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.

Freshwater gastropods[]

Land gastropods[]

Land gastropods in Israel include^[1]^[2]

Pomatiidae

^[3]

Ferussaciidae

Cecilioides acicula^{[citation needed]}
(Forcart, 1981)
(Forcart, 1981)

Cochlicellidae

Cochlicella barbara (Linnaeus, 1758) - syn. (Linnaeus, 1758) - non-indigenous

Zonitidae

- Eopolita protensa jebusitica (Roth, 1855) - native^[3]

Limacidae

Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758) - native

Agriolimacidae

(Bourguignat, 1852) - native

Oxychilidae

(Bourguignat, 1852) - subgenus Libania - native
Oxychilus camelinus (Bourguignat, 1852) - subgenus - native

Subulinidae

Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) - nonindigenous^[2]
Pallary, 1901^[2]

Aciculidae

Acicula palaestinensis - syn. Acicula parcelineata palaestinensis (Forcart, 1981)

Enidae

Buliminus labrosus labrosus (Olivier, 1804)^[3]
(Forcart, 1981) - syn. Ena () hermonensis (Forcart, 1981)
Mousson - syn. Euchondrus (Jaminia) albulus Mousson
(Rochanaburananda, 1881)
(Bourguignat, 1852) - syn. Euchondrus (Jaminia) saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852)
(Forcart, 1981)
(Forcart, 1981)
Euchondrus ramonensis (Granot, 1988) - endemic^[4]
(Bourguignat, 1852) - Euchondrus (Jaminia) saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852)
(Roth, 1839)
(Olivier, 1801) - syn.
Pene galilaea Heller, 1972 - endemic^[5]
(Pfeiffer)
fasciolata (Olivier, 1801)

Chondrinidae

(Draparnaud, 1801)

Pyramidulidae

Pyramidula rupestris^[6]

Vertiginidae

^{[citation needed]}

Pupillidae

(Hutton, 1834)

Zonitidae

Vitrea contracta^{[citation needed]}

Sphincterochilidae

Sphincterochila boissieri (Charpentier, 1847)
(Olivier, 1804)
Sphincterochila prophetarum (Bourguignat, 1852)
Sphincterochila zonata

Hygromiidae

(Michaud, 1831)
(Bourguignat, 1863) - Cernuella (Microxeromagna) arrouxi (Bourguignat, 1863)
hermonensis (Férussac, 1821)
(Forcart, 1981)
^{[citation needed]}
(Pallary, 1939)
Monacha obstructa (Férussac, 1821)
(Ehrenberg, 1831) - native^[3]
Trochoidea pseudojacosta
Trochoidea picardi F. Haas, 1933 - at the edge of extinction
davidiana (Bourguignat) - subgenus Xerocrassa
helleri (Forcart) - subgenus Xerocrassa
Trochoidea simulata (Ehrenberg, 1831) - subgenus Xerocrassa
Xerocrassa seetzeni (Pfeiffer, 1847) - synonym Trochoidea seetzenii
(Martens) - subgenus Xerocrassa
lederi (Pfeiffer, 1856) - subgenus Xerocrassa
(Forcart, 1981)
- Xeropicta vestalis joppensis (Schmidt, 1885) - native^[3]
Xerotricha conspurcata (Draparnaud, 1801) - non-indigenous

Cornu aspersum is non-indigenous in Israel

Helicidae

Eobania vermiculata (Muller, 1774)
Eremina desertorum (Forkal, 1775)
Helix engaddensis (Bourguignat, 1852) - syn. Helix () engaddensis (Bourguignat, 1852)
Helix lucorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Helix texta
Helix aspersa - (Bourguignat, 1864) - non-indigenous
- Levantina spiriplana caesareana,^[3] Levantina spiriplana hierosolyma (Mousson, 1854) - native
Theba pisana (Muller, 1774) - native

Freshwater bivalves[]

Hothouse aliens[]

"Hothouse aliens" in Israel include:

References[]

^ 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.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Mienis H. K. 2003. A new colony of Rumina saharica discovered in Israel. Tentacle No. 11—January 2003: 11-12.
^ Jump up to: ^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.
^ 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.

External links[]

Israel's Land Molluscs - Nature of Israel by Oz Rittner

[1] 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.

[Mienis-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Mienis H. K. 2003. A new colony of Rumina saharica discovered in Israel. Tentacle No. 11—January 2003: 11-12.

[Raz_2012-3] Jump up to: ^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.

[4] Heller J. 1996. Euchondrus ramonensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.

[5] Heller J. (1996). Pene galilaea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.

[Gittenberger-6] Gittenberger E. & Bank R. A. 1996. A new start in Pyramidula (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Pyramidulidae). Basteria 60: 71-78.

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