List of non-marine molluscs of Israel

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 snail shells in the Negev

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Israel include[1][2]

Pomatiidae

  • Pomatias olivieri[3]

Ferussaciidae

  • Cecilioides acicula
  • Cecilioides genezarethensis (Forcart, 1981)
  • Calaxis gracilis (Forcart, 1981)

Cochlicellidae

  • Cochlicella barbara (Linnaeus, 1758) - syn. Prietocella barbara (Linnaeus, 1758) - non-indigenous

Zonitidae

  • Eopolita protensa - Eopolita protensa jebusitica (Roth, 1855) - native[3]

Limacidae

  • Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758) - native

Agriolimacidae

  • Deroceras berytensis (Bourguignat, 1852) - native

Oxychilidae

  • Daudebardia saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852) - subgenus Libania - native
  • Oxychilus camelinus (Bourguignat, 1852) - subgenus Hiramia - native

Subulinidae

Aciculidae

Enidae

  • Buliminus labrosus labrosus (Olivier, 1804)[3]
  • Ena hermonensis (Forcart, 1981) - syn. Ena (Turanena) hermonensis (Forcart, 1981)
  • Euchondrus albulus Mousson - syn. Euchondrus (Jaminia) albulus Mousson
  • Euchondrus desertorum (Rochanaburananda, 1881)
  • Euchondrus saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852) - syn. Euchondrus (Jaminia) saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852)
  • Euchondrus haasi (Forcart, 1981)
  • Euchondrus pseudovularis (Forcart, 1981)
  • Euchondrus ramonensis (Granot, 1988) - endemic[4]
  • Euchondrus saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852) - Euchondrus (Jaminia) saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852)
  • Euchondrus septemdentatus (Roth, 1839)
  • Euchondrus sulcidens
  • Jaminia ovularis (Olivier, 1801) - syn. Euchondrus ovularis
  • Pene galilaea Heller, 1972 - endemic[5]
  • Zebrina eburnea (Pfeiffer)
  • Zebrina fasciolata fasciolata (Olivier, 1801)

Chondrinidae

  • Granopupa granum (Draparnaud, 1801)

Pyramidulidae

Vertiginidae

  • Truncatellina haasi

Pupillidae

  • Pupoides coenopictus (Hutton, 1834)

Zonitidae

Sphincterochilidae

Hygromiidae

  • Caracollina lenticula (Michaud, 1831)
  • Cernuella arrouxi (Bourguignat, 1863) - Cernuella (Microxeromagna) arrouxi (Bourguignat, 1863)
  • Metafruticicola berytensis hermonensis (Férussac, 1821)
  • Monacha bari (Forcart, 1981)
  • Monacha crispulata
  • Monacha haifaensis (Pallary, 1939)
  • Monacha obstructa (Férussac, 1821)
  • Monacha syriaca (Ehrenberg, 1831) - native[3]
  • Trochoidea pseudojacosta
  • Trochoidea picardi F. Haas, 1933 - at the edge of extinction
  • Trochoidea davidiana davidiana (Bourguignat) - subgenus Xerocrassa
  • Trochoidea erkelii helleri (Forcart) - subgenus Xerocrassa
  • Trochoidea simulata (Ehrenberg, 1831) - subgenus Xerocrassa
  • Xerocrassa seetzeni (Pfeiffer, 1847) - synonym Trochoidea seetzenii
  • Trochoidea siniaca (Martens) - subgenus Xerocrassa
  • Trochoidea syrensis lederi (Pfeiffer, 1856) - subgenus Xerocrassa
  • Xerophila icmalea
  • Xeropicta ilanae (Forcart, 1981)
  • Xeropicta vestalis - Xeropicta vestalis joppensis (Schmidt, 1885) - native[3]
  • Xerotricha conspurcata (Draparnaud, 1801) - non-indigenous
Cornu aspersum is non-indigenous in Israel

Helicidae

Hothouse aliens

"Hothouse aliens" in Israel include:

See also

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 Archived 9 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Australia. Caption: Gastropods, p. 12 and Appendix 2.
  2. Mienis H. K. 2003. A new colony of Rumina saharica discovered in Israel. Tentacle No. 11—January 2003: 11-12.
  3. 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. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041840.
  4. Heller J. 1996. Euchondrus ramonensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  5. Heller J. (1996). Pene galilaea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  6. Gittenberger E. & Bank R. A. 1996. A new start in Pyramidula (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Pyramidulidae). Basteria 60: 71-78.

Further reading
  • Haas G. (1951). On the Clausiliidae of Palestine. Fieldiana, Chicago, Chicago Natural History Museum, Volume 31, number 45: 479–502.
  • Haas G. (1955). Palestinian Species and Races of Jaminia Risso (Mollusca; Gastropoda). Fieldiana, Chicago, Chicago Natural History Museum, Volume 37, number 15: 415–443.
  • Heller J. (2009) Land snails of the land of Israel. Pensoft Publishers, 320 pp. ISBN 978-954-642-510-2.
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