The non-marine molluscs of

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are a part of the molluscan

fauna of Madeira Fauna is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is ''flora'', and for fungi, it is ''funga''. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as '' biota''. Zool ...

( wildlife of Madeira). This list includes whole Madeira Autonomous Region, that includes

Madeira Island Madeira is a Portuguese island, and is the largest and most populous of the Madeira Archipelago. It has an area of , including Ilhéu de Agostinho, Ilhéu de São Lourenço, Ilhéu Mole (northwest). As of 2011, Madeira had a total population of ...

Porto Santo Island Porto Santo Island () is a Portuguese island northeast of Madeira Island in the North Atlantic Ocean; it is the northernmost and easternmost island of the archipelago of Madeira, located in the Atlantic Ocean west of Europe and Africa. The muni ...

Desertas Islands The Desertas Islands ( pt, Ilhas Desertas, , "Deserted Islands") are a small archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, part of the larger Portuguese Madeira Archipelago. The archipelago is located off the coast of Morocco. Deserta Grande Island is loc ...

and

Savage Islands The Savage Islands or Selvagens Islands ( pt, Ilhas Selvagens ; also known as the Salvage Islands) are a small Portuguese archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean, south of Madeira, and north of the Canary Islands.

. A number of species of non-marine

molluscs Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil sp ...

are found in the wild in Madeira. There are 56 species of

gastropods The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. Ther ...

: ?? species of

freshwater gastropod Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks which live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs ...

s, 56 species of land gastropods (land snails) and ?? species of

bivalves Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...

living in the wild. The degree of endemism for the area of Madeira is about 84%. ;Summary table of number of species (Summary table is based on species counted in this list and include also those ones with question marks)

Freshwater gastropods

Land gastropods

Discidae Discidae is a taxonomic family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea. Genera The family Discidae has no subfamilies. Genera within the family Discidae include: * ''Anguispira'' Morse, ...

* '' Discus guerinianus'' (R. T. Lowe, 1852) - endemic to Madeira

Ferussaciidae Ferussaciidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ferussaciidae Bourguignat, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...

* '' Amphorella iridescens'' * '' Amphorella melampoides'' * '' Amphorella producta'' * ''

Cecilioides eulima ''Cecilioides eulima'' is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ferussaciidae. This species is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single def ...

'' (Lowe, 1854) * '' Cecilioides nyctelia'' * '' Cylichnidia ovuliformis''

Lauriidae Lauriidae is a family of land snails. It is classified within the informal group Orthurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005) ...

* ''

Leiostyla abbreviata ''Leiostyla abbreviata'' is an extinct species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lauriidae. It is one of several species sometimes referred as Madeiran land snail. It is mentioned in ann ...

'' (R. T. Lowe, 1852) - globally extinct from Madeira * ''

Leiostyla gibba ''Leiostyla gibba'' is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lauriidae. This species is mentioned in Annexes II and IV of the Habitats Directive. It is one of several species someti ...

'' (R. T. Lowe, 1852) - globally extinct from Madeira * '' Leiostyla lamellosa'' (R. T. Lowe, 1852) - globally extinct from Madeira

Hygromiidae Hygromiidae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea. Helicellidae Ihering, 1909 Anatomy Some snails in genera within this family create ...

* '' Caseolus calvus galeatus'' (R. T. Lowe, 1862) - The subspecies ''Caseolus calvus galeatus'' is globally extinct. * ''

Caseolus commixtus ''Caseolus commixtus'' is a species of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae. Although the Fauna Europaea spells this species name as shown here, with a -us ending, in many other sou ...

'' R. T. Lowe, 1852 * '' Discula bulweri'' (Wood, 1828) * ''

Discula cheiranthicola ''Discula cheiranthicola'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. This species is Endemism, endemic to List of non-marine molluscs of Madeira, Madeira, ...

'' * ''

Discula lyelliana ''Discula lyelliana'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. ''Discula lyelliana'' was listed as Critically endangered possibly extinct in the ''2011 IU ...

'' (R. T. Lowe, 1852) - globally extinct from

Deserta Grande Island The Deserta Grande Island is the main island of the Desertas Islands archipelago, a small chain of three islands in the Portuguese Madeira Islands Archipelago of Macaronesia. It is located southeast of Madeira Island, off the western coast of ...

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.
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* '' Discula rotula'' (R. T. Lowe, 1831) - on

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Discula tabellata ''Discula tabellata'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. Distribution This species occurs in Madeira, Portugal. Shell description The shell of these snails is ...

'' (R. T. Lowe, 1852) * '' Discula tetrica'' (R. T. Lowe, 1862) - globally extinct from

Bugio Bugio Island ( pt, Ilha do Bugio) — is one of the three islands of the Portuguese Desertas Islands archipelago, a small chain of islands in the Madeira Islands Archipelago of Macaronesia. It is located in the Atlantic Ocean off the western coa ...

* '' Geomitra delphinuloides'' (R. T. Lowe, 1860) - globally extinct from

* '' Geomitra grabhami'' (Wollaston, 1878) - globally extinct from

* ''

Geomitra moniziana ''Geomitra moniziana'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae. This species is endemic to Madeira, Portugal. It is mentioned in annexes II and IV of the Habitats Directive ...

'' Paiva, 1867 * '' Geomitra tiarella'' Webb & Berthelot, 1833 * '' Hystricella bicarinata'' (Sowerby, 1824) * '' Hystricella echinulata'' * '' Hystricella oxytropis'' * '' Hystricella turricula'' (R. T. Lowe, 1831) * '' Pseudocampylaea loweii'' (A. Férussac, 1835) - globally extinct from Madeira * '' Serratorotula coronata'' (Deshayes, 1850) - synonym: ''Geomitra coronata''

Helicidae Helicidae is a large, diverse family of small to large, air-breathing land snails, sometimes called the "typical snails." A number of species in this family are valued as food items, including ''Cornu aspersum'' (formerly ''Helix aspersa'') the b ...

* '' Leptaxis simia hyaena'' (R. T. Lowe, 1852) - The subspecies ''Leptaxis simia hyaena'' is globally extinct from Bugio, Madeira

Freshwater gastropods

Land gastropods

Bivalvia

See also

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