Biodiversity Journal, 2021,12 (3): 589–624 - https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2021.12.3.589.624 https://zoobank.org:pub:986463AC-781A-4372-8674-38981C969405 Land molluscs from the Isola delle Femmine Nature Reserve (north-western Sicily, Italy) (Gastropoda Architaenioglossa Pulmonata) Ignazio Sparacio1, Salvatore Surdo2*, Roberto Viviano3, Fabio Liberto4 & Agatino Reitano5 1Via Principe di Paternò 3, 90144 Palermo, Italy; e-mail:
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[email protected] *Corresponding author ABSTRACT The results of a study on the fauna of land molluscs from Isola delle Femmine Nature Reserve (NW Sicily, Italy) (Gastropoda Architaenioglossa Pulmonata) are here described. In this small island 23 species have been found, 6 of which are Sicilian endemic taxa. Siciliaria leucophryna microinsularis n. ssp. endemic to the Isola delle Femmine (or Isola di Fuori) is described. For each species ecological, distributional data and information on their presence on this island are provided. KEY WORDS Conservation biology; micro-insularity; faunistic; land molluscs; Sicily. Received 06.04.2020; accepted 03.06.2021; published online 04.08.2021 INTRODUCTION are needed for this purpose (Minelli, 2012; Vela & Pavon, 2012). The western Mediterranean Sea contains more The aim of this work is to increase the than 1000 small islands, often less than 10 Km2 knowledge on the living land molluscs of the Isola wide.