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.

TERRESTRIAL

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)  
   
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FRESH WATER

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  
   
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BRACKISH-WATER

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)  
   
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FOSSIL

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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