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Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...

is a list of freshwater and land

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that form a part of the molluscan fauna of Mozambique ( wildlife of Mozambique). 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 Cabo Delgado is the northernmost province of Mozambique. It has an area of and a population of 2,320,261 (2017). As well as bordering Mtwara Region in the neighboring country of Tanzania, it borders the provinces of Nampula and Niassa. The r ...

, north-eastern corner of Mozambique, 28 species of terrestrial gastropods from Gorongosa National Park including its surroundings.

Freshwater gastropods

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Neritina natalensis ''Vittina natalensis'', common name spotted nerite, is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Vittina natalensis (Reeve, ...

'' Reeve, 1855

Paludomidae Paludomidae, common name paludomids, is a family of freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha. Distribution The distribution of the Paludomidae includes Asia and Africa. Taxonomy The following three subfamilies have b ...

* '' 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 ''Bellamya jeffreysi'' is a species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of org ...

'' (Frauenfeld, 1865) * '' Bellamya robertsoni'' Frauenfeld, 1865

Bithyniidae Bithyniidae is a family of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Bithyniidae Gray, 1857. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...

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Gabbiella kisalensis ''Gabbiella'' is an East African genus of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Bithyniidae Bithyniidae is a family of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod ...

'' (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 molluscs. Unlike most molluscs, the blood of ram's horn snails contains iron-based hemoglobin instea ...

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Africanogyrus coretus ''Hovorbis coretus'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Planorbidae Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs. Unl ...

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Bulinus africanus ''Bulinus africanus'' is a species of a tropical freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathin ...

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Bulinus forskalii ''Bulinus forskalii'' is a species of tropical freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bulinidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bulinus forskalii (Ehren ...

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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. Parasites ''Bulinus globosus'' is an intermediary host of ...

'' (Morelet, 1866) * ''

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. Its geographical distribution is largely limited to Kwazul ...

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Bulinus reticulatus ''Bulinus reticulatus'' is a species group of a tropical freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air- ...

'' Mandahl-Barth, 1954 * ''

Bulinus tropicus ''Bulinus tropicus'' is a species of a tropical freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bulinidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bulinus tropicus (F. Kr ...

'' (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 Assimineidae is a family of minute snails, also known as palmleaf snails, with an operculum, gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the superfamily Rissoidae. Many of these very small snails live in intermediate habitats, being amphibious betwee ...

* '' Assiminea bifasciata'' Nevill, 1880 * '' Eussoia leptodonta'' Nevill, 1881 – freshwater or marine species

Ellobiidae Ellobiidae, common name the hollow-shelled snails, is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata.Bouchet, P. (2012). Ellobiidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spe ...

* '' Cassidula labrella'' (Deshayes, 1830) Melanoides tuberculatus 2

Thiaridae Thiaridae, common name thiarids or trumpet snails, is a family of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cerithioidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Thiaridae Gill, 1871 (1823). Ac ...

* '' Melanoides nodicincta'' (Dohrn, 1865) * '' Melanoides nyassana'' (Smith, 1877) * '' Melanoides pergracilis'' (Von Martens, 1897) * ''

Melanoides tuberculata The red-rimmed melania (''Melanoides tuberculata''), also known as Malayan livebearing snails or Malayan/Malaysian trumpet snails (often abbreviated to MTS) by aquarists, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, a parthenogenetic, a ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * '' Melanoides victoriae'' (Dorhn, 1865) Lanistes ovum shell

Ampullariidae Ampullariidae, commonly known as the apple snails, is a family of large freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks with a gill and an operculum. These snails simultaneously have a gill and a lung as functional respiratory structures ...

* '' 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 Lymnaeidae, common name the pond snails, is a taxonomic family of small to large air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks, that belong to the clade Hygrophila. Lymnaeidae is the only family within the superf ...

* '' Radix natalensis'' (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. This famil ...

* '' 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 (and slugs), terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Succineoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Succineidae Beck, 1837. Accessed through: ...

* '' Oxyloma patentissima'' (Pfeiffer, 1853) van Bruggen A. C. & Appleton C. C. (1977). "Studies on the ecology and systematics of the terrestrial molluscs of the lake Sibaya area of Zululand, South Africa". ''

Zoologische Verhandelingen ''Zoologische Verhandelingen'' was a Dutch scientific journal covering research in zoology. It was published between 1948 and 2002 by the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie in Leiden Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) ...

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Cerastidae * '' Rachis jejuna'' (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893) * ''

Rachis In biology, a rachis (from the grc, ῥάχις [], "backbone, spine") is a main axis or "shaft". In zoology and microbiology In vertebrates, ''rachis'' can refer to the series of articulated vertebrae, which encase the spinal cord. In this c ...

'' sp. * '' Rhachistia sticta'' (Von Martens, 1859)

Achatinidae Achatinidae (New Latin, from Greek "''agate''") is a family of medium to large sized tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks from Africa. Well known species include ''Achatina achatina'' the Giant African Snail, and ''Liss ...

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

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Gonaxis cressyi ''Gonaxis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastr opod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonaxis J. W. Taylor, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...

'' 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 (and semi-slugs such as '' Otoconcha dimidiata''), terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Charopidae Hu ...

* '' 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 The distribution of Helicarionidae includes the eastern Palearctic, Malagasy, In ...

* '' Sitala jenynsi'' (Pfeiffer, 1845) Urocyclidae * '' Atoxon'' sp. * '' Zingis brunneofasciata'' Verdcourt, 1961 * '' Trochonanina bloyeti'' Bourguignat, 1889 * '' Trochonanina elatior'' (Von Martens, 1866) * ''

Trochonanina mozambicensis ''Trochonanina'' is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Urocyclidae. The species of this genus are found in Africa and Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Aus ...

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Bivalves

Unionidae The Unionidae are a family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionida, the bivalve molluscs sometimes known as river mussels, or simply as unionids. The range of distribution for this family is world-wide. It is at its most divers ...

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Unio caffer Unio may refer to: * ''Unio'' (bivalve), a genus of freshwater mussels * ''Unio'' (sternwheeler), a steamboat that operated in Oregon, United States, in 1861, before being renamed ''Union'' * UNI/O, an asynchronous serial bus * UNIO Satu Mare, a ...

'' Krauss, 1848 * '' Coelatura hypsiprymna'' (Haas, 1936) * ''

Coelatura mossambicensis ''Coelatura'' is a genus of bivalve in the Unionidae family. Species Species: *'' Coelatura aegyptiaca'' *'' Coelatura alluaudi'' *'' Coelatura bakeri'' *'' Coelatura briarti'' *'' Coelatura choziensis'' *'' Coelatura cridlandi'' *'' Coel ...

'' (von Martens, 1860) Iridinidae (or Mutelidae) * '' Chambardia petersii'' (Martens, 1860) * ''

Chambardia wahlbergi ''Chambardia wahlbergi'' is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Iridinidae Iridinidae is a family of medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the order Unionida Unionida is a monophyletic order of freshwater ...

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Corbiculidae The Corbiculidae are a family of clams in the mollusc order Venerida. They are known commonly as basket clams. The family name comes from the root ''corbus'' ("basket"), and was inspired by the concentric ribbing of the shells.Glaubrecht, M., et ...

* '' Corbicula astartina'' von Martens, 1860

Sphaeriidae Sphaeriidae is a family of small to minute freshwater bivalve molluscs in the order Sphaeriida. In the US, they are commonly known as pea clams or fingernail clams. Heard, William H. 1977. Reproduction of fingernail clams (Sphaeriidae: ''Sphaer ...

* '' Pisidium pirothi'' Jickeli, 1881Appleton C., Ghamizi M., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K., Lange C., Stensgaard A-S. & Van Damme D. (2009)
''Pisidium pirothi''
In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. . Retrieved 3 December 2010.

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference. Bruggen A. C. van (2010). "A new record of ''Achatina' vassei'' Germain, 1918 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Achatinidae) from Mozambique – an unsolved problem". ''

Zoologische Mededelingen ''Zoologische Mededelingen'' was a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal publishing papers and monographs on animal systematics. The publisher was the National Museum of Natural History Naturalis in the Netherlands. The first issue appear ...

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Freshwater gastropods

Land gastropods

Bivalves

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