1867 - endemic, extinct - Gonospira striaticostusGonospira striaticostusGonospira striaticostus a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.This species is endemic to Mauritius....
Morelet, 1866 - endemic - Gonospira teresGonospira teresGonospira teres is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.This species is endemic to Mauritius....
Pfeiffer, 1856 - endemic - Gulella antelmeanaGulella antelmeanaGulella antelmeana is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae. This species is endemic to Mauritius....
Peile, 1936 - endemic - Microstrophia modestaMicrostrophia modestaMicrostrophia modesta is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.This species is endemic to Mauritius....
Adams, 1867 - endemic - Microstrophia nanaMicrostrophia nanaMicrostrophia nana is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.This species is endemic to Mauritius....
Peile, 1936 - endemic - PlicadomusPlicadomusPlicadomus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.- Distribution :The genus Plicadomus is endemic to Mauritius.-Species:Species within the genus Plicadomus include:*...
Swainson, 1840 - endemic genus - MaurenneaMaurenneaMaurennea is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.- Distribution :The distribution of the genus Maurennea includes:* Mauritius* Comoros?...
Helicarionidae
Helicarionidae
Helicarionidae is a family of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea.- Distribution :...
- Erepta odontinaErepta odontinaErepta odontina is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicarionidae. This species is endemic to Mauritius....
Morelet, 1851 - endemic - Erepta stylodonErepta stylodonErepta stylodon is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicarionidae. This species is endemic to Mauritius....
Pfeiffer, 1842 - endemic - Harmogenanina implicataHarmogenanina implicataHarmogenanina implicata is a species of air-breathing land snail or semislug, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicarionidae.This species is endemic to Mauritius....
Nevill, 1870 - endemic - Erepta nevilliErepta nevilli† Erepta nevilli was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicarionidae. This species was endemic to Mauritius....
- extinct, was endemic to Mauritius - Thapsia snelliThapsia snelliThapsia snelli is a species of air-breathing land snail or semi-slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicarionidae. It is endemic to Mauritius. There are 35 known species of Thapsia....
Connolly, 1925 - endemic
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