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).

Location of Egypt

topography of Egypt

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

Freshwater gastropods

Thiaridae

• Cleopatra bulimoides[1]
• Cleopatra ferruginea
• Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[2]

Planorbidae

• Biomphalaria alexandrina
• hybrid Biomphalaria glabrata × Biomphalaria alexandrina[3]

Lymnaeidae

• Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)[4]

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Egypt include:

Parmacellidae

• Parmacella festae Gambetta, 1925 - northern Egypt[5]
• Parmacella olivieri Cuvier, 1804 - northern Egypt[6]

Subulinidae

• Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) - non-indigenous[7]

Cochlicellidae

• Cochlicella acuta (Muller, 1774)[8]

Ariophantidae

• Macrochlamys indica Benson, 1832[8]

Shells of Sphincterochila boissieri

Sphincterochilidae

• Sphincterochila boissieri (Charpentier, 1847)[8]

Hygromiidae

• Monacha arbustorum[8]
• Monacha cantiana (Montagu, 1803)[8]
• Monacha obstructa (Pfeiffer, 1842)[8]
• Xeropicta vestalis (Pfeiffer, 1841)[8] - subgenus Helicella

Helicidae

• Eobania vermiculata (Muller, 1774)[8]
• Eremina desertorum (Forskål, 1775)[8] - image (plate 95, figure 59)
• Eremina ehrenbergi (Roth, 1839)[8]
• Cornu aspersum = Helix aspersa (Muller, 1774)[8]
• Theba pisana (Muller, 1774)[8]

Hothouse aliens

"Hothouse aliens" in Egypt include:

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of Israel, Wildlife of Israel
• List of non-marine molluscs of Libya, Wildlife of Libya
• List of non-marine molluscs of Sudan, Wildlife of Sudan

References

1. Amany A. Tohamy & Shaimaa M. Mohamed (January) 2006. Chromosomal studies on two Egyptian freshwater snails, Cleopatra and Bithynia (Mollusca-Prosobranchiata) Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Arab J. Biotech., Vol. 9, No. (1) Jan. (2006): 17-26.
2. Madhyastha A. (2010). Melanoides tuberculatus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 3 December 2010.
3. Yousif, F.; Ibrahim, A.; Abdel Kader, A.; El-Bardicy, S. (1998). "Invasion of the Nile Valley in Egypt by a hybrid of Biomphalaria glabrata and Biomphalaria alexandrina, snail vectors of Schistosoma mansoni". Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 28 (2): 569–582. PMID 9707685.
4. Appleton C., Ghamizi M., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K., Stensgaard A-S. & Van Damme D. (2009). Lymnaea natalensis. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 4 December 2010.
5. "Species summary for Parmacella festae". AnimalBase, last modified 7 June 2008, accessed 1 September 2010.
6. "Species summary for Parmacella olivieri". AnimalBase, last modified 7 June 2008, accessed 1 September 2010.
7. Mienis H. K. 2003. A new colony of Rumina saharica discovered in Israel. Tentacle No. 11—January 2003: 11-12.
8. Commonwealth of Australia. (April 2002) "Citrus Imports from the Arab Republic of Egypt. A Review Under Existing Import Conditions for Citrus from Israel" Archived 9 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Australia. Caption: Gastropods, p. 12 and Appendix 2.

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