List of non-marine molluscs of Malta
The non-marine molluscs of Malta are a part of the molluscan fauna of Malta.
A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Malta. There are 77 species of gastropods, 15 species of freshwater gastropods, 62 species of land gastropods) and 2 species of bivalves living in the wild.
There are 4 non-indigenous species of gastropods. There are no non-indigenous species of bivalves in the wild in Malta.
Numbers of molluscs by habitat | Number of species |
Freshwater gastropods | 15 |
Land gastropods | 62 |
Total number of non-marine gastropods | 77 |
Freshwater bivalves | 2 |
Total number of non-marine molluscs | 79 |
Freshwater gastropods
Freshwater gastropods in Malta include:Hydrobiidae
- Hydrobia acuta - in brackish water
- Hydrobia ventrosa - in brackish water
- Paludinella littorina - in brackish water
- Pseudamnicola moussoni
- Heleobia stagnorum - synonym: Littorinida stagnorum - in brackish water
- Mercuria similis
- Melanoides tuberculata - probably locally extinct
- Galba truncatula
- Radix peregra - probably locally extinct
- Physella acuta Draparnaud, 1805 - non-indigenous
- Planorbis moquini Requien, 1848
- Planorbis planorbis - probably locally extinct
- Gyraulus laevis
- Helisoma duryi Wetherby, 1879 - non-indigenous
- Ancylus fluviatilis
Land gastropods
Pomatiidae
- Pomatias elegans - non-indigenous
- Tudorella sulcata
- Truncatella subcylindrica - partly marine, partly land snail
- Leucophytia bidentata - semi-marine
- Ovatella firminii - semi-marine
- Myosotella myosotis - semi-marine
- Carychium schlickumi Strauch, 1977
- Lauria cylindracea
- Vallonia pulchella
- Truncatellina callicratis
- Pleurodiscus balmei
- Granopupa granum
- Granopupa philippii
- Jaminia pupa
- Lampedusa imitatrix - Lampedusa imitatrix imitatrix - endemic; Lampedusa imitatrix melitensis - endemic
- Muticaria macrostoma - Muticaria macrostoma macrostoma - endemic; Muticaria macrostoma oscitans - endemic; Muticaria macrostoma macrostoma × Muticaria macrostoma oscitans - endemic; Muticaria macrostoma macrostoma × Muticaria macrostoma scalaris
- hybrid Lampedusa imitatrix imitatrix × Muticaria macrostoma macrostoma
- Muticaria macrostoma - Muticaria macrostoma mamotica - endemic; Muticaria macrostoma scalaris - endemic
- Papillifera papillaris
- Ferussacia follicula
- Cecilioides acicula
- Cecilioides janii
- Cecilioides petitiana
- Hohenwartiana hohenwarti
- Rumina decollata
- Testacella riedeli Guisti, Manganelli & Schembri, 1995
- Discus rotundatus - non-indigenous
- Oxyloma elegans
- Vitrea contracta
- Vitrea subrimata
- Oxychilus draparnaudi
- Oxychilus hydatinus
- Milax nigricans
- Tandonia sowerbyi
Limacidae
Helicidae
- Helix aperta Born, 1778
- Cornu aspersum = Helix aspersa O. F. Müller, 1774
- Eobania vermiculata
- Murella globularis
- Murella melitensis endemic
- Theba pisana
- Caracollina lenticula
Freshwater bivalves
Sphaeriidae
- Pisidium casertanum
- Pisidium personatum