List of non-marine molluscs of Tunisia explained

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

A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Tunisia.

Freshwater gastropods

Neritidae

• Theodoxus meridionalis (Philippi, 1836) ^[1]

Hydrobiidae

• Belgrandiella nana (Terver, 1839) ^[2]
• Belgrandiellopsis chorfensis Khalloufi, Bejaoui & Delicado, 2020 - endemic to Tunisia^[3]
• Belgrandiellopsis secunda Khalloufi, Bejaoui & Delicado, 2020 - endemic to Tunisia^[3]
• Biserta putealis Khalloufi, Bejaoui & Delicado, 2020 - endemic to Tunisia^[3]
• Bullaregia tunisiensis Khalloufi, Bejaoui & Delicado, 2017 - endemic to Tunisia^[4]
• Bythinella limnopsis Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887 - extinct, was endemic to Tunisia^[5]
• Bythinella mauritanica Letourneux & Bourguignat 1887 - extinct, was endemic to Tunisia^[6]
• Bythinella microcochlia Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887 - extinct, was endemic to Tunisia^[7]
• Bythinella punica Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887 - extinct, was endemic to Tunisia^[8]
• Hydrobia acuta (Draparnaud, 1805) ^[9]
• Hydrobia djerbaensis Wilke, Pfenninger & Davis, 2002 ^{[10] [11]}
• Hydrobia musaensis Frauenfeld, 1855 ^[12]
• Hydrobia ventrosa (Montagu, 1803) ^[13]
• Mercuria bourguignati Glöer, Bouzid et Boeters, 2010^[14]
• Mercuria punica (Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887)^{[14] [15]}
• Mercuria saharica (Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887)^[14]
• Pseudamnicola barratei Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887 - extinct, was endemic to Tunisia^[16]
• Pseudamnicola doumeti Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887 - extinct, was endemic to Tunisia^[17]
• Pseudamnicola globulina Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887 - extinct, was endemic to Tunisia^[18]
• Pseudamnicola latasteana Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887 - extinct, was endemic to Tunisia^[19]
• Pseudamnicola meluzzii Boeters, 1976 ^[20]
• Pseudamnicola oudrefica (Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) - extinct, was endemic to Tunisia^[21]
• Pseudamnicola ragia Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887 - extinct, was endemic to Tunisia^[22]
• Pseudamnicola singularis Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887 - extinct, was endemic to Tunisia^[23]

Thiaridae

• Melanoides tuberculata (O.F. Müller, 1774) ^[24]

Melanopsidae

• Melanopsis cariosa Linnaeus, 1767 ^[25]

Cochliopidae

• Heleobia stagnorum (Gmelin, 1791) ^[26]

Potamididae

• Pirenella conica Blainville, 1829 ^[27]

Assimineidae

• Paludinella globularis (Hanley, 1844) ^[28]

Lymnaeidae

• Galba truncatula (O.F. Müller, 1774) ^[29]

Physidae

• Physella acuta (Draparnaud, 1805) ^[30]

Planorbidae

• Ancylus fluviatilis O.F. Müller, 1774 ^[31]
• Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827) ^[32]
• Hippeutis complanatus Linnaeus, 1758 ^[33]

Land gastropods

Pleurodiscidae

• Pleurodiscus balmei (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)^[34]

Pupillidae

• Pupoides coenopictus (T. Hutton, 1834)^[35]

Enidae

• Cirna micelii (Kobelt, 1885)^[36]
• Coniconapaeus milevianus (Raymond, 1853)^[36]
• Mauronapaeus terverii (Dupotet in Forbes, 1839)^[36]
• Mastus pupa (Linnaeus, 1758)^[36]

Clausiliidae

• Mauritanica cossoni (Letourneux, 1887) - endemic to Tunisia^[37]
• Mauritanica perinni Bourguignat, 1876^[37]
  • Mauritanica perinni polygyra (O. Boettger, 1879) - endemic to Tunisia^[37]
  • Mauritanica perinni zaghouanica Sparacio, Liberto & La Mantia, 2020 - endemic to Tunisia^[37]
• Mauritanica philora (Letourneux, 1887) - endemic to Tunisia^[37]
  • Mauritanica philora philora (Letourneux, 1887) - endemic to Tunisia^[37]
  • Mauritanica philora bognannii Sparacio, Liberto & La Mantia, 2020 - endemic to Tunisia^[37]
• Mauritanica tristrami (Pfeiffer, 1861) - endemic to Tunisia^[37]
  • Mauritanica tristrami tristrami (Pfeiffer, 1861) - endemic to Tunisia^[37]
  • Mauritanica tristrami nouirasaidi Sparacio, Liberto & La Mantia, 2020 - endemic to Tunisia^[37]
  • Mauritanica tristrami zribensis Sparacio, Liberto & La Mantia, 2020 - endemic to Tunisia^[37]
• Papillifera papillaris (O.F. Müller, 1778)^[38]

Achatinidae

• Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758)[53]^[39]

Milacidae

• Milax gagates (Bourguignat 1801)^[40]
• Milax gasulli Altena 1974 - endemic to Tunisia^{[41] [42]}
• Milax nigricans (Philippi 1836)^[43]

Limacidae

• Limacus flavus (Linnaeus 1758)^[44]
• Lehmannia melitensis (Lessona and Pollonera 1882)^[45]

Geomitridae

• Cernuella virgata (Da Costa, 1778) ^[46]
• Cochlicella barbara (Linnaeus, 1758)^[47]
• Trochoidea elegans (Gmelin, 1791)^[46]
• Trochoidea pyramidata (Draparnaud, 1805)^[46]
• Xerocrassa latastei (Letourneux in Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) - endemic to Tunisia^[46]
• Xerocrassa latasteopsis (Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) - endemic to Tunisia^[46]
• Xeroplana doumeti (Bouguignat, 1876) - endemic to Tunisia^[48]
• Xeroplana idia (Issel, 1885) - endemic to Tunisia^[48]

Helicidae

• Cornu aspersum (O.F. Müller, 1778)^[49]
• Eobania vermiculata (O.F. Müller, 1778)^[47]
• Eremina desertorum irregularis (Férussac, 1821)^[50]
• Helix melanostoma Draparnaud, 1801^[51]
• Helix pronuba Westerlund & Blanc, 1879^[51]
• Marmorana muralis (O. F. Müller, 1774) ^[52]
• Theba pisana (O.F. Müller, 1778)^[47]

Sphincterochilidae

• Sphincterochila candidissima (Draparnaud, 1801)^{[47] [53]}
• Sphincterochila tunetana (L. Pfeiffer, 1850) - endemic to Tunisia^[53]

Trissexodontidae

• Caracollina lenticula (Férussac, 1821)^[47]

Freshwater bivalves

Unionidae

• Anodonta lucasi Deshayes, 1847^[54]
• Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)^[55]
• Unio durieui Deshayes, 1847^[55]
• Unio gibbus Spengler, 1793^{[56] [55]}
• Unio ravoisieri Deshayes, 1848 ^{[55] [57]}

Sphaeriidae

• Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791)^{[58] [59]}

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of Libya, Wildlife of Libya
• List of non-marine molluscs of Algeria, Wildlife of Algeria

oversea countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of Italy, Wildlife of Italy
• List of non-marine molluscs of Malta, Wildlife of Malta

Notes and References

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2. Van Damme, D. . Ghamizi, M. . 2010 . Belgrandiella nana . 2010 . e.T184622A8302822 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T184622A8302822.en . 18 November 2021.
3. Noureddine Khalloufi, Mustapha Béjaoui & Diana Delicado. 2020. Two new genera and three new subterranean species of Hydrobiidae (Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloidea) from Tunisia European Journal of Taxonomy No. 648: 1-27 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.648
4. Noureddine Khalloufi, Mustapha Bejaoui & Diana Delicado. 2017. A new genus and species of uncertain phylogenetic position within the family Hydrobiidae (Caenogastropoda, Truncatelloidea) discovered in Tunisian springs European Journal of Taxonomy 328: 1-15 DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.328
5. Van Damme, D. . Ghamizi, M. . 2010 . Bythinella limnopsis . 2010 . e.T184739A8324236 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T184739A8324236.en . 18 November 2021.
6. Van Damme, D. . Ghamizi, M. . 2010 . Bythinella mauritanica . 2010 . e.T184511A8283903 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T184511A8283903.en . 18 November 2021.
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