List of non-marine molluscs of Israel explained

Non-marine molluscs of Israel are a part of the molluscan fauna of Israel. A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Israel. In addition, a number of gastropod species are reared in captivity in greenhouses, aquaria and terraria.

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Israel include^[1]

Aciculidae

• Acicula palaestinensis Forcart, 1981^{[2] [3]}

Pomatiidae

• Pomatias glaucus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1843) (usually under the synonymous name Pomatias olivieri (Charpentier, 1847)^{[2] [4]})

Ellobiidae

• Carychium minimum O. F. Müller, 1774^[2]

Succineidae

• Novisuccinea hortensis (Reinhardt, 1877) - non-indigenous^[5]
• Novisuccinea ovalis (Say, 1817) - non-indigenous^[5]
• Oxyloma elegans (Risso, 1826)^[2]

Chondrinidae

• Granopupa granum (Draparnaud, 1801)^[2]
• Rupestrella rhodia (J. R. Roth, 1839)^[2]

Gastrocoptidae

• Gastrocopta cf. pellucida (L. Pfeiffer, 1841) - non-indigenous^[5]
• Gastrocopta procera (A. Gould, 1840) - non-indigenous^{[2] [5]}

Lauriidae

• Lauria cylindracea (Da Costa, 1778)^[2]

Orculidae

• Orculella sirianocoriensis (Mousson, 1854)^[2]
• Pilorcula raymondi (Bourguignat, 1863)^[2]

Pleurodiscidae

• Pleurodiscus balmei (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) (under the synonymous name Pleurodiscus erdelii (J. R. Roth, 1839)^[2])

Pupillidae

• Pupoides coenopictus (T. Hutton, 1834)^[2]

Pyramidulidae

• Pyramidula rupestris^[6] (also under the name Pyramidula hierosolymitana (Bourguignat, 1852)^[2])

Truncatellinidae

• Truncatellina haasi Venmans, 1957^[2]

Valloniidae

• Vallonia costata (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous^[5]
• Vallonia excentrica Sterki, 1893 - non-indigenous^[5]
• Vallonia costata (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous^[5]

Enidae

• Buliminus alepensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1841)^[2]
• Buliminus diminutus (Mousson, 1861)^[2]
• Buliminus glabratus (Mousson, 1861)^[2]
• Buliminus jordani (Charpentier, 1847)^[2]
• Buliminus labrosus labrosus (Olivier, 1804)^{[4] [2]}
• Buliminus lamprostatus (Bourguignat, 1876)^[2]
• Buliminus negevensis Heller, 1970^[2]
• Buliminus sinaiensis Heller, 1970^[2]
• Buliminus therinus (Bourguignat, 1876)^[2]
• Euchondrus albulus (Mousson, 1861)^[2]
• Euchondrus chondriformis (Mousson, 1861)^[2]
• Euchondrus desertorum Rochanaburananda, 1981^{[2] [3] [7]}
• Euchondrus haasi Forcart, 1981^[3]
• Euchondrus michonii (Bourguignat, 1853)^[2] (including Euchondrus ledereri (L. Pfeiffer, 1868)^[2])
• Euchondrus pseudovularis Forcart, 1981^{[2] [3] [8]}
• Euchondrus ramonensis (Granot, 1988) - endemic^{[2] [9]}
• Euchondrus saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852)^[2]
• Euchondrus septemdentatus (Roth, 1839)^[2]
• Euchondrus sulcidens (Mousson, 1861)^[2]
• Paramastus episomus (Bourguignat, 1857)^[2]
• Pene bulimoides (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)^[10]
• Pene galilaea Heller, 1972 - endemic^{[2] [10] [11]}
• Pene kotschyi (L. Pfeiffer, 1854)^[10]
• Turanena benjamitica (Benson, 1859)^{[2] [3]}
• Turanena hermonensis (Forcart, 1981)^{[2] [3]}

Clausiliidae

• Cristataria elonensis (G. Haas, 1951)^{[2] [12]}
• Cristataria forcarti H. Nordsieck, 1971^{[2] [12]}
• Cristataria genezarethana (Tristram, 1865)^{[2] [12]}
• Cristataria haasi H. Nordsieck, 1971^[2]
  • Cristataria haasi haasi H. Nordsieck, 1971^[12]
  • Cristataria haasi kharbatensis H. Nordsieck, 1971^[12]
• Cristataria hermonensis H. Nordsieck, 1977^{[2] [13]}
• Cristataria petrboki (Pallary, 1939)^{[2] [12]}
• Elia moesta (Rossmässler, 1839)^[2]
  • Elia moesta georgi Forcart, 1975^[12]
  • Elia moesta moesta (Rossmässler, 1839) - non-indigenous^{[5] [12]}

Ferussaciidae

• Calaxis gracilis Forcart, 1981^{[2] [3]}
• Calaxis hierosolymarum (J. R. Roth, 1855)^[2]
• Calaxis rothi (Bourguignat, 1864)^[2]
• Cecilioides acicula (O. F. Müller, 1774)^[2]
• Cecilioides genezarethensis Forcart, 1981^{[2] [3]}
• Cecilioides tumulorum (Bourguignat, 1856)^[14] (under the synonymous name Cecilioides judaica (Mousson, 1861)^[2])
• Hohenwartiana hohenwarti (Rossmässler, 1839)^[2]

Achatinidae

• Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822 - non-indigenous^[5]
• Lamellaxis clavulinus (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) - non-indigenous^[5]
• Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) - non-indigenous^{[5] [15]}
• Rumina saharica Pallary, 1901 - non-indigenous^{[5] [15]}

Helicodiscidae

• Lucilla scintilla (Lowe, 1852) - non-indigenous^[5]

Punctidae

• Paralaoma servilis (Shuttleworth, 1852)^[2]
• Punctum pygmaeum (Draparnaud, 1801)^[2]

Euconulidae

• Euconulus alderi (Gray, 1840) (under the synonymous name Euconulus praticola (Reinhardt, 1883)^[16]

Gastrodontidae

• Zonitoides arboreus (Say, 1816) - non-indigenous^[5]
• Zonitoides nitidus (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous^[5]

Pristilomatidae

• Hawaiia minuscula (A. Binney, 1841) - non-indigenous^[5]
• Vitrea contracta (Westerlund, 1871)^[2]

Oxychilidae

• Eopolita protensa jebusitica (Roth, 1855)^{[2] [4]}
• Libania saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852)^[2]
• Oxychilus camelinus (Bourguignat, 1852)^[2]
• Oxychilus renanianus (Pallary, 1939)^[2]
• Oxychilus translucidus (Mortillet, 1854) - non-indigenous^[5]

Milacidae

• Milax barypus Bourguignat, 1866^{[2] [17]}

Limacidae

• Gigantomilax cecconii (Simroth, 1906)^[2]
• Gigantomilax eustrictus (Bourguignat, 1866)^[2]
• Lehmannia valentiana (de Férussac, 1822) - non-indigenous^[5]
• Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758)^[2]

Agriolimacidae

• Deroceras berytensis (Bourguignat, 1852)^[2]
• Deroceras laeve (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous^[5]
• Deroceras libanoticum (Pollonera, 1909)^[2]
• Deroceras reticulatum (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous^[5]

Geomitridae

• Cochlicella acuta (O. F. Müller, 1774)^[2]
• Cochlicella barbara (Linnaeus, 1758) - non-indigenous^{[2] [5]}
• Microxeromagna lowei (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)^[2]
• Xerocrassa davidiana (Bourguignat, 1863)^[2]
• Xerocrassa erkelii (Kobelt, 1878)^[18]
• Xerocrassa fourtaui (Pallary, 1902)<^[18]
• Xerocrassa helleri (Forcart, 1976)^[18]
• Xerocrassa langloisiana (Bourguignat, 1853)^{[2] [18]}
• Xerocrassa meda (Porro, 1840) - non-indigenous^{[2] [5]}
• Xerocrassa picardi (F. Haas, 1933)^{[2] [18]}
• Xerocrassa pseudojacosta (Forcart, 1976)^{[2] [18]}
• Xerocrassa seetzeni (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)^[18]
• Xerocrassa simulata (Ehrenberg, 1831)^{[2] [18]}
• Xerocrassa tuberculosa (Conrad, 1852)^[2]
• Xerocrassa zviae Mienis, 2017^[19]
• Xeropicta carmelensis Forcart, 1976^{[2] [18]}
• Xeropicta ilanae Forcart, 1981^{[2] [3]}
• Xeropicta krynickii (Krynicki, 1833) (often under the synonymous names X. vestalis (L. Pfeiffer, 1841)^[2] or X.vestalis joppensis (Schmidt, 1855)^{[4] [18]})
• Xeropicta zeevbari Mienis & Rittner, 2020^[20]
• Xerotricha apicina (Lamarck, 1822)^[2]
• Xerotricha conspurcata (Draparnaud, 1801) - non-indigenous^[5]

Helicidae

• Cornu aspersum (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous^{[2] [5]}
• Eobania vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)^{[2] [5] [21]}
• Eremina desertorum (Forsskål, 1775)^[2]
• Eremina kobelti (Westerlund, 1889)^[2]
• Helix engaddensis Bourguignat, 1852^{[2] [22]} (including Helix prasinata Roth, 1855^[2])
• Helix pachya Bourguignat, 1860^[22] (often under the synonymous name Helix texta auct.^[2])
• Levantina spiriplana (Olivier, 1801)
  • Levantina spiriplana caesareana (Mousson, 1854)^{[2] [4]}
  • Levantina spiriplana spiriplana (Olivier, 1801) (including Levantina hierosolyma (Mousson, 1854)^[2])
• Theba pisana (O. F. Müller, 1774)^[2]

Hygromiidae

• Metafruticicola berytensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1841)^{[2] [23]} (including Metafruticicola fourousi (Bourguignat, 1863)^[2])
• Metafruticicola hermonensis Forcart, 1981^{[2] [3] [23]}
• Monacha bari Forcart, 1981^{[2] [3]}
• Monacha crispulata (Mousson, 1861)^[2]
• Monacha obstructa (Férussac, 1821)^[2]
• Monacha syriaca (Ehrenberg, 1831)^{[2] [4]}

Sphincterochilidae

• Sphincterochila cariosa (Olivier, 1804)^[2]
• Sphincterochila fimbriata (Bourguignat, 1852)^[2]
• Sphincterochila prophetarum (Bourguignat, 1852)^[2]
• Sphincterochila zonata (Bourguignat, 1853)^[2]
  • Sphincterochila zonata filia (Mousson, 1861)^[2]
  • Sphincterochila zonata zonata (Bourguignat, 1853) (including Sphincterochila boissieri (Charpentier, 1847)).

Trissexodontidae

• Caracollina lenticula (Michaud, 1831)^[2]

See also

• Wildlife of Israel

External links

• Israel's Land Molluscs - Nature of Israel by Oz Rittner

Notes and References

1. Commonwealth of Australia. 2002 (April) Citrus Imports from the Arab Republic of Egypt. A Review Under Existing Import Conditions for Citrus from Israel . Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Australia. Caption: Gastropods, p. 12 and Appendix 2.
2. Book: Heller . J. . Land Snails of the Land of Israel - Natural History and a Field Guide . 2009 . Pensoft . Sofia-Moscow.
3. Forcart . L. . Neubeschreibungen von Landschnecken aus Palästina . Basteria . 1981 . 45 . 4–5 . 97–108.
4. Raz S., Schwartz N. P., Mienis H. K., Nevo E. & Graham J. H. (2012). "Fluctuating Helical Asymmetry and Morphology of Snails (Gastropoda) in Divergent Microhabitats at 'Evolution Canyons I and II,’ Israel". PLoS ONE 7(7): e41840. .
5. Roll . Uri . Dayan . Tamar . Simberloff . Daniel . Mienis . Henk K. . Non-indigenous land and freshwater gastropods in Israel . Biological Invasions . 2009 . 11 . 8 . 1963–1972 . 10.1007/s10530-008-9373-4. 2009BiInv..11.1963R . 40013109 .
6. Gittenberger E. & Bank R. A. 1996. A new start in Pyramidula (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Pyramidulidae). Basteria 60: 71-78.
7. Neubert . Eike . Amr . Zuhair . On a new species of Euchondrus Boettger, 1883 from Syria (Pulmonata: Enidae) . Zoology in the Middle East . 2016 . 62 . 1 . 58–60 . 10.1080/09397140.2015.1132564. 88116790 .
8. Bank . R.A. . Bar . Z. . Neubert . E. . Notes on Enidae, 6: On Euchondrus pseudovularis, an endemic species in Israel (Gastropoda, Pulmonata: Enidae) . Quaternary International . 2015 . 390 . 69–74. 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.05.039 . 2015QuInt.390...69B .
9. Heller J. 1996. Euchondrus ramonensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
10. Bank . R.A. . Neubert . E. . Conchological revision of the eastern Mediterranean genus Pene Pallary, 1929, with description of a new species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) . Basteria . 2020 . 84 . 4–6 . 317–344.
11. Heller J. (1996). Pene galilaea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
12. Forcart . L. . Palestine Clausiliidae . Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London . 1975 . 41 . 5 . 467–476.
13. Nordsieck . H. . Zur Anatomie und Systematik der Clausilien, XVIII. Neue Taxa rezenter Clausilien . Archiv für Molluskenkunde . 1977 . 108 . 1/3 . 73–107.
14. Mienis . H.K. . Rittner . O. . Vaisman . S. . First record of Cecilioides tumulorum from Israel . Triton . 25 . 24–25.
15. Mienis H. K. 2003. A new colony of Rumina saharica discovered in Israel. Tentacle No. 11—January 2003: 11-12.
16. Mienis . H.K. . Rittner . O. . Hershkovitz . Y. . Eshcoly . T. . A first record of the Marsh Hive Euconulus praticola from Israel (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Euconulidae) . Triton . 2016 . 34 . 21–23.
17. Mienis . H.K. . Rittner . O. . Various notes concerning Milax barypus Bourguignat, 1866 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Milacidae) . MalaCo . 2013 . 9 . 457–459.
18. Forcart . L. . Die Cochlicellinae und Helicellinae von Palästina und Sinai . Archiv für Molluskenkunde . 1976 . 106 . 4/6 . 123–189.
19. Mienis . H.K. . Xerocrassa zviae, a new species of land snail from the Judean Desert, Israel (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Hygromiidae) . Triton . 2017 . 35 . 24–28.
20. Mienis . H.K. . Rittner . O. . Xeropicta zeevbari: a new species from Har Harif, Negev, Israel . Triton . 2020 . 39 . 17–20.
21. Mienis . H.K. . Rittner . O. . Vaisman . S. . Information concerning Eobania vermiculata, I. On the presence of this exotic species in Israel (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Helicidae) . Triton . 2016 . 34 . 29–36.
22. Neubert . E. . Revision of Helix Linnaeus, 1758 in its eastern Mediterranean distribution area, and reassignment of Helix godetiana Kobelt, 1878 to Maltzanella Hesse, 1917 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Helicidae) . Contributions to Natural History . 2014 . 26 . 1–200.
23. Bank . R.A. . Gittenberger . E. . Neubert . E. . Radiation of an eastern Mediterranean landsnail genus: revision of the taxa belonging to Metafruticicola von Ihering 1892 . Archiv für Molluskenkunde . 2013 . 142 . 1 . 67–136. 10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/142/067-136 .