The non-marine molluscs of Seychelles are a part of the molluscan wildlife of Seychelles.
Freshwater gastropods
Paludomidae Paludomus ajanensis Morelet, 1860Brown D. S. & Gerlach J. (1991). "On Paludomus and Cleopatra (Thiariidae) in Africa and the Seychelles islands". Journal of Molluscan Studies 57(4): 471-479. .
Land gastropods
Streptaxidae - There are 20 species of Streptaxidae on the Seychelles.Gerlach J. & Bruggen A. C. van (1999). "Streptaxidae Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) of the Seychelles Islands, western Indian Ocean". Zoologische Verhandelingen 328: 1-60. abstract, PDF. Seven genera of Streptaxidae are endemic to the Seychelles: Stereostele, Imperturbatia, Silhouettia, Careoradula, Augustula, Priodiscus and Acanthennea.
Acanthennea erinacea (Martens, 1898) - endemic Augustula braueri (Martens, 1898) - endemic Careoradula perelegans (Martens, 1898) - endemic Conturbatia crenata Gerlach, 2001 - endemic to Frégate Island,Gerlach J. (2001). "Conturbatia, a new genus of Streptaxidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pulmonata)". Zoosystematics and Evolution 77(2): 297-302. . possibly extinct Edentulina dussumieri (Dufo, 1840) - subspecies: Edentulina dussumieri dussumieri (Dufo, 1840); Edentulina dussumieri reservae Gerlach & Bruggen, 1999; Edentulina dussumieri silhouettae Gerlach & Bruggen, 1999; Edentulina dussumieri praslina Gerlach & Bruggen, 1999. The subspecies praslina is only known as subfossil. Edentulina moreleti (Adams, 1868) - endemic Glabrennea gardineri (Sykes, 1909) - endemic Glabrennea silhouettensis (Verdcourt, 1994) - endemic Glabrennea thomasseti (Sykes, 1909) - endemic Gonaxis quadrilateralis Preston, 1910Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1-16. . / Gonaxis (Macrogonaxis) quadrilateralis (Preston, 1910) / Macrogonaxis quadrilateralis - introduced in 1958 to biological control two species of Achatina, but it has failed Huttonella bicolor (Hutton, 1834) Imperturbatia constans (Martens, 1898) - endemic Imperturbatia violescens (Martens, 1898) - endemic - Gerlach & Bruggen (1999) have spelled the specific name as Imperturbatia violascens Priodiscus costatus - endemic Priodiscus serratus (Adams, 1868) - endemicGerlach J. (2006). Priodiscus serratus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 6 September 2010. Priodiscus spinatus - endemic Seychellaxis souleyetianus (Petit, 1841) - endemic Silhouettia silhouettae (Martens, 1898) - endemic Stereostele nevilli (Adams, 1868) - endemic - subspecies: Stereostele nevilli nevilli (Adams, 1868) and Stereostele nevilli parvidentata Gerlach & Bruggen, 1999 Streptostele acicula (Morelet, 1877)
See also List of marine molluscs of Seychelles List of non-marine molluscs of Zanzibar List of non-marine molluscs of Mauritius List of non-marine molluscs of Réunion List of non-marine molluscs of Comoros List of non-marine molluscs of Mayotte List of non-marine molluscs of Madagascar
References
Further reading Gerlach J. (1998). "The shell-less slugs of Seychelles (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Veronicellidae and Urocyclidae)". Argonauta 11: 56–64. Gerlach J. (2007) Terrestrial and Freshwater Mollusca of Seychelles. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. Martens E. & Wiegmann F. (1898). "Land und Süsswasser mollusken der Seychellen". Mitteilugen aus dem Zoologischen, Sammlung des Museums Naturkunde, Berlin 1: 1-94.
External links Biodiversity of the Seychelles islands