Mienis, H.K., Rittner, O. & Konstantinou, G. Additions To The List Of The Inland Molluscs Of Cyprus. Triton, No. 26, Nov. 2012. p.36-40.

See also

List of non-marine molluscs of Cyprus - Freshwater snails and Land snails of Cyprus

http://www.academia.edu/2121137/Mienis_H.K._Rittner_O._and_Konstantinou_G._Additions_To_The_List_Of_The_Inland_Molluscs_Of_Cyprus._Triton_No._26_Nov._2012._p.36-40

Melanoides tuberculata (O.F. Müller 1774) fossils
TRITON journal No 26 November 2012
ADDITIONS TO THE LIST OF THE INLAND MOLLUSCS OF CYPRUS

Henk K. Mienis*), Oz Rittner**) & George Konstantinou***)

Abstract: The basic checklist of inland terrestrial and aquatic molluscs occurring on Cyprus provided by Bank (2011) has been enlarged with 22 (23) additional taxa.
Key words: Inland molluscs, distribution, Cyprus.
The inland terrestrial and aquatic mollusc fauna of Cyprus has received considerable attention during the past 30 years. Most major groups like Enidae, Clausiliidae, Pristilomatidae, Oxychilidae, Hygromiidae and the slugs have been revised by specialists and the results of these revisions have been summarized in a basic 'Checklist of the land and freshwater gastropods of Cyprus' prepared by Ruud A. Bank for the Fauna Europaea Project (last update 24 July 2011). The latter checklist contains also the references to these revisions.
A review of the literature, especially dealing with the marine molluscs of Cyprus, has revealed several records of species of marine origin which are behaving like terrestrial gastropods or species from inland brackish water (Truncatellidae, Assimineidae and Ellobiidae). These species have not been listed by Bank, although they are usually included in checklists with a similar purpose. See for example the checklist of inland molluscs of France by Falkner, Ripken & Falkner, 2002.
The following additions are based on such overlooked records in the literature, in particular of "marine" gastropods, which are inhabiting terrestrial or inland aquatic biotopes and on material present in either the Mollusc Collections in the National Natural History Collections of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJ) and the Steinhardt National Collections of Natural History of the Tel Aviv University (TAU MO) and in the private collection of George and Fani Konstantinou.
Bank's preliminary list is dealing only with the inland gastropods. Here we have added also the few freshwater bivalves known to occur on Cyprus. All the Pisidium samples collected by Dr. A. Savva and Dr. R. Ortal in 1991-1992 and now present in the HUJ have been identified by the late Dr. J.G.J. Kuiper. Of some samples voucher specimens might be present in his collection, which forms now part of the 'Naturalis',
Leiden, the Netherlands.
The material from Cyprus present in the Mollusc Collection of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem had been collected mainly by G. Mavromoustakis (in the period 1932-1950), G. Haas and J. Wahrman (1950) and R. Ortal and E. Savva (1991-1992). Interestingly most of the latter material has not been mentioned in their environmental report (Ortal & Savva, 1992).
Abbreviations of collections:
CY – Samples collected by R. Ortal and E. Savva
HUJ – Mollusc Collection in the National Natural History Collections of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel;
TAU MO – Mollusc Collection in the Steinhardt National Collections of Natural History, Tel Aviv, Israel;
GFK – private collection of George and Fani Konstantinou, Geri, Cyprus.
Additional records of inland molluscs from Cyprus
The following 22 (23: see 13a and b) taxa may be added to the checklist prepared by Bank (2011).
Gastropoda
Family Thiaridae
01 Melanoides tuberculata (O.F. Müller 1774)
Melanoides tuberculata: Ridout-Sharpe, 2000: 342 & 349.
Records from Cyprus:
Excavation of Kissonerga near the Skotinis stream (Ridout-Sharpe, 2000); Nicosia,near the village of Geri, in a temporary stream at a depth of 1 m (only empty shells), leg G. Konstantinou, 2011 (GFK); Akrotiri West, 46-60 cm depth, leg. R. Ortal (TAU MO).
Remarks: In the past this species was living on Cyprus, but today populations are not known to occur on the island.

Photo by George Konstantinou