List of non-marine molluscs of the Canary Islands

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

Location of the Canary Islands with the Spain highlighted.

The topography of Canary Islands include islands Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro and Fuerteventura.

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

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Canary Islands include:

Vertiginidae

• Truncatellina atomus Shuttlewort, 1852[1]

Ferussaciidae

• Sculptiferussacia clausiliaeformis Alonso & Ibanez, 1992[2]

Testacellidae

• Testacella scutulum G. B. Sowerby, 1821[3]
• Testacella maugei - non-indigenous on Tenerife[4]

Two views of a live individual of endemic Cryptella canariensis

Parmacellidae

• Cryptella canariensis Webb & Berthelot, 1833 - synonym: Parmacella canariensis (Webb & Berthelot, 1833) - endemic[5]
• Parmacella tenerifensis Alonso, Ibanez & Diaz, 1985 - endemic to Tenerife, vulnerable[6] or endangered[7]

Milacidae

• Milax nigricans - non-indigenous on Tenerife since 2009[4]

Limacidae

• Lehmannia valentiana - non-indigenous on Tenerife and widely distributed[4]
• Malacolimax wiktori Alonso & Ibanez, 1989 - endemic[8]

Oxychilidae

• Oxychilus alliarius (Miller, 1822) - non-indigenous on Tenerife since 2009[4]

Gastrodontidae

• Janulus pompylius (Shuttleworth, 1852) - globally extinct, it was endemic to La Palma[9]

Streptaxidae

• Gibbulinella Wenz, 1920 - endemic[10]

Discidae or Endodontidae

• Keraea garachicoensis (Wollaston, 1878) - globally extinct, it was endemic to Tenerife[9]

Discidae

• Discus engonatus (Shuttleworth, 1852) - extinct[9]
• Discus retextus (Shuttleworth, 1852) - extinct[9]
• Discus textilis (Shuttleworth, 1852) - extinct[9]

Enidae numerous Napaeus species

• Napaeus alucensis Santana & Yanes, 2011- on La Gomera[11]
• Napaeus gomerensis G. A. Holyoak & D. T. Holyoak, 2011 - on La Gomera[11]
• Napaeus moroi Martín, Alonso & Ibáñez, 2011 - La Gomera[11]
• Napaeus torilensis Artiles & Deniz, 2011 - on La Gomera[11]

Hygromiidae

• Canariella spp. (all 11 species are endemic to Canary Islands)
• Canariella eutropis - endemic to Fuerteventura[12]
• Canariella giustii Ibáñez & Alonso, 2006[13] - endemic to Tenerife
• Canariella jandiaensis Ibáñez & Ponte-Lira, 2006[12] - endemic to Fuerteventura
• Canariella hispidula (Lamarck, 1822)
• Canariella leprosa Shuttleworth, 1852
• Canariella pontelirae Hutterer, 1994 - endemic to Tenerife, critically endangered[13]
• Canariella pthonera Mabille, 1883

Geomitridae

• Orexana ultima Chueca et al., 2018

Helicidae

• Hemicycla eurythyra O. Boettger 1908 - endemic to Tenerife[14]
• Hemicycla inutilis Mousson, 1872[15]
• Theba arinagae Gittenberger & Ripken, 1987[16]

Freshwater bivalves

See also

• Macaronesia ecoregion

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of Madeira
• List of non-marine molluscs of Spain
• List of non-marine molluscs of Portugal
• List of non-marine molluscs of Morocco
• Wildlife of Western Sahara

References

1. Alonso R. & Ibanez M. (1996). Truncatellina atomus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
2. Alonso R. & Ibanez M. (1996). Sculptiferussacia clausiliaeformis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
3. Testacella scutulum AnimalBase, accessed 22 December 2008.
4. Kappes H., Delgado J. D., Alonso M. R. & Ibáñez M. (September–October 2009) "Native and introduced gastropods in laurel forests on Tenerife, Canary Islands". Acta Oecologica 35(5): 581-589. doi:10.1016/j.actao.2009.05.004
5. "Species summary for Parmacella canariensis". AnimalBase, last modified 7 June 2008, accessed 1 September 2010.
6. Ibáñez M. & Alonso M. R. (2005) "Parmacella tenerifensis Alonso, Ibáñez y Díaz, 1985". p. 397 Archived 19 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine. In: Verdú J. R. 7 Galante E. (eds). (2005). Libro Rojo de los Invertebrados de España. Dirección General de Conservación de la Naturaleza, Madrid.
7. Alonso R. & Ibanez M. (1996) Parmacella tenerifensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
8. Alonso R. & Ibanez M. (1996). Malacolimax wiktori. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
9. Fontaine B., Bouchet P., Van Achterberg K., Alonso-Zarazaga M. A., Araujo R. et al. (2007). "The European union’s 2010 target: Putting rare species in focus." Biological Conservation 139: 167-185. Table 2 on p. 173. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2007.06.012. PDF.
10. Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1-16. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00598.x.
11. Yanes Y., Martín J., Santana J., Holyoak G. A., Holyoak D. T., Artiles M., Deniz F. et al. & Ibáñez M. (2011). "Four new Napaeus species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Enidae) from La Gomera (Canary Islands)". Journal of Conchology 40(4): 393-407. abstract.
12. Alonso M. R., Ponte-Lira C. E., Castillo C., Yanes Y., Groh K. & Ibáñez M. (2006) "A new Canariella species (Gastropoda: Helicoidea: Hygromiidae) of the new subgenus Majorata, both endemic to the Jandía Peninsula (Fuerteventura, Canary Islands)". Zootaxa 1316: 45-56. abstract
13. Ibáñez M., Silverio F., Alonso M. R. & Ponte-Lira, C. E. (2006) "Two Canariella species (Gastropoda: Helicodea: Hygromiidae) endemic to the Northwest Tenerife (Canary islands)". Zootaxa 1258: 33-45. abstract
14. Yanes Y., Martín J., Artiles M., Moro L., Alonso M. R. & Ibáñez M. (2009). "Rediscovery and redescription of an almost unknown Hemicycla species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Helicidae): H. eurythyra O. Boettger 1908 from Tenerife, Canary Islands". Journal of Conchology 40(1): 31-36. abstract.
15. Groh K. & Alonso R. (2011). "Hemicycla inutilis". In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2013.
16. Alonso R. & Ibanez M. (1996). Theba arinagae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.

Further reading

• Alonso M. R. & Ibáñez M. (24 May 2007) "Anatomy and function of the penial twin papillae system of the Helicinae (Gastropoda: Helicoidea: Helicidae) and description of two new, small Hemicycla species from the laurel forest of the Canary Islands". Zootaxa 1482: 1-23. 41 plates. abstract.
• Alonso M. R., Ibáñez M., Valido M. J., Ponte-Lira C. E. & Henriquez F. C. (1991) (1988). "Catalogación de la malacofauna terrestre endémica de Canarias, con vistas a su protección. Isla de Tenerife". Iberus 8(2): 121–128.
• Diaz J. A., Alonso M. R. & Ibáñez M. (1986). "Los pulmonados desnudos de las Islas Canarias. I. Superfamilias Testacelloidea Gray 1840 y Zonitoidea Morch 1864". Vieraea 16: 81–96. La Laguna.