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List of non marine molluscs of Egypt

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List of non-marine molluscs of Egypt

The non-marine molluscs of Egypt are a part of the molluscan fauna of Egypt (wildlife of Egypt).

Contents

A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Egypt.

Freshwater gastropods

Thiaridae

  • Cleopatra bulimoides
  • Cleopatra ferruginea
  • Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)

    • Planorbidae

  • Biomphalaria alexandrina
  • hybrid Biomphalaria glabrata × Biomphalaria alexandrina

    • Lymnaeidae

  • Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)

    • Land gastropods

    Land gastropods in Egypt include:

    Parmacellidae

  • Parmacella festae Gambetta, 1925 - northern Egypt
  • Parmacella olivieri Cuvier, 1804 - northern Egypt

    • Subulinidae

  • Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) - non-indigenous

    • Cochlicellidae

  • Cochlicella acuta (Muller, 1774)

    • Ariophantidae

  • Macrochlamys indica Benson, 1832

    • Sphincterochilidae

  • Sphincterochila boissieri (Charpentier, 1847)

    • Hygromiidae

  • Monacha arbustorum
  • Monacha cantiana (Montagu, 1803)
  • Monacha obstructa (Pfeiffer, 1842)
  • Xeropicta vestalis (Pfeiffer, 1841) - subgenus Helicella

    • Helicidae

  • Eobania vermiculata (Muller, 1774)
  • Eremina desertorum (Forskål, 1775) - image (plate 95, figure 59)
  • Eremina ehrenbergi (Roth, 1839)
  • Helix aspersa (Muller, 1774)
  • Theba pisana (Muller, 1774)

    • Hothouse aliens

    "Hothouse aliens" in Egypt include:

    References

    List of non-marine molluscs of Egypt Wikipedia
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