The non-marine molluscs of the Loyalty Islands are a major part of the fauna located on the Loyalty Islands, off the coast of the New Caledonian mainland. There are a significant number of molluscan species found around the Loyalty Islands. Families of non-marine molluscs such as Planorbidae, Achatinellidae, Camaenidae, Cerastidae, Draparnaudiidae, Euconulidae, Gastrocoptidae, Helicinidae, Microcystidae, and Valloniidae can be found on and around the islands. Non-marine mollusc species encompass freshwater and terrestrial species.
Freshwater species Family Planorbidae
Glyptophysa nasuta (Moreler, 1857) Pettancylus noumeensis (Crosse, 1871) Ferrissia reticulatus (Gassies, 1865)
Terrestrial species
Family Achatinellidae Elasmias apertum (Pease, 1864) Elasmias mariei (Crosse, 1874) Tornatellinops noumeensis (Crosse, 1870) Family Achatinidae Allopeas gracile (Pfeiffer, 1846) Family Camaenidae Bradybaena similaris (Ferussac, 1821) Family Cerastidae Rhachistia histrio (Pfeiffer, 1855) Family Draparnaudiidae Draparnaudia michaudi (Pilsbry, 1901) Family Euconulidae Coneuplecta calculosa (Gould, 1852) Family Ferussaciidae
Geostilbia aperta (Swainson, 1840)
Family Gastrocoptidae Gastrocopta pediculus (Shuttleworth, 1852) Gastrocopta servilis (Gould, 1843)
Family Helicidae
Cornu aspersum (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Family Helicinidae Sturanya mediana (Gassies, 1870) Sturanya sphaeroidea (Gassies, 1863) Family Microcystidae Liardetia samoensis (Mousson, 1865) Diastole conula (Pease, 1861) Family Valloniidae Pupisoma dioscoricola (C. B. Adams, 1845) Family Veronicellidae
Laevicaulis alte (Férussac, 1822) Sarasinula plebeia (P. Fischer, 1868)
See also
List of non-marine molluscs of New Caledonia List of marine mollusks of New Caledonia List of non-marine molluscs of Australia
References
External links
https://www.mollusabase.org