List of non-marine molluscs of Mozambique

The list of non-marine molluscs of Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...

is a list of freshwater and land species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

that form a part of the molluscan fauna of Mozambique (wildlife of Mozambique

Wildlife of Mozambique

Mozambique has an ecologically rich and diverse wildlife. The country has 232 species of mammals and 740 species of bird.-Molluscs:Mozambique has a rich fauna of marine molluscs, as well as terrestrial snails and slugs....

).

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

Gorongosa National Park

Gorongosa National Park is at the southern end of the Great African Rift Valley in the heart of central Mozambique. The 3,770 square kilometer park includes the valley floor and parts of surrounding plateaus...

including its surroundings.

Freshwater gastropods

Neritidae

Neritidae, common name the nerites, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized saltwater and freshwater snails which have a gill and a distinctive operculum, marine, brackish water and freshwater gastropod mollusks in the order Neritoida....

Neritina natalensis
Neritina natalensis
Neritina natalensis is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.This is a popular aquarium snail, sold because it looks attractive and eats algae in freshwater tanks....

Reeve, 1855

Paludomidae

Paludomidae, common name paludomids, is a family of freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.- Taxonomy :The following three subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi :...

Cleopatra ferruginea
Cleopatra ferruginea
Cleopatra ferruginea is a species of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Paludomidae.This species is found in Burundi, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa....

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

Viviparidae

Viviparidae, sometimes known as the river snails or mystery snails, are a family of large operculate freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks....

Bellamya capillata (Frauenfeld, 1865)
Bellamya jeffreysi
Bellamya jeffreysi
Bellamya jeffreysi is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.This species is found in Malawi and Mozambique. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.-References:...

(Frauenfeld, 1865)
Bellamya robertsoni
Bellamya robertsoni
Bellamya robertsoni is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.This species is found in Malawi and Mozambique.-References:...

Frauenfeld, 1865

Bithyniidae

Bithyniidae is a family of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.Their minute shell is often colored. They are characterized by a calcareous operculum, a lobe on the upper surface of the neck. The ctenidium, the respiratory gill-comb, is...

Gabbiella kisalensis (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927)

Planorbidae

Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks....

Africanogyrus coretus (de Blainville, 1826)
Bulinus africanus
Bulinus africanus
Bulinus africanus is a species of a tropical freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.- Further reading :* Cridland C. C....

(Krauss, 1848)
Bulinus forskalii
Bulinus forskalii
Bulinus forskalii is a species of a tropical freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.- Distribution :...

(Ehrenberg, 1831)
Bulinus globosus
Bulinus globosus
Bulinus globosus is a species of a tropical freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.- Further reading :* Cridland C. C....

(Morelet, 1866)
Bulinus natalensis
Bulinus natalensis
Bulinus natalensis is a species of a tropical freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies....

(Küster, 1841)
Bulinus reticulatus
Bulinus reticulatus
Bulinus reticulatus is a species of a tropical freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies....

Mandahl-Barth, 1954
Bulinus tropicus
Bulinus tropicus
Bulinus tropicus is a species of a tropical freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.- Distribution :Distribution of Bulinus tropicus includes:* Namibia...

(Krauss, 1848)
Burnupia caffra (Krauss, 1848)
Ceratophallus natalensis (Krauss, 1848)
Ferrissia junodi Connolly, 1925
Gyraulus costulatus
Gyraulus costulatus
Gyraulus costulatus is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.-Distribution:...

(Krauss, 1848)
Lentorbis carringtoni
Lentorbis carringtoni
Lentorbis carringtoni is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.-Distribution:...

(de Azevedo et al., 1961)
Lentorbis junodi (Connolly, 1922)
Segmentorbis angustus (Jickeli, 1874)
Segmentorbis kanisaensis
Segmentorbis kanisaensis
Segmentorbis kanisaensis is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.-Distribution:...

(Preston, 1914)

Assimineidae

Assimineidae is a family of minute snails with an operculum that live in saltwater, freshwater or on the land; they are mostly aquatic gastropod mollusks or micromollusks, in the clade Littorinimorpha.- Ecology :...

Assiminea bifasciata Nevill, 1880
Eussoia leptodonta
Eussoia leptodonta
Eussoia leptodonta is a species of minute operculate snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Assimineidae....

Nevill, 1881 - freshwater or marine species

Ellobiidae

Ellobiidae is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata. This is the only family in the superfamily Ellobioidea, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)....

Cassidula labrella (Deshayes, 1830)

Thiaridae

Thiaridae, common name thiarids, is a family of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cerithioidea....

Melanoides nodicincta
Melanoides nodicincta
Melanoides nodicincta is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae....

(Dohrn, 1865)
Melanoides nyassana
Melanoides nyassana
Melanoides nyassana is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.Melania truncatelliformis Bourguignat, 1889 may be s a synonym of Melanoides nyassana....

(Smith, 1877)
Melanoides pergracilis
Melanoides pergracilis
Melanoides pergracilis is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.This species is endemic to Malawi. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes....

(Von Martens, 1897)
Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Melanoides victoriae
Melanoides victoriae
Melanoides victoriae is a species of a freshwater snail, a gastropod in the Thiaridae family.- Distribution :The type locality is "the rapids above the Victoria Falls of the Zambezi", Zambezi River at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe....

(Dorhn, 1865)

Ampullariidae

Ampullariidae, common name the apple snails, is a family of large freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks with a gill and an operculum...

Pila ovata (Olivier, 1808)
Lanistes ellipticus Martens, 1866
Lanistes nasutus
Lanistes nasutus
Lanistes nasutus is a species of large freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk with a gill and an operculum in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.It is found in Malawi and Mozambique....

Mandahl-Barth, 1972
Lanistes nyassanus Dohrn, 1865
Lanistes ovum
Lanistes ovum
Lanistes ovum is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an African apple snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae....

Peters, 1845
Lanistes solidus
Lanistes solidus
Lanistes solidus is a species of large freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk with a gill and an operculum in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.- Distribution :It is found in Malawi and Mozambique....

Smith, 1877

Lymnaeidae

Lymnaeidae is a taxonomic family of small to large air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks, that belong to the clade Hygrophila....

Radix natalensis
Radix natalensis
Radix natalensis is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae.It is widely distributed in Africa. It is a major intermediate host for Fasciola gigantica in Africa. Placement of this species in the genus Radix was confirmed by Correa et al...

(Krauss, 1848)

Land gastropods

Pomatiidae

The family Pomatiidae is a taxonomic family of small operculate land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that can be found over the warmer parts of the Old World. In the older literature, this family is designated as Pomatiasidae....

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

Succineidae

Succineidae are a family of small to medium-sized, air-breathing, land snails , terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. They are commonly called amber snails because their thin fragile shells are translucent and amber-colored...

Oxyloma patentissima
Oxyloma patentissima
Oxyloma patentissima is a species of a land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Succineidae, the amber snails.-Distribution:Distribution of Oxyloma patentissima include:* Lake Chad* Angola* Botswana...

(Pfeiffer, 1853)

Cerastidae

Cerastidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.- Taxonomy :The Cerastidae family is classified within the informal group Orthurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata .The family Cerastidae has no...

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

Achatinidae

Achatinidae is a family of medium to large sized tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks from Africa...

Achatina vassei
Achatina vassei
Achatina vassei is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae, the giant African snails.Of ‘Achatina’ vassei only the holotype was known up to 2010...

Germain, 1918
A. immaculata Lamarck, 1822
Achatina cf. craveni
Achatina craveni
Achatina craveni is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae, the giant African snails.-Distribution:Distribution of Achatina craveni includes "between Zanzibar and Lake Tanganyika"....

E.A. Smith, 1881

Subulinidae

Subulinidae is a family of small tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea.- Anatomy :...

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

Streptaxidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in theStylommatophora. Six Streptaxidae subfamilies are accepted in the 2005 taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi....

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

Charopidae is a taxonomic family of small air-breathing land snails , terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea .- Subfamilies and genera :The family Charopidae consists of the following subfamilies:* Charopinae Hutton, 1884 - synonyms:...

Trachycystis sylvicola Van Bruggen & Verdcourt, 1965

Helicarionidae

Helicarionidae is a family of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea.- Distribution :...

Sitala jenynsi (Pfeiffer, 1845)

Urocyclidae

Urocyclidae is a family of air-breathing land snails and semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea, ....

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

Bivalves

Unionidae

Unionidae is a family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionoida, the bivalve mollusks sometimes known as river mussels, naiads, or simply as unionids.The range of distribution for this family is world-wide...

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

Iridinidae (or Mutelidae

Mutelidae

Mutelidae is a family of medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the order Unionoida.-Genera within the family Mutelidae:* Aspatharia Bourguignat, 1885* Chambardia** Chambardia bozasi** Chambardia hartmanni...

)

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

Corbiculidae

The Corbiculidae, common name "basket clams", are a family of aquatic bivalve molluscs in the order Veneroida.Clams in this family release many juveniles into the surrounding waters that have hatched inside the clams . Fertilization is internal...

Corbicula astartina von Martens, 1860

Sphaeriidae

The Sphaeriidae are a family of small to minute freshwater bivalve molluscs, in the order Veneroida. In the USA they are commonly known as the pea clams and the fingernail clams.-Genera:Genera in the family Sphaeriidae include:* Musculium...

Pisidium pirothi Jickeli, 1881

Freshwater gastropods

Land gastropods

Bivalves

See also