List of non-marine molluscs of Israel
Land snail shells in the Negev
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
Land gastropods in Israel include[1][2]
- Pomatias olivieri[3]
- Cecilioides acicula
- Cecilioides genezarethensis (Forcart, 1981)
- Calaxis gracilis (Forcart, 1981)
- Cochlicella barbara (Linnaeus, 1758) - syn. Prietocella barbara (Linnaeus, 1758) - non-indigenous
- Eopolita protensa - Eopolita protensa jebusitica (Roth, 1855) - native[3]
- Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758) - native
- Deroceras berytensis (Bourguignat, 1852) - native
- Daudebardia saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852) - subgenus Libania - native
- Oxychilus camelinus (Bourguignat, 1852) - subgenus Hiramia - native
- Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) - nonindigenous[2]
- Rumina saharica Pallary, 1901[2]
- Acicula palaestinensis - syn. Acicula parcelineata palaestinensis (Forcart, 1981)
- Buliminus labrosus labrosus (Olivier, 1804)[3]
- Ena hermonensis (Forcart, 1981) - syn. Ena (Turanena) hermonensis (Forcart, 1981)
- Euchondrus albulus Mousson - syn. Euchondrus (Jaminia) albulus Mousson
- Euchondrus desertorum (Rochanaburananda, 1881)
- Euchondrus saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852) - syn. Euchondrus (Jaminia) saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852)
- Euchondrus haasi (Forcart, 1981)
- Euchondrus pseudovularis (Forcart, 1981)
- Euchondrus ramonensis (Granot, 1988) - endemic[4]
- Euchondrus saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852) - Euchondrus (Jaminia) saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852)
- Euchondrus septemdentatus (Roth, 1839)
- Euchondrus sulcidens
- Jaminia ovularis (Olivier, 1801) - syn. Euchondrus ovularis
- Pene galilaea Heller, 1972 - endemic[5]
- Zebrina eburnea (Pfeiffer)
- Zebrina fasciolata fasciolata (Olivier, 1801)
- Granopupa granum (Draparnaud, 1801)
- Truncatellina haasi
- Pupoides coenopictus (Hutton, 1834)
- Sphincterochila boissieri (Charpentier, 1847)
- Sphincterochila cariosa (Olivier, 1804)
- Sphincterochila prophetarum (Bourguignat, 1852)
- Sphincterochila zonata
- Caracollina lenticula (Michaud, 1831)
- Cernuella arrouxi (Bourguignat, 1863) - Cernuella (Microxeromagna) arrouxi (Bourguignat, 1863)
- Metafruticicola berytensis hermonensis (Férussac, 1821)
- Monacha bari (Forcart, 1981)
- Monacha crispulata
- Monacha haifaensis (Pallary, 1939)
- Monacha obstructa (Férussac, 1821)
- Monacha syriaca (Ehrenberg, 1831) - native[3]
- Trochoidea pseudojacosta
- Trochoidea picardi F. Haas, 1933 - at the edge of extinction
- Trochoidea davidiana davidiana (Bourguignat) - subgenus Xerocrassa
- Trochoidea erkelii helleri (Forcart) - subgenus Xerocrassa
- Trochoidea simulata (Ehrenberg, 1831) - subgenus Xerocrassa
- Xerocrassa seetzeni (Pfeiffer, 1847) - synonym Trochoidea seetzenii
- Trochoidea siniaca (Martens) - subgenus Xerocrassa
- Trochoidea syrensis lederi (Pfeiffer, 1856) - subgenus Xerocrassa
- Xerophila icmalea
- Xeropicta ilanae (Forcart, 1981)
- Xeropicta vestalis - Xeropicta vestalis joppensis (Schmidt, 1885) - native[3]
- Xerotricha conspurcata (Draparnaud, 1801) - non-indigenous
Helix aspersa is non-indigenous in Israel
- Eobania vermiculata (Muller, 1774)
- Eremina desertorum (Forkal, 1775)
- Helix engaddensis (Bourguignat, 1852) - syn. Helix (Pelasga) engaddensis (Bourguignat, 1852)
- Helix lucorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Helix texta
- Helix aspersa - Cornu aspersum megalostomum (Bourguignat, 1864) - non-indigenous
- Levantina spiriplana - Levantina spiriplana caesareana,[3] Levantina spiriplana hierosolyma (Mousson, 1854) - native
- Theba pisana (Muller, 1774) - native
Hothouse aliens
"Hothouse aliens" in Israel include:
See also
References
- ↑ Commonwealth of Australia. 2002 (April) Citrus Imports from the Arab Republic of Egypt. A Review Under Existing Import Conditions for Citrus from Israel. Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Australia. Caption: Gastropods, page 12 and Appendix 2.
- 1 2 3 Mienis H. K. 2003. A new colony of Rumina saharica discovered in Israel. Tentacle No. 11—January 2003: 11-12.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 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.
- ↑ Heller J. 1996. Euchondrus ramonensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- ↑ Heller J. (1996). Pene galilaea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- ↑ Gittenberger E. & Bank R. A. 1996. A new start in Pyramidula (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Pyramidulidae). Basteria 60: 71-78.
Further reading
- Haas G. (1951). On the Clausiliidae of Palestine. Fieldiana, Chicago, Chicago Natural History Museum, Volume 31, number 45: 479-502.
- Haas G. (1955). Palestinian Species and Races of Jaminia Risso (Mollusca; Gastropoda). Fieldiana, Chicago, Chicago Natural History Museum, Volume 37, number 15: 415-443.
- Heller J. (2009) Land snails of the land of Israel. Pensoft Publishers, 320 pp. ISBN 978-954-642-510-2.
External links
- Israel's Land Molluscs - Nature of Israel by Oz Rittner
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