List of non-marine molluscs of Madagascar

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Location of Madagascar

The non-marine molluscs of Madagascar are a part of the molluscan fauna of Madagascar (wildlife of Madagascar).

In tropical rainforests of Madagascar, there is high diversity of species of terrestrial gastropods and many species has low population density, so many of them are "extremely rare".[1][2]

About 50% of land snails in Madagascar are related to land snails in Africa.[3]

Freshwater gastropods

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drawing of apertural view of a shell of Madagasikara spinosa

Pachychilidae

the genus Madagasikara is endemic to Madagascar, 5 species[3]

Planorbidae - there are 4 species of Bulinus:[6]

Lymnaeidae

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Land gastropods

Megalomastomatidae

Cyclophoridae the genus Boucardicus is endemic to Madagascar, consist 199 species and 5 subspecies[10]

Pomatiidae

Veronicellidae

  • a veronicellid sp. or spp.[1]

Orculidae

Succineidae

Subulinidae

Cerastidae

Achatinidae

Streptaxidae

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Acavidae

Charopidae

Ariophantidae

Helicarionidae

Freshwater bivalves

Sphaeriidae

See also

References

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  4. Brown D. S. (1996). Melanatria fluminea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  5. Brown D. S. (1996). Melanatria madagascarensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 Griffiths, O.L. & Herbert, D.G. 2013. New species of land snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from two isolated karst formations in central western Madagascar: Tsingy Beanka and Antsingimavo, with additional notes on other regional endemics. African Invertebrates 54 (1): 1-48.[1]
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 Balashov I. & Griffiths O. (2015). "Two new species of minute land snails from Madagascar: Boucardicus monchenkoi sp. nov. and B. ambindaensis sp. nov. (Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoridae)". Zootaxa. 4052(2): 237-240. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4052.2.9
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 11.9 Emberton K. C. (2002). "Parvedentulina and edentate Gulella of Madagascar (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Streptaxidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 131(1/2): 67-165. abstract.
  12. Emberton K. C. (1996). Ampelita julii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
  13. Emberton K. C. (1996). Clavator moreleti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.

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