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Non-marine molluscs of Israel are a part of the molluscan fauna of Israel. A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Israel. In addition, a number of gastropod species are reared in captivity in greenhouses, aquaria and terraria.
Land gastropods
[edit]Land gastropods in Israel include[1]
- Acicula palaestinensis Forcart, 1981[2][3]
- Pomatias glaucus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1843) (usually under the synonymous name Pomatias olivieri (Charpentier, 1847)[2][4])
- Carychium minimum O. F. Müller, 1774[2]
- Novisuccinea hortensis (Reinhardt, 1877) - non-indigenous[5]
- Novisuccinea ovalis (Say, 1817) - non-indigenous[5]
- Oxyloma elegans (Risso, 1826)[2]
- Granopupa granum (Draparnaud, 1801)[2]
- Rupestrella rhodia (J. R. Roth, 1839)[2]
- Gastrocopta cf. pellucida (L. Pfeiffer, 1841) - non-indigenous[5]
- Gastrocopta procera (A. Gould, 1840) - non-indigenous[2][5]
- Lauria cylindracea (Da Costa, 1778)[2]
- Orculella sirianocoriensis (Mousson, 1854)[2]
- Pilorcula raymondi (Bourguignat, 1863)[2]
- Pleurodiscus balmei (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) (under the synonymous name Pleurodiscus erdelii (J. R. Roth, 1839)[2])
- Pupoides coenopictus (T. Hutton, 1834)[2]
- Pyramidula rupestris[6] (also under the name Pyramidula hierosolymitana (Bourguignat, 1852)[2])
- Truncatellina haasi Venmans, 1957[2]
- Vallonia costata (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous[5]
- Vallonia excentrica Sterki, 1893 - non-indigenous[5]
- Vallonia costata (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous[5]
- Buliminus alepensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1841)[2]
- Buliminus diminutus (Mousson, 1861)[2]
- Buliminus glabratus (Mousson, 1861)[2]
- Buliminus jordani (Charpentier, 1847)[2]
- Buliminus labrosus labrosus (Olivier, 1804)[4][2]
- Buliminus lamprostatus (Bourguignat, 1876)[2]
- Buliminus negevensis Heller, 1970[2]
- Buliminus sinaiensis Heller, 1970[2]
- Buliminus therinus (Bourguignat, 1876)[2]
- Euchondrus albulus (Mousson, 1861)[2]
- Euchondrus chondriformis (Mousson, 1861)[2]
- Euchondrus desertorum Rochanaburananda, 1981[2][3][7]
- Euchondrus haasi Forcart, 1981[3]
- Euchondrus michonii (Bourguignat, 1853)[2] (including Euchondrus ledereri (L. Pfeiffer, 1868)[2])
- Euchondrus pseudovularis Forcart, 1981[2][3][8]
- Euchondrus ramonensis (Granot, 1988) - endemic[2][9]
- Euchondrus saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852)[2]
- Euchondrus septemdentatus (Roth, 1839)[2]
- Euchondrus sulcidens (Mousson, 1861)[2]
- Paramastus episomus (Bourguignat, 1857)[2]
- Pene bulimoides (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)[10]
- Pene galilaea Heller, 1972 - endemic[2][10][11]
- Pene kotschyi (L. Pfeiffer, 1854)[10]
- Turanena benjamitica (Benson, 1859)[2][3]
- Turanena hermonensis (Forcart, 1981)[2][3]
- Cristataria elonensis (G. Haas, 1951)[2][12]
- Cristataria forcarti H. Nordsieck, 1971[2][12]
- Cristataria genezarethana (Tristram, 1865)[2][12]
- Cristataria haasi H. Nordsieck, 1971[2]
- Cristataria hermonensis H. Nordsieck, 1977[2][13]
- Cristataria petrboki (Pallary, 1939)[2][12]
- Elia moesta (Rossmässler, 1839)[2]
- Calaxis gracilis Forcart, 1981[2][3]
- Calaxis hierosolymarum (J. R. Roth, 1855)[2]
- Calaxis rothi (Bourguignat, 1864)[2]
- Cecilioides acicula (O. F. Müller, 1774)[2]
- Cecilioides genezarethensis Forcart, 1981[2][3]
- Cecilioides tumulorum (Bourguignat, 1856)[14] (under the synonymous name Cecilioides judaica (Mousson, 1861)[2])
- Hohenwartiana hohenwarti (Rossmässler, 1839)[2]
- Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822 - non-indigenous[5]
- Lamellaxis clavulinus (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) - non-indigenous[5]
- Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) - non-indigenous[5][15]
- Rumina saharica Pallary, 1901 - non-indigenous[5][15]
- Lucilla scintilla (Lowe, 1852) - non-indigenous[5]
- Paralaoma servilis (Shuttleworth, 1852)[2]
- Punctum pygmaeum (Draparnaud, 1801)[2]
- Euconulus alderi (Gray, 1840) (under the synonymous name Euconulus praticola (Reinhardt, 1883)[16]
- Zonitoides arboreus (Say, 1816) - non-indigenous[5]
- Zonitoides nitidus (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous[5]
- Hawaiia minuscula (A. Binney, 1841) - non-indigenous[5]
- Vitrea contracta (Westerlund, 1871)[2]
- Eopolita protensa jebusitica (Roth, 1855)[2][4]
- Libania saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852)[2]
- Oxychilus camelinus (Bourguignat, 1852)[2]
- Oxychilus renanianus (Pallary, 1939)[2]
- Oxychilus translucidus (Mortillet, 1854) - non-indigenous[5]
- Milax barypus Bourguignat, 1866[2][17]
- Gigantomilax cecconii (Simroth, 1906)[2]
- Gigantomilax eustrictus (Bourguignat, 1866)[2]
- Lehmannia valentiana (de Férussac, 1822) - non-indigenous[5]
- Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758)[2]
- Deroceras berytensis (Bourguignat, 1852)[2]
- Deroceras laeve (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous[5]
- Deroceras libanoticum (Pollonera, 1909)[2]
- Deroceras reticulatum (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous[5]
- Cochlicella acuta (O. F. Müller, 1774)[2]
- Cochlicella barbara (Linnaeus, 1758) - non-indigenous[2][5]
- Microxeromagna lowei (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)[2]
- Xerocrassa davidiana (Bourguignat, 1863)[2][18]
- Xerocrassa erkelii (Kobelt, 1878)[18]
- Xerocrassa fourtaui (Pallary, 1902)<[18]
- Xerocrassa helleri (Forcart, 1976)[18]
- Xerocrassa langloisiana (Bourguignat, 1853)[2][18]
- Xerocrassa meda (Porro, 1840) - non-indigenous[2][5]
- Xerocrassa picardi (F. Haas, 1933)[2][18]
- Xerocrassa pseudojacosta (Forcart, 1976)[2][18]
- Xerocrassa seetzeni (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)[18]
- Xerocrassa simulata (Ehrenberg, 1831)[2][18]
- Xerocrassa tuberculosa (Conrad, 1852)[2]
- Xerocrassa zviae Mienis, 2017[19]
- Xeropicta carmelensis Forcart, 1976[2][18]
- Xeropicta ilanae Forcart, 1981[2][3]
- Xeropicta krynickii (Krynicki, 1833) (often under the synonymous names X. vestalis (L. Pfeiffer, 1841)[2] or X.vestalis joppensis (Schmidt, 1855)[4][18])
- Xeropicta zeevbari Mienis & Rittner, 2020[20]
- Xerotricha apicina (Lamarck, 1822)[2]
- Xerotricha conspurcata (Draparnaud, 1801) - non-indigenous[5]
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- Cornu aspersum (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous[2][5]
- Eobania vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[2][5][21]
- Eremina desertorum (Forsskål, 1775)[2]
- Eremina kobelti (Westerlund, 1889)[2]
- Helix engaddensis Bourguignat, 1852[2][22] (including Helix prasinata Roth, 1855[2])
- Helix pachya Bourguignat, 1860[22] (often under the synonymous name Helix texta auct.[2])
- Levantina spiriplana (Olivier, 1801)
- Theba pisana (O. F. Müller, 1774)[2]
- Metafruticicola berytensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1841)[2][23] (including Metafruticicola fourousi (Bourguignat, 1863)[2])
- Metafruticicola hermonensis Forcart, 1981[2][3][23]
- Monacha bari Forcart, 1981[2][3]
- Monacha crispulata (Mousson, 1861)[2]
- Monacha obstructa (Férussac, 1821)[2]
- Monacha syriaca (Ehrenberg, 1831)[2][4]
- Sphincterochila cariosa (Olivier, 1804)[2]
- Sphincterochila fimbriata (Bourguignat, 1852)[2]
- Sphincterochila prophetarum (Bourguignat, 1852)[2]
- Sphincterochila zonata (Bourguignat, 1853)[2]
- Sphincterochila zonata filia (Mousson, 1861)[2]
- Sphincterochila zonata zonata (Bourguignat, 1853) (including Sphincterochila boissieri (Charpentier, 1847)).
- Caracollina lenticula (Michaud, 1831)[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Commonwealth of Australia. 2002 (April) Citrus Imports from the Arab Republic of Egypt. A Review Under Existing Import Conditions for Citrus from Israel Archived 9 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Australia. Caption: Gastropods, p. 12 and Appendix 2.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw Heller, J. (2009). Land Snails of the Land of Israel - Natural History and a Field Guide. Sofia-Moscow: Pensoft.
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- ^ a b c d e f Raz S., Schwartz N. P., Mienis H. K., Nevo E. & Graham J. H. (2012). "Fluctuating Helical Asymmetry and Morphology of Snails (Gastropoda) in Divergent Microhabitats at 'Evolution Canyons I and II,’ Israel". PLoS ONE 7(7): e41840. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041840.
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- ^ Gittenberger E. & Bank R. A. 1996. A new start in Pyramidula (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Pyramidulidae). Basteria 60: 71-78.
- ^ Neubert, Eike; Amr, Zuhair (2016). "On a new species of Euchondrus Boettger, 1883 from Syria (Pulmonata: Enidae)". Zoology in the Middle East. 62 (1): 58–60. doi:10.1080/09397140.2015.1132564. S2CID 88116790.
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- ^ Heller J. 1996. Euchondrus ramonensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- ^ a b c Bank, R.A.; Neubert, E. (2020). "Conchological revision of the eastern Mediterranean genus Pene Pallary, 1929, with description of a new species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata)". Basteria. 84 (4–6): 317–344.
- ^ Heller J. (1996). Pene galilaea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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- ^ Nordsieck, H. (1977). "Zur Anatomie und Systematik der Clausilien, XVIII. Neue Taxa rezenter Clausilien". Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 108 (1/3): 73–107.
- ^ Mienis, H.K.; Rittner, O.; Vaisman, S. "First record of Cecilioides tumulorum from Israel". Triton. 25: 24–25.
- ^ a b Mienis H. K. 2003. A new colony of Rumina saharica discovered in Israel. Tentacle No. 11—January 2003: 11-12.
- ^ Mienis, H.K.; Rittner, O.; Hershkovitz, Y.; Eshcoly, T. (2016). "A first record of the Marsh Hive Euconulus praticola from Israel (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Euconulidae)". Triton. 34: 21–23.
- ^ Mienis, H.K.; Rittner, O. (2013). "Various notes concerning Milax barypus Bourguignat, 1866 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Milacidae)". MalaCo. 9: 457–459.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Forcart, L. (1976). "Die Cochlicellinae und Helicellinae von Palästina und Sinai". Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 106 (4/6): 123–189.
- ^ Mienis, H.K. (2017). "Xerocrassa zviae, a new species of land snail from the Judean Desert, Israel (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Hygromiidae)". Triton. 35: 24–28.
- ^ Mienis, H.K.; Rittner, O. (2020). "Xeropicta zeevbari: a new species from Har Harif, Negev, Israel". Triton. 39: 17–20.
- ^ Mienis, H.K.; Rittner, O.; Vaisman, S. (2016). "Information concerning Eobania vermiculata, I. On the presence of this exotic species in Israel (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Helicidae)". Triton. 34: 29–36.
- ^ a b Neubert, E. (2014). "Revision of Helix Linnaeus, 1758 in its eastern Mediterranean distribution area, and reassignment of Helix godetiana Kobelt, 1878 to Maltzanella Hesse, 1917 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Helicidae)". Contributions to Natural History. 26: 1–200.
- ^ a b Bank, R.A.; Gittenberger, E.; Neubert, E. (2013). "Radiation of an eastern Mediterranean landsnail genus: revision of the taxa belonging to Metafruticicola von Ihering 1892". Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 142 (1): 67–136. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/142/067-136.
External links
[edit]- Israel's Land Molluscs - Nature of Israel by Oz Rittner