The non-marine molluscs of Seychelles are a part of the molluscan wildlife of Seychelles.
Freshwater gastropods
- Paludomus ajanensis Morelet, 1860
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Land gastropods
Streptaxidae - There are 20 species of Streptaxidae on the Seychelles. Seven genera of Streptaxidae are endemic to the Seychelles: Stereostele, Imperturbatia, Silhouettia, Careoradula, Augustula, Priodiscus and Acanthennea.
- Acanthennea erinacea (Martens, 1898) - endemic
- Augustula braueri (Martens, 1898) - endemic
- Careoradula perelegans (Martens, 1898) - endemic
- Conturbatia crenata Gerlach, 2001 - endemic to Frégate Island, possibly extinct
- Edentulina dussumieri (Dufo, 1840) - subspecies: Edentulina dussumieri dussumieri (Dufo, 1840); Edentulina dussumieri reservae Gerlach & Bruggen, 1999; Edentulina dussumieri silhouettae Gerlach & Bruggen, 1999; Edentulina dussumieri praslina Gerlach & Bruggen, 1999. The subspecies praslina is only known as subfossil.
- Edentulina moreleti (Adams, 1868) - endemic
- Glabrennea gardineri (Sykes, 1909) - endemic
- Glabrennea silhouettensis (Verdcourt, 1994) - endemic
- Glabrennea thomasseti (Sykes, 1909) - endemic
- Gonaxis quadrilateralis Preston, 1910 / Gonaxis (Macrogonaxis) quadrilateralis (Preston, 1910) / Macrogonaxis quadrilateralis - introduced in 1958 to biological control two species of Achatina, but it has failed
- Huttonella bicolor (Hutton, 1834)
- Imperturbatia constans (Martens, 1898) - endemic
- Imperturbatia violescens (Martens, 1898) - endemic - Gerlach & Bruggen (1999) have spelled the specific name as Imperturbatia violascens
- Priodiscus costatus - endemic
- Priodiscus serratus (Adams, 1868) - endemic
- Priodiscus spinatus - endemic
- Seychellaxis souleyetianus (Petit, 1841) - endemic
- Silhouettia silhouettae (Martens, 1898) - endemic
- Stereostele nevilli (Adams, 1868) - endemic - subspecies: Stereostele nevilli nevilli (Adams, 1868) and Stereostele nevilli parvidentata Gerlach & Bruggen, 1999
- Streptostele acicula (Morelet, 1877)
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See also
- List of marine molluscs of Seychelles
- List of non-marine molluscs of Zanzibar
- List of non-marine molluscs of Mauritius
- List of non-marine molluscs of Réunion
- List of non-marine molluscs of Comoros
- List of non-marine molluscs of Mayotte
- List of non-marine molluscs of Madagascar
References
- Brown D. S. & Gerlach J. (1991). "On Paludomus and Cleopatra (Thiariidae) in Africa and the Seychelles islands". Journal of Molluscan Studies 57(4): 471-479. doi:10.1093/mollus/57.4.471.
- ^ Gerlach J. & Bruggen A. C. van (1999). "Streptaxidae Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) of the Seychelles Islands, western Indian Ocean". Zoologische Verhandelingen 328: 1-60. abstract, PDF.
- ^ Gerlach J. (2001). "Conturbatia, a new genus of Streptaxidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pulmonata)". Zoosystematics and Evolution 77(2): 297-302. doi:10.1002/mmnz.20010770213.
- Gerlach, J. (2009). "Conturbatia crenata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T168141A6458885. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T168141A6458885.en. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- Gerlach, J. (2009). "Glabrennea gardineri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T168145A6459630. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T168145A6459630.en. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- Gerlach, J. (2009). "Glabrennea silhouettensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T168146A6459829. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T168146A6459829.en. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- Gerlach, J. (2009). "Glabrennea thomasseti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T9533A12999286. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T9533A12999286.en. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- 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.
- Gerlach, J. (2009). "Imperturbatia violescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T10809A3218516. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T10809A3218516.en. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- Gerlach J. (2006). Priodiscus serratus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 6 September 2010.
Further reading
- Gerlach J. (1998). "The shell-less slugs of Seychelles (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Veronicellidae and Urocyclidae)". Argonauta 11: 56–64.
- Gerlach J. (2007) Terrestrial and Freshwater Mollusca of Seychelles. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden.
- Martens E. & Wiegmann F. (1898). "Land und Süsswasser mollusken der Seychellen". Mitteilugen aus dem Zoologischen, Sammlung des Museums Naturkunde, Berlin 1: 1-94.