List of non-marine molluscs of Israel

Non-marine molluscs of Israel are a part of the molluscan fauna of Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

. 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 Israel. In addition, a number of gastropod species are reared in captivity in greenhouse

Greenhouse

A greenhouse is a building in which plants are grown. These structures range in size from small sheds to very large buildings...

s, aquaria

Aquaria

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and terraria.

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Israel include

Ferussaciidae

Ferussaciidae

Ferussaciidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea.This family has no subfamilies...

Cecilioides acicula
Cecilioides acicula
Cecilioides acicula, common name the "blind snail" or "blind awlsnail", is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ferussaciidae.This is a subterranean species.- Description :...
Cecilioides genezarethensis (Forcart, 1981)
Calaxis gracilis (Forcart, 1981)

Cochlicellidae

Cochlicellidae is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea ....

Cochlicella barbara
Cochlicella barbara
Cochlicella barbara is a species of small but very high-spired, air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlicellidae.-Distribution:...

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

Zonitidae

Zonitidae, common name the true glass snails, are a family of mostly rather small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Zonitoidea....

Eopolita protensa jebusitica (Roth, 1855) - native

Limacidae

Limacidae, common name the keelback slugs, are a taxonomic family of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Limacoidea.- Distribution :...

Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758) - native

Agriolimacidae

Agriolimacidae is a family of small and medium sized land slugs, or shell-less snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.- Distribution :Distribution of Limacidae is Holarctic, this include: Nearctic, western Palearctic and eastern Palearctic....

Deroceras berytensis (Bourguignat, 1852) - native

Oxychilidae

Oxychilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea.- Distribution :...

Daudebardia saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852) - subgenus Libania - native
Oxychilus camelinus (Bourguignat, 1852) - subgenus Hiramia - native

Subulinidae

Subulinidae is a family of small tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea.- Anatomy :...

Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) - nonindigenous
Rumina saharica Pallary, 1901

Aciculidae

The Aciculidae are a family of minute land snails which have opercula. In other words, Aciculidae are terrestrial operculate gastropods....

Acicula palaestinensis
Acicula palaestinensis
Acicula palaestinensis is a species of very small land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Aciculidae.This species is endemic to Israel....

- syn. Acicula parcelineata palaestinensis (Forcart, 1981)

Enidae

Enidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.- Anatomy :In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 21 and 25 .- 1998 taxonomy :...

Buliminus labrosus
Buliminus labrosus
Buliminus labrosus, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Enidae....

labrosus (Olivier, 1804)
Ena hermonensis (Forcart, 1981) - syn. Ena (Turanena) hermonensis (Forcart, 1981)
Euchondrus albulus Mousson - syn. Euchondrus (Jaminia) albulus Mousson
Euchondrus desertorum (Rochanaburananda, 1881)
Euchondrus saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852) - syn. Euchondrus (Jaminia) saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852)
Euchondrus haasi (Forcart, 1981)
Euchondrus pseudovularis (Forcart, 1981)
Euchondrus ramonensis
Euchondrus ramonensis
Euchondrus ramonensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Enidae.The survival of this land snail species is critically endangered.-Distribution:This species is endemic to Israel....

(Granot, 1988) - endemic
Euchondrus saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852) - Euchondrus (Jaminia) saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852)
Euchondrus septemdentatus (Roth, 1839)
Euchondrus sulcidens
Jaminia ovularis (Olivier, 1801) - syn. Euchondrus ovularis
Pene galilaea
Pene galilaea
Pene galilaea is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Enidae.This species is endemic to Israel....

Heller, 1972 - endemic
Zebrina eburnea (Pfeiffer)
Zebrina fasciolata fasciolata (Olivier, 1801)

Chondrinidae

Chondrinidae is a family of mostly minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Pulmonata.-Anatomy:In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 ....

Granopupa granum (Draparnaud, 1801)

Pyramidulidae

Pyramidulidae is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.-Anatomy:In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 ....

Pyramidula rupestris
Pyramidula rupestris
Pyramidula rupestris is a species of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pyramidulidae.- Shell description :...

Vertiginidae

Vertiginidae is a family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.- Distribution :...

Truncatellina haasi

Pupillidae

Pupillidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the clade Stylommatophora....

Pupoides coenopictus (Hutton, 1834)

Zonitidae

Zonitidae, common name the true glass snails, are a family of mostly rather small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Zonitoidea....

Vitrea contracta
Vitrea contracta
Vitrea contracta is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pristilomatidae.- Distribution :This species occurs in countries and islands including:* Czech Republic* Great Britain* Ireland...

Sphincterochilidae

Sphincterochilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea ....

Sphincterochila boissieri
Sphincterochila boissieri
Sphincterochila boissieri is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Sphincterochilidae...

(Charpentier, 1847)
Sphincterochila cariosa (Olivier, 1804)
Sphincterochila prophetarum
Sphincterochila prophetarum
Sphincterochila prophetarum is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Sphincterochilidae.-Distribution :...

(Bourguignat, 1852)
Sphincterochila zonata

Hygromiidae

Hygromiidae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.-Anatomy:...

Caracollina lenticula (Michaud, 1831)
Cernuella arrouxi (Bourguignat, 1863) - Cernuella (Microxeromagna) arrouxi (Bourguignat, 1863)
Metafruticicola berytensis hermonensis (Férussac, 1821)
Monacha bari (Forcart, 1981)
Monacha crispulata
Monacha haifaensis (Pallary, 1939)
Monacha obstructa
Monacha obstructa
Monacha obstructa is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.- Parasites :Parasites of Monacha obstructa include:* Brachylaima sp...

(Férussac, 1821)
Monacha syriaca (Ehrenberg, 1831) - native
Trochoidea pseudojacosta
Trochoidea pseudojacosta
Trochoidea pseudojacosta is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae. It is endemic to Israel....
Trochoidea picardi
Trochoidea picardi
Trochoidea picardi was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae.This pecies is/was endemic to Israel.- Conservation status :...

F. Haas, 1933 - at the edge of extinction
Trochoidea davidiana davidiana (Bourguignat) - subgenus Xerocrassa
Xerocrassa
Xerocrassa is a genus of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Hygromiidae.Some species of Xerocrassa are also referred to as belonging to the subgenus Xerocrassa, within the genus Trochoidea; those species are also known under the generic name...
Trochoidea erkelii helleri (Forcart) - subgenus Xerocrassa
Trochoidea simulata
Trochoidea simulata
Trochoidea simulata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae....

(Ehrenberg, 1831) - subgenus Xerocrassa
Xerocrassa seetzeni
Xerocrassa seetzeni
Xerocrassa seetzeni is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae.- Distribution :...

(Pfeiffer, 1847) - synonym Trochoidea seetzenii
Trochoidea siniaca (Martens) - subgenus Xerocrassa
Trochoidea syrensis lederi (Pfeiffer, 1856) - subgenus Xerocrassa
Xerophila icmalea
Xeropicta ilanae (Forcart, 1981)
Xeropicta vestalis joppensis (Schmidt, 1885) - native
Xerotricha conspurcata
Xerotricha conspurcata
Xerotricha conspurcata is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae.This snail is native to the Mediterranean region of Europe....

(Draparnaud, 1801) - non-indigenous

Helicidae

The Helicidae, sometimes known as the typical snails, are a taxonomic family of small to large, air-breathing, land snails. In other words, they are terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks....

Eobania vermiculata
Eobania vermiculata
Eobania vermiculata also known as Helix vermiculata, common name the "chocolate-band snail" is a species of large, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the true snails or typical snails....

(Muller, 1774)
Eremina desertorum (Forkal, 1775)
Helix engaddensis
Helix engaddensis
Helix engaddensis is a species of snail common in the Levant, both in Mediterranean, desert and montane climates. It is smaller than the closely related European Garden snail and usually lighter in color. H. engaddensis goes through estivation. It is dormant in the ground during the dry season and...

(Bourguignat, 1852) - syn. Helix (Pelasga) engaddensis (Bourguignat, 1852)
Helix lucorum
Helix lucorum
Helix lucorum is a species of large, edible, air-breathing land snail or escargot, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.- Synonyms :Numerous synonyms exist for Helix lucorum:...

(Linnaeus, 1758)
Helix texta
Helix texta
Helix texta is a species of large, edible, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. This species is endemic to Israel.The size of the egg is 5.5 mm....
Cornu aspersum megalostomum (Bourguignat, 1864) - non-indigenous
Levantina spiriplana hierosolyma (Mousson, 1854) - native
Theba pisana
Theba pisana
Theba pisana, common names the white garden snail, the sand hill snail, white Italian snail, the Mediterranean coastal snail, or simply the Mediterranean snail, is an edible species of medium-sized air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae...

(Muller, 1774) - native

Land gastropods

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