Diversity and endemism of Jamaican terrestrial mollusks

By Gary Rosenberg. Posted May 2003; modified 9 May 2004 and 5 August 2005.

Family

Valid species

Total names

Percent valid

Number endemic

Percent endemic

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operculates

 

 

 

 

 

Helicinidae

40

74

54

40

100

Proserpinidae

4

8

50

4

100

Stoastomatidae

75

82

91

75

100

Neocyclotidae

68

85

80

68

100

Annulariidae

65

120

54

65

100

Truncatellidae

17

36

47

17

100

Total, operculates

269

405

66

269

100







Pulmonates 

 

 

 

 

 

Carychiidae

1

3

33

1

100

Veronicellidae

9

17

53

3

33

Succineidae

4?

4

100?

1

25?

Lauriidae

1

3

33

0

0

Pupillidae

3

5

60

0

0

Vertiginidae

9

12

75

0

0

Strobilopsidae

1

2

50

0

0

Helicodiscidae

2

2

100

0

0

Ferussaciidae

3

4

75

0

0

Subulinidae

10

17

63

1

10

Spiraxidae

8

14

57

8

100

Oleacinidae

56

91

62

56

100

Bulimulidae

4

5

80

1

25

Strophocheilidae

1

1

100

0

0

Orthalicidae

1

1

100

0

0

Urocoptidae

73

153

48

72

99

Thysanophoridae

2

2

100

1

50

Sagdidae

57

81

70

56

98

Streptaxidae

1

1

100

0

0

Systrophiidae

3

3

100

1

33

Polygyridae

1

1

100

0

0

Camaenidae

31

78

40

30

97

Bradybaenidae

1

1

100

0

0

Xanthonychidae

5

13

38

5

100

Agriolimacidae

1

1

100

0

0

Euconulidae

1

3

33

0

0

Zonitidae

3

3

100

0

0

Total, pulmonates

292

520

56

236

81

Total, land mollusks

561

926

61

506

90


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