List of non-marine molluscs of Madagascar explained

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]

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

Freshwater gastropods

Pachychilidae

the genus Madagasikara is endemic to Madagascar, 5 species

Planorbidae – there are 4 species of Bulinus:[5]

Lymnaeidae

Land gastropods

Megalomastomatidae

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

Assimineidae

Hydrocenidae

Pomatiidae

Veronicellidae

Orculidae

Succineidae

Subulinidae

Cerastidae

Achatinidae

Streptaxidae

See main article: Parvedentulina.

Acavidae

Charopidae

Ariophantidae

Helicarionidae

Freshwater bivalves

Sphaeriidae

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Emberton . K. C. . 10.1127/arch.moll/0003-9284/138/001-041 . Operculate land snails from three rainforest transects in northeastern Madagascar, with descriptions of nine new species and one new subspecies: (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda) . Archiv für Molluskenkunde . 138 . 1–9 . 2009 .
  2. Köhler . F. . Glaubrecht . M. . 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01390.x . Uncovering an overlooked radiation: Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Madagascar's endemic river snails (Caenogastropoda: Pachychilidae: Madagasikara gen. Nov.) . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society . 99 . 4 . 867 . 2010 .
  3. Brown D. S. (1996). Melanatria fluminea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  4. Brown D. S. (1996). Melanatria madagascarensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  5. Stothard . J. R. . Brémond . P. . Andriamaro . L. . Sellin . B. . Sellin . E. . Rollinson . D. . Bulinus species on Madagascar: Molecular evolution, genetic markers and compatibility with Schistosoma haematobium . Parasitology . 123 Suppl . 7 . S261–S275 . 2001 . 11769288 . 10.1017/s003118200100806x. .
  6. Stothard . J. R. . Bremond . P. . Andriamaro . L. . Loxton . N. J. . Sellin . B. . Sellin . E. . Rollinson . D. . 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2000.tb00625.x . Molecular characterization of the freshwater snail Lymnaea natalensis (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae) on Madagascar with an observation of an unusual polymorphism in ribosomal small subunit genes . Journal of Zoology . 252 . 3 . 303 . 2000 .
  7. Web site: Lantzia carinata Jousseaume 1872 - Taxonomy . Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel (INPN).
  8. Emberton . K. C. . Slapcinsky . J. . Campbell . C. A. . Rakotondrazafy . J. L. A. . Andriamiarison . T. N. . Emberton . J. D. . 10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/139/071-141 . Terrestrial mollusks of Andriantantely Massif, Eastern Madagascar, with descriptions of 36 new species
    (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda; Pulmonata) . Archiv für Molluskenkunde . 139 . 71 . 2010 .
  9. 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.http://www.africaninvertebrates.org.za/Griffiths_Herbert_2013_54_1_585.aspx
  10. 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.
  11. Emberton, Kenneth C. (2002). „The genus Boucardicus, a Madagascan endemic (Gastropoda: Cyclophoridae: Alycaeinae)“. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 130(1-2): 1-199.
  12. Emberton, Kenneth C. (2004). "Madagascan Georissa, Cyclotus, Omphalotropis and so-called Chondrocyclus (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Hydrocenidae, Cyclophoridae, Assimineidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 133(1-2): 69-107. DOI: 10.1127/arch.moll/133/2004/69
  13. Emberton . K. C. . Griffiths . O. L. . 10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/138/137-167 . Pulmonate land mollusks from three rainforest transects in northeastern Madagascar: Part 1 of 2, with descriptions of 12 new species and one new subspecies: (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) . Archiv für Molluskenkunde . 138 . 2 . 137 . 2009 . .
  14. Emberton K. C. (2002). "Parvedentulina and edentate Gulella of Madagascar (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Streptaxidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 131(1/2): 67–165. abstract.
  15. Emberton K. C. (1996). Ampelita julii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
  16. Emberton K. C. (1996). Clavator moreleti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.