Systematic list of the Terrestrial and Fresh-water Shells of Malta
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The author acknowledges useful and valuable suggestions of Karl-Heinz Beckmann in drawing up this list.
POMATIASIDAE Gray, 1852 | |
Pomatias elegans (Muller, 1774) | Introduced |
Pomatias sulcatus (Draparnaud, 1801) | |
TRUNCATELLIDAE Risso, 1826 | |
Truncatella subcylindrica (Linne', 1767) | |
ELLOBIIDAE Adams & Adams, 1854 | |
Carychium schlickumi Strauch, 1977 | |
SUCCINEIDAE Beck, 1837 | |
Oxyloma elegans (Risso, 1826) | |
Truncatellina callicratis (Scacchi, 1833) | |
CHONDRINIDAE Steenberg, 1925 | |
Granopupa granum (Draparnaud, 1801) | |
Rupestrella philippii (Cantraine, 1840) | |
PUPILILLDAE Turton, 1831 | |
Lauria cylindracea (Da Costa, 1778) | |
VALLONIIDAE Pilsbry, 1900 | |
Vallonia pulchella (Muller, 1774) | |
PLEURODISCIDAE Wenz, 1919 | |
Pleurodiscus balmei (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) | |
ENIDAE Clessin, 1879 | |
Chondrula (Mastus) pupa (Linne', 1758) | |
DISCIDAE Thiele, 1931 | |
Discus rotundatus (Muller, 1774) | Introduced |
ZONITIDAE Morch, 1864 | |
Vitrea contracta (Westerlund, 1871) | |
Vitrea sp. | |
Vitrea subrimata (Reinhardt, 1871) | |
Oxychilus (Oxychilus) draparnaudi (Beck, 1837) | |
Oxychilus (Mediterranea) hydatinus (Rossmaessler, 1838) | |
MILACIDAE Germain, 1930 | |
Milax nigricans (Philippi, 1836) | |
Tandonia sowerby (Ferussac, 1823) | |
LIMACIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 | |
Limacus flavus (Linne', 1758) | |
Lehmannia melitensis (Lessona & Pollonera, 1882) | |
Lehmannia valentiana (A. Férussac, 1822) | |
AGRIOLIMACIDAE Wagner, 1935 | |
Deroceras panormitanum (Lessona & Pollonera, 1882) | |
Deroceras golcheri Van Regteren Altena, 1962 | |
FERUSSACIDAE Bourguignat, 1883 | |
Ceclilioides acicula (Muller, 1774) | |
Cecilioides janii (De Betta & Martinati, 1855) | Introduced |
Hohenwartiana hohenwarti (Rossmaessler, 1839) | |
Ferussacia folliculus (Gmelin, 1791) | |
SUBULINIDAE Thiele, 1931 | |
Rumina decollata (Linne', 1758) | |
TESTACELLIDAE Gray, 1840 | |
Testacella riedeli Guisti, Manganelli & Schembri, 1995 | |
CLAUSILIIDAE Morch, 1864 | |
Lampedusa imitatrix (Boettger, 1879) | Endemic |
Lampedusa melitensis (Caruana Gatto, 1892) | Endemic |
Muticaria macrostoma macrostoma (Cantraine, 1835) | Endemic |
Muticaria macrostoma scalaris (Pfeiffer, 1848) | Endemic |
Muticaria macrostoma oscitans (Charpentier, 1852) | Endemic |
Muticaria macrostoma mamotica (Gulia, 1861) | Endemic |
Papillifera papillaris (Muller, 1774) | |
SPHINCTEROCHILIDAE Zilch, 1859 | |
Sphinterochila (Albea) candidissima (Draparnaud, 1801) | |
HYGROMIDAE Tryon, 1866 | |
Xerotricha conspurcata (Draparnaud, 1801) | |
Xerotricha apicina (Lamarck, 1822) | |
Schileykiella parlatoris (Bivona, 1839) | |
Trochoidea (Trochoidea) spratti spratti (Pfeiffer, 1846) | Endemic |
Trochoidea spratti calcarata (Benoit, 1862) | Endemic |
Trochoidea cucullus despotti (Soos, 1933) | Endemic |
Trochoidea cucullus soosi Beckmann, 2003 | Endemic |
Trochoidea cucullus cucullus (Martens, 1873) | Endemic |
Trochoidea (Xeroclausa) meda (Porro, 1840) | |
Trochoidea (Xeroclausa) gharlapsi Beckmann, 1987 | Endemic |
Cernuella caruanae (Kobelt, 1888) | Endemic: Malta and Sicily |
Cernuella cisalpina (Rossmaessler, 1837) | |
Cernuella virgata (Da Costa, 1778) | |
Cochlicella acuta (Muller, 1774) | |
Cochlicella conoidea (Draparnaud, 1801) | |
Caracollina lenticula (Michaud, 1831) | |
HELICIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 | |
Theba pisana (Muller, 1774) | |
Marmorana (Murella) melitensis (Ferussac, 1821) | Endemic |
Eobania vermiculata (Muller, 1774) | |
Cantareus apertus (Born, 1778) | |
Cantareus aspersus (Muller, 1774) | |
HYDROBIIDAE Troschel, 1857 | |
Mercuria similis (Draparnaud, 1805) | |
Pseudamnicola moussoni (Calcara, 1841) | |
ANCYLIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 | |
Ancylus fluviatilis Muller, 1774 | |
LYMNAEIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 | |
Lymnaea (Radix) peregra (Muller, 1774) | |
Lymnaea (Galba) truncatula (Muller, 1774) | |
PHYSIDAE Fitzinger, 1833 | |
Physa (Physella) acuta Draparnaud, 1805 | Introduced |
PLANORBIDAE Gray, 1840 | |
Planorbis moquini Requien, 1848 | |
Helisoma duryi Wetherby, 1879 | Introduced |
PISIDIIDAE Gray, 1857 | |
Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791) | |
Pisidium personatum Malm, 1855 | |
THIARIDAE Troschel, 1857 | |
Melanoides tuberculata (Muller, 1774) | |
HYDROBIIDAE Troschel, 1857 | |
Hydrobia acuta (Draparnaud, 1805) | |
Hydrobia ventrosa (Montagu, 1803) | |
Heleobia stagnorum (Gmelin, 1791) | |
ASSIMINEIDAE Adams & Adams, 1854 | |
Paludinella littorina (DelleChiaje, 1828 | |
ELLOBIIDAE Adams & Adams, 1854 | |
Ovatella (Ovatella) firminii (Payraudeau, 1827) | |
Ovatella (Myosotella) myosotis Draparnaud, 1801 | |
Auriculinella (Leucophytia) bidentata (Montagu, 1808) | |
PLANORBIDAE Gray, 1840 | |
Gyraulus (Armiger) crista (Linne', 1758) | |
Bulimus (Isidora) truncatus (Audouin, 1827) | |
Planorbis planorbis (Linne', 1758) | |
SUCCINEIDAE Beck, 1837 | |
Oxyloma elegans (Risso, 1826) | |
VERTIGINIDAE Stimpson, 1851 | |
Vertigo antivertigo (Draparnaud, 1801) | |
ORCULIDAE Pilsbry, 1918 | |
Orculella templorum (Benoit, 1862) | |
CLAUSILIIDAE Morch, 1864 | |
Sicilaria calcarae (Philippi, 1836) | |
HYGROMIDAE Tryon, 1866 | |
Trochoidea (Trochoidea) caroni (Dehayes, 1830) | Endemic (Malta & Sicily) |
Xeromunda durieui (Pfeiffer, 1848) | |
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