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The non-marine molluscs of Réunion are a part of the molluscan wildlife of Réunion, an island in the Indian Ocean.


Freshwater gastropods

Ampullariidae Ampullariidae, commonly known as the apple snails, is a family of large freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks with a gill and an operculum. These snails simultaneously have a gill and a lung as functional respiratory structures ...
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Pomacea canaliculata ''Pomacea canaliculata'', commonly known as the golden apple snail or the channeled apple snail, is a species of large freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails ...
'' (Lamarck, 1819) Assimineidae * '' Paludinella hidalgoi'' (Gassies, 1869)
Lymnaeidae Lymnaeidae, common name the pond snails, is a taxonomic family of small to large air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks, that belong to the clade Hygrophila. Lymnaeidae is the only family within the superf ...
* '' Lymnaea natalensis'' Krauss, 1848 * '' Lantzia carinata'' – synonym ''Erinna carinata'' – endemic Neritidae * '' Clithon coronatus'' (Leach, 1815) * '' Neripteron bensoni'' (Récluz, 1850) * '' Neripteron simoni'' Prashad, 1921 * '' Neritilia rubida'' (Pease, 1865) – synonym: '' Neritilia consimilis'' (Martens, 1879) * '' Neritina gagates'' (Lamarck, 1822) * '' Septaria borbonica'' (Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1803) Physidae * ''
Physa acuta ''Physella acuta'' is a species of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Physidae. Common names include European physa, tadpole snail, bladder snail, and acute bladder snail. ...
'' (Drapanaud, 1805)
Planorbidae Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs. Unlike most molluscs, the blood of ram's horn snails contains iron-based hemoglobin instea ...
* '' Bulimus cernicus'' (Morelet, 1875) * '' Gyraulus mauritianus'' (Morelet, 1876) * ''
Helisoma duryi ''Planorbella duryi'', common name the Seminole rams-horn, is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails. The species is endemic to Florida and is found frequently ...
'' (Waterby, 1879)
Thiaridae Thiaridae, common name thiarids or trumpet snails, is a family of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cerithioidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Thiaridae Gill, 1871 (1823). Ac ...
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Melanoides tuberculata The red-rimmed melania (''Melanoides tuberculata''), also known as Malayan livebearing snails or Malayan/Malaysian trumpet snails (often abbreviated to MTS) by aquarists, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, a parthenogenetic, a ...
'' (Müller, 1774) * '' Thiara amarula'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Thiara scabra'' (Müller, 1774) Viviparidae * '' Bellamya bengalenbsis'' (Lamarck, 1822)


Land gastropods

Charopidae Charopidae is a taxonomic family of small air-breathing land snails (and semi-slugs such as '' Otoconcha dimidiata''), terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Charopidae Hu ...
* †'' Pilula praetumida'' – endemic – extinct *'' Pilula cordemoyi'' (Nevill, 1870) – endemic
Cyclophoridae Cyclophoridae is a taxonomic family of small to large tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the order Architaenioglossa belonging to the subclass Caenogastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropo ...
*'' Madgeaconcha gerlachi'' – endemic – described 2004
Euconulidae Euconulidae is a taxonomic family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the superfamily Trochomorphoidea. This land snail family is closely allied to the Zonitidae, the glass sna ...
* '' Caldwellia imperfecta'' *'' Ctenophila salaziensis'' – endemic *'' Ctenophila setiliris'' – endemic *'' Ctenophila vorticella'' – endemic *'' Plegma caelatura'' – endemic
Helicarionidae Helicarionidae is a family of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea. Distribution The distribution of Helicarionidae includes the eastern Palearctic, Malagasy, In ...
*'' Dupontia maillardi'' – (Deshayes, 1863) – endemic * †''
Dupontia proletaria ''Dupontia proletaria'' is an extinct species of small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. This species is endemic to Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, ...
'' – (Morelet, 1860) – extinct * '' Erepta setiliris'' – (Benson, 1859) – endemic *'' Harmogenanina argentea'' – ( Reeve, 1852) – endemic *'' Harmogenanina linophora'' – extinct * †'' Harmogenanina subdetecta'' – ( de Férussac, 1827)- endemic – extinct Streptaxidae * '' Gonospira bourguignati'' – endemic * '' Gonospira cylindrella'' – endemic * '' Gonospira deshayesi'' – (Adams, 1868) – endemic * '' Gonospira funicula'' – endemic * '' Gonospira turgidula'' – endemic * ''
Gonospira uvula ''Gonospira uvula'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae. Distribution This species is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single de ...
'' – (Deshayes, 1863) – endemic * '' Gonospira versipolis'' – (Deshayes, 1851) – endemic * '' Gulella antelmeana'' – (Peile, 1936) – endemic to Mauritius & Réunion Succineidae *''
Hyalimax maillardi ''Hyalimax maillardi'' is a species of air-breathing succineid land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Succineidae, the amber snails. Distribution This species is endemic to Réunion Réunion (; french: La Réun ...
'' Fischer, 1867 (endemic) *'' Quickia concisa'' (Morelet, 1849)
Vertiginidae Vertiginidae, common name the whorl snails, is a family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea. Distribution The distribution of the Vertiginidae is in the ...
* '' Nesopupa incerta'' – (Nevill, 1870) – endemic * ''
Nesopupa madgei ''Nesopupa madgei'' is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vertiginidae the whorl snails. This species is found in the islands of Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: M ...
'' – (Peile, 1936) – subendemic * '' Nesopupa micra'' – (Pilsbry, 1920) – subendemic * '' Nesopupa morini'' – (Madge, 1938) – subendemic


Freshwater bivalves

Unionidae The Unionidae are a family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionida, the bivalve molluscs sometimes known as river mussels, or simply as unionids. The range of distribution for this family is world-wide. It is at its most divers ...
* †'' Unio cariei'' (''Nodularia cariei'') – ( Germain, 1919) – endemic''Unio cariei''
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species – extinct


See also

* List of marine molluscs of Réunion *
List of non-marine molluscs of Mauritius The non-marine molluscs of Mauritius are a part of the molluscan wildlife of Mauritius. The Outer islands of Mauritius includes Cargados Carajos, Rodrigues and the Agalega Islands. Freshwater gastropods Assimineidae * '' Omphalotropis hier ...
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List of non-marine molluscs of Madagascar The non-marine molluscs of Madagascar are a part of the molluscan fauna of Madagascar (wildlife of Madagascar). In tropical rainforests of Madagascar, there is high diversity of species of terrestrial gastropods and many species has low populati ...


References

* (in French
M.Jay: ''Les mollusques d'eau douce de la Réunion''


External links


Encyclopedia of Life
– Picture of ''Pilula cordemoy''
www.donnees.reunion.developpement-durable.gouv.fr
– List of Molluscs in Réunion (in French)
INPN
– List of animals in Réunion (in French) {{DEFAULTSORT:Molluscs Reunion * Réunion-related lists Reunion Reunion *