List of non-marine molluscs of Martinique
Location of Martinique in the Caribbean
The non-marine molluscs of Martinique are a part of the molluscan fauna of Martinique (wildlife of Martinique). Martinique is a Caribbean island in the Lesser Antilles. A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Martinique.
There are at least ?? species of gastropods (?? native freshwater gastropods and 7[1] species of introduced freshwater gastropods, ?? species of land gastropods) and ?? species of freshwater bivalve living in the wild.
Freshwater gastropods
- Biomphalaria straminea - introduced[1]
- Helisoma duryi - introduced[1]
- Amerianna carinata - introduced[1]
- Gyraulus sp. - introduced[1]
- Melanoides tuberculata - introduced since 1980's[1][2]
- Melanoides amabilis - introduced since 1997[1]
- Tarebia granifera - introduced since 1991[1][2]
- Marisa cornuarietis - introduced[1]
Land gastropods
- Tamayoa decolorata (Drouët, 1859) - non-indigenous[3]
- Deroceras laeve (O. F. Müller, 1774) - non-indigenous[3]
- Praticolella griseola (L. Pfeiffer, 1841) - non-indigenous[3]
- Archachatina marginata (Swainson, 1821) - non-indigenous[3]
- Amphibulima rubescens (Deshayes, 1830)[4]
See also
- List of marine molluscs of Martinique
Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:
- List of non-marine molluscs of Dominica, Wildlife of Dominica
- List of non-marine molluscs of Saint Lucia, Wildlife of Saint Lucia
- List of non-marine molluscs of Barbados, Wildlife of Barbados
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pointier J.-P. (2001). "Invading Freshwater Snails and Biological Control in Martinique Island, French West Indies". Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 96(1): 67-74. HTM PDF
- 1 2 Pontier J. P., Samadi S., Jarne P. & Delay B. (1998). "Introduction and spread of Thiara granifera (Lamarck, 1822) in Martinique, French West Indies". Biodiversity and Conservation 7(10): 1277-1290. doi:10.1023/A:1008887531605.
- 1 2 3 4 (1 January 2009). "2008 Collecting Trip in Martinique". accessed 3 January 2011.
- ↑ Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13
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