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Friday 11 August 2023

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

The non-marine molluscs of Cyprus are a part of the molluscan fauna of Cyprus .A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Cyprus. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Freshwater gastropods

Freshwater gastropods in Cyprus include:

Neritidae

Theodoxus anatolicus (Recluz 1844)

Melanopsidae

Melanopsis praemorsa (Linnaeus,1758)

Hydrobiidae

Islamia mylonas Radea, Parmakelis, Demetropoulos & Vardinoyannis, 2017

Pseudamnicola malickyi Schütt 1980

Thiaridae

Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Muller 1774) 

Tateidae

Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray 1843)

Lymnaeidae

Galba truncatula (Müller, 1774) 

Radix peregra (O. F. Müller 1774)

Physidae

Physella acuta (Draparnaud 1801)

Planorbidae

Ancylus fluviatilis (Müller, 1774) 

Gyraulus piscinarum (Bourguignat, 1852)

Ellobiidae.

Carychium minimum (Müller, 1774) 


Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Cyprus include:

 Ellobiidae

Carychium sp.

Succineidae

Succinea putris (Linnaeus, 1758)[4]

Cochlicopidae

Cochlicopa lubrica (O. F. Muller 1774)

Lauridae

Lauria cylindracea (Da Costa 1778) 

Orculidae

Orculella sirianocoriensis (Mousson, 1854)


Orculella ignorata (Hausdorf, 1996) 

Pleurodiscidae

Pleurodiscus cyprius (Kobelt 1896)

Pyramidulidae

Pyramidula pusilla (Vallot, 1801)

Pyramidula rupestris (Draparnaud 1801)

Truncatellinidae

Truncatella subcylindrica (Linnaeus, 1767) asTruncatellina rothi (Reinhardt 1916)

Valloniidae

Gittenbergia sororcula (Benoit, 1859)

Vallonia pulchella (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Chondrinidae

Granopupa granum (Draparnaud 1801)


Rupestrella rhodia (Roth 1836) 

Enidae

Buliminus carneus (Pfeiffer, 1846)

Euchondrus ledereri (Pfeiffer, 1868)

Euchondrus limbodentatus (Mousson, 1854) 


Euchondrus nucifragus (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)


Euchondrus parreeyssi (Pfeiffer 1846) 

Multidentula lamellifera (Rossmässler, 1858)

Euchondrus (Multidentula) stylus (Pfeiffer 1848) - Multidentula stylus (Pfeiffer, 1848)

Paramastus cyprius (Zilch 1951)


Turanena katerinae E. Gittenberger, 1996 


Zebrina fasciolata (Olivier 1801) 

Clausiliidae

Albinaria alajana (Boettger, 1896) - Albinaria alajana cypria Nordsieck, 1993


Albinaria greeni (Tomlin,1935)

Albinaria greeni amorosa H. Nordsieck, 2021

Albinaria greeni greeni Tomlin, 1935

Albinaria mavromoustakisi (Brandt, 1961) 


Albinaria rollei (O. Boettger, 1896)

Albinaria saxatilis (Pfeiffer, 1846)

Albinaria saxatilis avia (Charpentier, 1852) 


Albinaria saxatilis saxatilis (Pfeiffer, 1846) 


Albinaria virgo (Mousson, 1854) 


Elia moesta (Rossmässler, 1839).

Punctidae

Paralaoma servilis (Shuttleworth 1852) 


Punctum pygmaeum (Draparnaud 1801) 

Oxychilidae

Carpathica cretica (Forcart 1950)


Daudebardia rufa (Draparnaud 1805)


Eopolita protensa (Ferussac 1832)

Mediterranea hydatina (Rossmässler, 1838)

Oxychilus camelinus (Bourguignat, 1852)

Oxychilus cyprius (Pfeiffer 1847)


Oxychilus mavromoustakisi (Haas 1934)

Pristilomatidae

Gollumia torumbilicata Schütt, 2001

Vitrea contracta (Westerlund 1871) 


Vitrea cyprina (Westerlund 1902)

Agriolimacidae

Deroceras berytensis (Bourguignat, 1852)

Deroceras chrysorroyatissensis Rähle, 1984

Deroceras famagustensis Rähle, 1991

Limacidae

Limax or Limacus flavus Linnaeus, 1758 

Ambigolimax valentianus (A.Férussac, 1821) 

Milacidae

Milax barypus Bourguignat, 1866

Milax riedeli Wiktor, 1986

Tandonia sowerbyi (A. Férussac, 1823)

Achatinidae

Rumina saharica (Pallary,1901) 


Ferrusaciidae

Calaxis hierosolymarum (Roth 1855) - (occasionally as Calaxis cypria (Kobelt, 1896))

Cecilioides acicula (O. F. Muller 1774)


Cecilioides tumulorum (Bourguignat 1856) 

Hohenwarti hohenwartiana (Rossmassler 1839) Hohenwartiana hohenwarti (Rossmässler, 1839)

Geomitridae

Candidula syrensis (Pfeiffer, 1846)

Cochlicella acuta (O. F. Müller, 1774) 

Cochlicella conoidea (Draparnaud, 1801)

Cochlicella barbara (Linnaeus,1758) 


Helicella juglans (Gittenberger 1991) 

Helicopsis filimargo (Krynicki, 1833)

Helicopsis cypriola (Westerlund 1889)

Microxeromagna armillata (Lowe, 1852)

Pseudoxerophila confusa (Gittenberger 1991)


Trochoidea liebetruti (Albers,1852)

Trochoidea pyramidata (Draparnaud, 1805)

Trochoidea carinatoglobosa (Haas, 1934) - Xerocrassa carinatoglobosa (Haas, 1934)

 Trochoidea cretica (Ferussac,1822) -- Xerocrassa cretica (L. Pfeiffer, 1841)

Trochoidea nicosiana (Gittenberger 1991) - Xerocrassa nicosiana (Gittenberger, 1991)

Xeromunda candiota (Pfeiffer, 1849)

Xeropicta akrotirica Gittenberger, 1991

Xeropicta krynickii (Krynicki 1833) - (including Ceropicta smyrnocretica and Xeropicta vestalis)

Xeropicta ledereri (Pfeiffer, 1856)

Xeropicta ledereri ledereri (Pfeiffer, 1856)

Xeropicta mavromoustakisi (Haas 1933)  - Xeropicta ledereri mavromoustakisi (Haas, 1933)

Xeropicta mesopotamica (Mousson 1874)


Xeropicta ledereri (tremithensis) (Pfeiffer,1856)


Xeropicta smyrnocretica (Germain1933)


Xerotricha apicina (Lamarck 1822)

Xerotricha conspurcata (Draparnaud, 1801)

Hygromiidae

Metafruticicola berytensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1841)

Metafruticicola nicosiana (Mousson 1854) 


Monacha syriaca (Ehrenberg,1831)

Helicidae

Cantareus apertus or Helix aperta (Born, 1778)


Cantareus aspersus (Müller, 1774) - Cyprus - Cornu aspersum (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Eobania vermiculata or Helix vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)


Assyriella or Levantina - bellardii (Mousson, 1854) 


Helix cincta (O.F. Muller, 1774)

Helix texta (Mousson, 1861) - Cyprus - Helix nucula Mousson, 1854 (occasionally as Helix texta)

Levantina spiriplana (Olivier, 1801)


Theba pisana (Müller, 1774) 


Helix (Pelasga) chassyana (Kobelt 1895)


Polygyridae

Polygyra cereolus (Megerle von Mühlfeldt, 1818)

Polygyra cereolus (Mühlfeld, 1818) - (alien invader)

Pomatiidae

Pomatias glaucus (Sowerby, 1843)

Trissexodontidae

Caracollina lenticula (Ferussac 1821)

Freshwater bivalves

Freshwater bivalves in Cyprus include:

Sphaeriidae

Pisidium personatum (Malm, 1855)



By George Konstantinou - Email fanigeorge@hotmail.com





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