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).

Location of Mozambique

The terrestrial malacofauna of Mozambique is underreported and under-collected. As a result, on the whole exact data are scarce.[1]

For example, there are known 46 species of terrestrial gastropods from Cabo Delgado Province, north-eastern corner of Mozambique,[2] 28 species of terrestrial gastropods from Gorongosa National Park including its surroundings.[1]

Freshwater gastropods

Neritidae

Paludomidae

  • Cleopatra ferruginea (I. & H. C. Lea, 1850)[4]
  • Cleopatra hemmingi (Verdcourt, 1956)[5]
  • Cleopatra nsendweensis Dupuis & Putzeys, 1902 - uncertain presence[6]

Viviparidae

Bithyniidae

  • Gabbiella kisalensis (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927)[10]

Planorbidae

Assimineidae

Ellobiidae

  • Cassidula labrella (Deshayes, 1830)[28]
Melanoides tuberculata is native to Mozambique

Thiaridae

drawing of apertural view of the shell of Lanistes ovum, a freshwater snail which is native to Mozambique

Ampullariidae

Lymnaeidae

Land gastropods

Pomatiidae

  • Tropidophora anceps (Von Martens, 1878)[1]
  • Tropidophora insularis (Pfeiffer, 1852) / Tropidophora transvaalensis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895)[1]
  • Tropidophora ligata (Müller, 1774)[1]

Succineidae

Cerastidae

  • Rachis jejuna (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893)[1]
  • Rachis sp.[1]
  • Rhachistia sticta (Von Martens, 1859)[1]

Achatinidae

Subulinidae

  • Homorus manueli Preston, 1910[1]
  • Curvella nyasana E. A. Smith, 1899[1]
  • Curvella whytei E.A. Smith, 1899[1]
  • Pseudoglessula boivini (Morelet, 1860)[1]
  • Pseudoglessula cressyi Connolly, 1925[1]
  • Pseudoglessula kirki (Dohrn, 1865)[1]

Streptaxidae

  • Gonaxis cressyi Connolly, 1922[1]
  • Gonaxis elongatus (Fulton, 1899)[1]
  • Gonaxis gwandaensis (Preston, 1912)[1]
  • Streptostele inconspicua Van Bruggen, 1964[1]
  • Gulella lawrencei Van Bruggen, 1964[1]
  • Gulella sexdentata (Von Martens, 1869)[1]

Charopidae

  • Trachycystis sylvicola Van Bruggen & Verdcourt, 1965[1]

Helicarionidae

  • Sitala jenynsi (Pfeiffer, 1845)[1]

Urocyclidae

  • Atoxon sp.[1]
  • Zingis brunneofasciata Verdcourt, 1961[1]
  • Trochonanina bloyeti Bourguignat, 1889[1]
  • Trochonanina elatior (Von Martens, 1866)[1]
  • Trochonanina mozambicensis (Pfeiffer, 1855)[1]

Bivalves

Unionidae

  • Unio caffer Krauss, 1848[42]
  • Coelatura hypsiprymna (Haas, 1936)[43]
  • Coelatura mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860)[44]

Iridinidae (or Mutelidae)

  • Chambardia petersii (Martens, 1860)[45]
  • Chambardia wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848)[46]

Corbiculidae

  • Corbicula astartina von Martens, 1860[47]

Sphaeriidae

  • Pisidium pirothi Jickeli, 1881[48]

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

overseas:

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