List of non-marine molluscs of the Canary Islands explained

The non-marine molluscs of the Canary Islands are a part of the molluscan fauna of the Canary Islands.

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

Freshwater gastropods

Hydrobiidae

Thiaridae

Lymnaeidae

Physidae

Planorbidae

Land gastropods

Hydrocenidae

Craspedopomatidae

Pomatiidae

Cochlicopidae

Chondrinidae

Lauriidae

Pupillidae

Truncatellinidae

Valloniidae

Enidae

Achatinidae

Ferussaciidae

Streptaxidae

Testacellidae

Discidae

Punctidae

Gastrodontidae

Oxychilidae

Pristilomatidae

Milacidae

Parmacellidae

Agriolimacidae

Boettgerillidae

Limacidae

Vitrinidae

Arionidae

Canariellidae

Geomitridae

Helicidae

Trissexodontidae

Freshwater bivalves

Sphaeriidae

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

Further reading

Notes and References

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  2. Núñez Brito, L.; Núñez Fraga, J. (2010). "Mollusca". In: Arechavaleta, M.; Rodríguez, S.; Zurita, N.; García, A. (Eds.). Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias. Hongos, plantas y animales terrestres. 2009. Gobierno de Canarias
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  4. Yanes . Y. . Santana . J. . Artiles . M. . Deniz . F. . Martín . J. . Alonso . M.R. . Ibáñez . M. . Five new Napaeus species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Enidae) from Gran Canaria and El Hierro (Canary Islands) . Zootaxa . 2011 . 2901 . 35–51. 10.11646/zootaxa.2901.1.3 .
  5. Alonso . M.R. . Goodacre . S.A. . Emerson . B.K. . Ibáñez . M. . Hutterer . R. . Groh . K. . Canarian land snail diversity: conflict between anatomical and molecular data in the phylogenetic placement of five new species of Napaeus (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Enidae) . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society . 2006 . 89 . 159–187. 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00670.x .
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