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The non-marine molluscs of Mauritius are a part of the molluscan wildlife of Mauritius.

The Outer islands of Mauritius includes Cargados Carajos, Rodrigues and the Agalega Islands.

Freshwater gastropods

Assimineidae

• Omphalotropis hieroglyphica Potiez & Michaud, 1838 – endemic, in salt marshes[1]

Planorbidae

• Africanogyrus rodriguezensis (Crosse, 1873) – endemic[2]
• Bulinus cernicus Morelet, 1867[3]
• Gyraulus mauritianus Morelet – endemic[4]

Land gastropods

Pomatiidae

• Tropidophora articulata (Gray, 1834) – endemic[5]
• Tropidophora michaudi Grateloup, 1840 – endemic[6]

Achatinellidae

• Elasmias cernicum Benson, 1850[7]
• Elasmias jaurffreti Madge, 1946 – endemic[8]

Euconulidae

• Colparion madgei Laidlaw, 1938 – extinct, was endemic to Mauritius[9]
• Ctenophila caldwelli Benson, 1859 – endemic[10]
• Dancea rodriguezensis – endemic[11]
• Dupontia levis Godwin-Austen, 1908 – endemic[12]
• Dupontia perlucida Adams, 1867[13]
• Dupontia poweri Adams, 1868 – endemic[14]
• Dupontia proletaria Morelet, 1860 – extinct[15]

Vertiginidae

• Nesopupa madgei Peile, 1936[16]
• Nesopupa rodriguezensis Connolly, 1925 – endemic[17]

Streptaxidae – genus Gibbus and genus Gonidomus were endemic to Mauritius, but they are now extinct.[18]

• Gibbus lyonetianus Pallas, 1780 – endemic, extinct[19]
• Gonidomus newtoni Adams, 1867 – endemic, extinct[20]
• Gonidomus sulcatus Peile, 1936 – endemic[21]
• Gonospira duponti Nevill, 1870 – endemic[22]
• Gonospira holostoma Morelet, 1875 – endemic[23]
• Gonospira madgei Kennard, 1943 – endemic[24]
• Gonospira nevilli Adams, 1867 – endemic, extinct[25]
• Gonospira striaticostus Morelet, 1866 – endemic[26]
• Gonospira teres Pfeiffer, 1856 – endemic[27]
• Gulella antelmeana Peile, 1936 – endemic[28]
• Microstrophia modesta Adams, 1867 – endemic[29]
• Microstrophia nana Peile, 1936 – endemic[30]
• Plicadomus Swainson, 1840 – endemic genus[18]
• Maurennea[18]

Helicarionidae

• Erepta odontina Morelet, 1851 – endemic[31]
• Erepta stylodon Pfeiffer, 1842 – endemic[32]
• Harmogenanina implicata Nevill, 1870 – endemic[33]
• Erepta nevilli – extinct, was endemic to Mauritius[34]
• Thapsia snelli Connolly, 1925 – endemic[35]

Freshwater bivalves

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See also

• List of marine molluscs of Mauritius
• List of non-marine molluscs of the Seychelles
• List of non-marine molluscs of Madagascar
• List of non-marine molluscs of Réunion

References

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