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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