The non-marine molluscs of the Loyalty Islands are a major part of the fauna located on the Loyalty Islands, off the coast of the New Caledonian mainland. There are a significant number of molluscan species found around the Loyalty Islands. Families of non-marine molluscs such as Planorbidae, Achatinellidae, Camaenidae, Cerastidae,

Draparnaudiidae ''Draparnaudia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Partuloidea. ''Draparnaudia'' is the only genus in the family Draparnaudiidae. Both the family name an ...

, Euconulidae,

Gastrocoptidae Gastrocoptidae is a family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Pupilloidea.Philippe Bouchet, Jean-Pierre Rocroi, Bernhard Hausdorf, Andrzej Kaim, Yasunori Kano, Alexander Nützel, ...

, Helicinidae, Microcystidae, and Valloniidae can be found on and around the islands. Non-marine mollusc species encompass

freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does include ...

and terrestrial species.

Freshwater species

Family Planorbidae * '' Glyptophysa nasuta'' (Moreler, 1857) * '' Pettancylus noumeensis'' (Crosse, 1871) * '' Ferrissia reticulatus'' (Gassies, 1865)

Terrestrial species

Family Achatinellidae * '' Elasmias apertum'' (Pease, 1864) * '' Elasmias mariei'' (Crosse, 1874) * '' Tornatellinops noumeensis'' (Crosse, 1870) Family Achatinidae * '' Allopeas gracile'' (Pfeiffer, 1846) Family Camaenidae * '' Bradybaena similaris'' (Ferussac, 1821) Family Cerastidae * ''

Rhachistia histrio ''Rhachistia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cerastidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Rhachistia Connolly, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...

'' (Pfeiffer, 1855) Family

* ''

Draparnaudia michaudi ''Draparnaudia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Partuloidea. ''Draparnaudia'' is the only genus in the family Draparnaudiidae. Both the family name and the genus name of th ...

'' (Pilsbry, 1901) Family Euconulidae * '' Coneuplecta calculosa'' (Gould, 1852) Family

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 ...

* ''

Geostilbia aperta ''Geostilbia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae.Bouchet, P. (2015). Geostilbia Crosse, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.mari ...

'' (Swainson, 1840) Family

* ''

Gastrocopta pediculus ''Gastrocopta'' is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Gastrocoptidae.MolluscaBase (2018). Gastrocopta Wollaston, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marin ...

'' (Shuttleworth, 1852) * ''

Gastrocopta servilis ''Gastrocopta servilis'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Gastrocoptidae Gastrocoptidae is a family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Pupilloidea.Philippe Bo ...

'' (Gould, 1843) Family Helicidae * '' Cornu aspersum'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) Family Helicinidae * '' Sturanya mediana'' (Gassies, 1870) * '' Sturanya sphaeroidea'' (Gassies, 1863) Family Microcystidae * ''

Liardetia samoensis ''Liardetia'' is a genus of land snails in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. Species include: * '' Liardetia boninensis'' * '' Liardetia doliolum'' * '' Liardetia indifferens'' * '' Liardetia samoensis'' * ''Liardetia sculpta'' * ''Liard ...

'' (Mousson, 1865) * '' Diastole conula'' (Pease, 1861) Family Valloniidae * '' Pupisoma dioscoricola'' (C. B. Adams, 1845) Family Veronicellidae * '' Laevicaulis alte'' (Férussac, 1822) * ''

Sarasinula plebeia ''Sarasinula plebeia'', commonly called the bean slug or the Caribbean leatherleaf slug, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs. As of November 201 ...

'' (P. Fischer, 1868)

References

External links

https://www.mollusabase.org
* * {{Non-marine molluscs Loyalty Islands Fauna of New Caledonia

Freshwater species

Terrestrial species

See also

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