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List of non marine molluscs of Mozambique

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List of non-marine molluscs of Mozambique

The list of non-marine molluscs of Mozambique is a list of freshwater and land species that form a part of the molluscan fauna of Mozambique (wildlife of Mozambique).

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The terrestrial malacofauna of Mozambique is underreported and under-collected. As a result, on the whole exact data are scarce.

For example, there are known 46 species of terrestrial gastropods from Cabo Delgado Province, north-eastern corner of Mozambique, 28 species of terrestrial gastropods from Gorongosa National Park including its surroundings.

Freshwater gastropods

Neritidae

  • Neritina natalensis Reeve, 1855

    • Paludomidae

  • Cleopatra ferruginea (I. & H. C. Lea, 1850)
  • Cleopatra hemmingi (Verdcourt, 1956)
  • Cleopatra nsendweensis Dupuis & Putzeys, 1902 - uncertain presence

    • Viviparidae

  • Bellamya capillata (Frauenfeld, 1865)
  • Bellamya jeffreysi (Frauenfeld, 1865)
  • Bellamya robertsoni Frauenfeld, 1865

    • Bithyniidae

  • Gabbiella kisalensis (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927)

    • Planorbidae

  • Africanogyrus coretus (de Blainville, 1826)
  • Bulinus africanus (Krauss, 1848)
  • Bulinus forskalii (Ehrenberg, 1831)
  • Bulinus globosus (Morelet, 1866)
  • Bulinus natalensis (Küster, 1841)
  • Bulinus reticulatus Mandahl-Barth, 1954
  • Bulinus tropicus (Krauss, 1848)
  • Burnupia caffra (Krauss, 1848)
  • Ceratophallus natalensis (Krauss, 1848)
  • Ferrissia junodi Connolly, 1925
  • Gyraulus costulatus (Krauss, 1848)
  • Lentorbis carringtoni (de Azevedo et al., 1961)
  • Lentorbis junodi (Connolly, 1922)
  • Segmentorbis angustus (Jickeli, 1874)
  • Segmentorbis kanisaensis (Preston, 1914)

    • Assimineidae

  • Assiminea bifasciata Nevill, 1880
  • Eussoia leptodonta Nevill, 1881 - freshwater or marine species

    • Ellobiidae

  • Cassidula labrella (Deshayes, 1830)

    • Thiaridae

  • Melanoides nodicincta (Dohrn, 1865)
  • Melanoides nyassana (Smith, 1877)
  • Melanoides pergracilis (Von Martens, 1897)
  • Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Melanoides victoriae (Dorhn, 1865)

    • Ampullariidae

  • Pila ovata (Olivier, 1808)
  • Lanistes ellipticus Martens, 1866
  • Lanistes nasutus Mandahl-Barth, 1972
  • Lanistes nyassanus Dohrn, 1865
  • Lanistes ovum Peters, 1845
  • Lanistes solidus Smith, 1877

    • Lymnaeidae

  • Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)

    • Land gastropods

    Pomatiidae

  • Tropidophora anceps (Von Martens, 1878)
  • Tropidophora insularis (Pfeiffer, 1852) / Tropidophora transvaalensis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895)
  • Tropidophora ligata (Müller, 1774)

    • Succineidae

  • Oxyloma patentissima (Pfeiffer, 1853)

    • Cerastidae

  • Rachis jejuna (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893)
  • Rachis sp.
  • Rhachistia sticta (Von Martens, 1859)

    • Achatinidae

  • Achatina vassei Germain, 1918
  • A. immaculata Lamarck, 1822
  • Achatina cf. craveni E.A. Smith, 1881

    • Subulinidae

  • Homorus manueli Preston, 1910
  • Curvella nyasana E. A. Smith, 1899
  • Curvella whytei E.A. Smith, 1899
  • Pseudoglessula boivini (Morelet, 1860)
  • Pseudoglessula cressyi Connolly, 1925
  • Pseudoglessula kirki (Dohrn, 1865)

    • Streptaxidae

  • Gonaxis cressyi Connolly, 1922
  • Gonaxis elongatus (Fulton, 1899)
  • Gonaxis gwandaensis (Preston, 1912)
  • Streptostele inconspicua Van Bruggen, 1964
  • Gulella lawrencei Van Bruggen, 1964
  • Gulella sexdentata (Von Martens, 1869)

    • Charopidae

  • Trachycystis sylvicola Van Bruggen & Verdcourt, 1965

    • Helicarionidae

  • Sitala jenynsi (Pfeiffer, 1845)

    • Urocyclidae

  • Atoxon sp.
  • Zingis brunneofasciata Verdcourt, 1961
  • Trochonanina bloyeti Bourguignat, 1889
  • Trochonanina elatior (Von Martens, 1866)
  • Trochonanina mozambicensis (Pfeiffer, 1855)

    • Bivalves

    Unionidae

  • Unio caffer Krauss, 1848
  • Coelatura hypsiprymna (Haas, 1936)
  • Coelatura mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860)

    • Iridinidae (or Mutelidae)

  • Chambardia petersii (Martens, 1860)
  • Chambardia wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848)

    • Corbiculidae

  • Corbicula astartina von Martens, 1860

    • Sphaeriidae

  • Pisidium pirothi Jickeli, 1881

    • References

    List of non-marine molluscs of Mozambique Wikipedia
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