List of non-marine molluscs of Guadeloupe explained

The non-marine molluscs of Guadeloupe are a part of the molluscan fauna of Guadeloupe (wildlife of Guadeloupe). Guadeloupe is a Caribbean island in the Lesser Antilles. A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Guadeloupe.

Freshwater gastropods

• Marisa cornuarietis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pomacea glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)^[1]

Ancylidae

• Gundlachia radiata (Guilding, 1828)

Bulinidae

• Plesiophysa granulata (Shuttleworth in Sowerby, 1873)
• Plesiophysa guadeloupensis ("Fischer" Mazé, 1883)^[2]

Hydrobiidae

• Potamopyrgus coronatus (Pfeiffer, 1840)
• Pygophorus parvulus (Guilding, 1828)

Lymnaeidae

• Lymnaea cubensis Pfeiffer, 1839

Neritidae

• Neritina punctulata Lamarck, 1816
• Neritina succinea Recluz, 1841
• Neritina virginea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Planorbidae

• Biomphalaria glabrata (Say, 1818)
• Biomphalaria schrammi (Crosse, 1864)
• Biomphalaria straminea (Dunker, 1848)^[3]
• Drepanotrema aeruginosum (Morelet, 1851)
• Drepanotrema anatinum (d´Orbigny, 1835)
• Drepanotrema cimex (Monicand, 1837)
• Drepanotrema depressissimum (Moricand, 1839)
• Drepanotrema kermatoides (d´Orbigny, 1835)
• Drepanotrema lucidum (Pfeiffer, 1839)
• Gundlachia radiata (Guilding, 1828)
• Helisoma duryi (Wethrby, 1879)
• Helisoma foveale (Menke, 1830)
• Plesiophysa granulata (Shuttleworth in Sowerby, 1873)
• Plesiophysa guadeloupensis ("Fischer" Mazé, 1883)^[2]

Physidae

• Aplexa marmorata Guilding, 1828
• Physa cubensis Pfeiffer, 1839

Thiaridae

• Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774)

Land gastropods

Achatinidae

• Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822

Annulariidae

• Chondropoma crenulatum (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
• Chondropoma julieni Pfeiffer, 1866

Amphibulimidae

• Amphibulima patula (Bruguière, 1789)
• Amphibulima rubescens (Deshayes, 1830)

Bulimulidae

• Bulimulus diaphanus (Pfeiffer, 1855)
• Bulimulus cf. eyriesii (Drouët, 1859)
• Bulimulus guadalupensis (Bruguière, 1789)
• Bulimulus iherminieri (Fischer, 1857)
• Bulimulus limnoides (Férussac, 1832)
• Drymaeus elongatus (Röding, 1798)
• Drymaeus multifaciatus (Lamarck, 1822)
• Naesiotus chrysalis (Pfeiffer, 1847)
• Pellicula depressa Rang, 1853

Euconulidae

• Guppya (Guppya) gunddlachi (Pfeiffer, 1840)

Ferussaciidae

• Geostilbia consobrina (d´Orbigny, 1845)
• Geostilbia gundlachi Pfeiffer, 1850

Gastrodontidae

• Zonitoides arboreus (say, 1816)

Helicinidae

• Alcadia guadaloupensis (Sowerby, 1842)
• Alcadia schrammi (Crosse, 1872)
• Helicina convexa Pfeiffer, 1848
• Helicina fasciata Lamarck, 1822
• Lucidella plicatula (Pfeiffer, 1848)

Hydrocenidae

• Hydrocena dubiosa (C.B. Adams, 1851)^[4]

Neocyclotidae = (Poteridae)

• Amphicyclotulus beauianus (Petit, 1853)^[4]
• Amphicyclotulus guadeloupensis de la Torre, Bartsch & Morrison, 1942^[4]
• Amphicyclotulus perplexus de la Torre, Bartsch & Morrison, 1942^[4]
• Amphicyclotulus schrammi (Shuttleworth, 1857)^[4]

Oleacinidae

• Lavadicella guadeloupensis (Pfeiffer, 1856) - endemic, extinct^{[4] [5]}

Pleurodontidae

• Pleurodonte dentiens (Férussac, 1822)^[4]
• Pleurodonte josephinae (Férussac, 1832)^[4]
• Pleurodonte lychnuchus (Müller, 1774)^[4]
• Pleurodonte orbiculata (Férussac, 1822)^[4]
• Pleurodonte pachygastra (Gray, 1834)^[4]

Pupillidae

• Pupoides marginatus (Say, 1821)^[4]

Subulinidae

• Beckianum beckianum (Pfeiffer, 1849)^[4]
• Lamellaxis micra (Houton, 1834)^[4]
• Leptinaria lamellata (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)^[4]
• Obeliscus swiftianus (Pfeiffer, 1852)^[4]
• Opeas pumillum (Pfeiffer, 1840)^[4]
• Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1789)^[4]

Succineidae

• Succinea approximans Shuttleworth, 1854^[4]
• Succinea candeana Lea, 1841^[4]
• Omalonyx matheronii (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)^[4]

Systrophiidae

• Moerchia baudoni (Petit, 1853)^[4]

Truncatellidae

• Truncatella bilabiada Pfeiffer, 1840^[4]

Thysanophoridae

• Thysanophora vortex (Pfeiffer, 1839)^[4]

Urocoptidae

• Brachypodella collaris (Férussac, 1821)^[4]
• Pseudopineria viequensis (Pfeiffer, 1856)^[4]

Veronicellidae

• Vaginula occidentalis (Guilding, 1824)^[4]
• Sarasinula marginata (Semper, 1885)^[6]

Vertiginidae

• Gastrocopta servilis (Gould, 1843)^[4]
• Vertigo ovata Say, 1822^[4]

Bivalvia

Sphaeriidae

• Eupera viridans (Prime 1875)^[4]
• Pisidium punctiferum (Guppy, 1867)

See also

• List of marine molluscs of Guadeloupe

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of Dominica
• List of non-marine molluscs of Antigua and Barbuda, Wildlife of Antigua and Barbuda
• List of non-marine molluscs of Montserrat, Wildlife of Montserrat

Notes and References

1. Pointier, Jean-Pierre. 1974: faune malacologique dulçaquicole de l’ile de la Guadaloupe (Antilles françaises). 'Bulletin du Muséum National D´Historie Naturalle', 3ser.(235):905-933
2. Lobato Paraense, W. 2003: Plesiophysa guadeloupensis ("Fischer" Mazé, 1883). 'Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro', 98(4):519-521 Bioline International
3. Pointier, J.P., Lobato-Paraense, W. and Mazille, V. 1993: Introduction and spreading of Biomphalaria straminea (Dunker, 1848) (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Planorbidae) in Guadeloupe, French West Indies. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro 88(3):449-455. PDF
4. Bouchet, P & Pointier, J:P: 1998: Les mollusques terrestres et dulçaquicoles de la Guadaloupe. PDF
5. Bouchet P. (1996). Oleacina guadeloupensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
6. Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13