Landsnails of the Maltese Islands

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SUPERFAMILY Rissooidea
 FAMILY Hydrobiidae
SUBFAMILY Hydrobiinae

Mercuria cf. similis (Draparnaud, 1805)

SUPERFAMILY Littorinoidea
FAMILY Pomatiidae
SUBFAMILY Pomatiinae 

Tudorella melitense (Sowerby, 1847)

SUPERFAMILY Pupilloidea
FAMILY Vertiginidae
SUBFAMILY Vertigininae


SUPERFAMILY Clausilioidea
FAMILY Clausiliidae
SUBFAMILY Alopiinae

Lampedusa imitatrix (Böttger, 1879)

SUPERFAMILY Achatinoidea
FAMILY Ferussaciidae

Ferussacia folliculum (Gmelin, 1791)
Hohenwartiana hohenwarti (Rossmässler, 1839)

SUPERFAMILY Gastrodontoidea
FAMILY Oxychilidae
SUBFAMILY Oxychilinae


SUPERFAMILY Limacoidea
FAMILY Limacidae
SUBFAMILY Limacinae

Lehmannia melitensis (Lessona & Pollonera, 1882) 

FAMILY Agriolimacidae 
SUBFAMILY Agriolimacinae

Deroceras panormitanum (Lessona & Pollonera, 1882)

SUPERFAMILY Helicoidea
FAMILY Helicidae
SUBFAMILY Helicinae

Eobania vermiculata (Müller, 1774) 

FAMILY Hygromiidae
SUBFAMILY Hygromiinae

Xerocrassa meda (Porro, 1840)

* Systematic arrangement according to Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.-P., Frýda, J., Hausdorf, B., Ponder, W., Valdés, Á. & Warén, A., 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia, 47 (1-2): 1–397.

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