List of non-marine molluscs of Guadeloupe
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Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres and a population of 400,000. It is the first overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe...
are a part of the molluscan fauna of Guadeloupe (wildlife of Guadeloupe). Guadeloupe is a Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
island in the Lesser Antilles
Lesser Antilles
The Lesser Antilles are a long, partly volcanic island arc in the Western Hemisphere. Most of its islands form the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean, with the remainder located in the southern Caribbean just north of South America...
. A number of species of non-marine molluscs
Mollusca
The Mollusca , common name molluscs or mollusksSpelled mollusks in the USA, see reasons given in Rosenberg's ; for the spelling mollusc see the reasons given by , is a large phylum of invertebrate animals. There are around 85,000 recognized extant species of molluscs. Mollusca is the largest...
are found in the wild in Guadeloupe.
Land gastropods
VeronicellidaeVeronicellidae
The Veronicellidae, common name the leatherleaf slugs, are a terrestrial family of pulmonate slugs.This family has no subfamilies ....
- Sarasinula marginataSarasinula marginataSarasinula marginata is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.- Description :...
(Semper, 1885)
Oleacinidae
Oleacinidae
Oleacinidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata .-Anatomy:...
- Oleacina guadeloupensisOleacina guadeloupensis†Oleacina guadeloupensis was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oleacinidae. It is now extinct.-Distribution:This species was endemic to the island of Guadeloupe in the West Indies....
Pfeiffer, 1856 - endemic, extinct
See also
- List of marine molluscs of Guadeloupe
Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:
- List of non-marine molluscs of Dominica
- List of non-marine molluscs of Antigua and Barbuda, Wildlife of Antigua and Barbuda
- List of non-marine molluscs of Montserrat, Wildlife of MontserratWildlife of MontserratFor information on the wildlife of Montserrat, see:*List of birds of Montserrat*List of mammals of Montserrat*List of amphibians and reptiles of Montserrat...