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
A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Egypt.
Freshwater gastropods
- Cleopatra bulimoides[1]
- Cleopatra ferruginea
- Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[2]
- Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)[4]
Land gastropods
Land gastropods in Egypt include:
- Parmacella festae Gambetta, 1925 - northern Egypt[5]
- Parmacella olivieri Cuvier, 1804 - northern Egypt[6]
- Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) - non-indigenous[7]
- Cochlicella acuta (Muller, 1774)[8]
- Macrochlamys indica Benson, 1832[8]
Shells of Sphincterochila boissieri
- Sphincterochila boissieri (Charpentier, 1847)[8]
- Monacha arbustorum[8]
- Monacha cantiana (Montagu, 1803)[8]
- Monacha obstructa (Pfeiffer, 1842)[8]
- Xeropicta vestalis (Pfeiffer, 1841)[8] - subgenus Helicella
- 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:
References
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- "Species summary for Parmacella festae". AnimalBase, last modified 7 June 2008, accessed 1 September 2010.
- "Species summary for Parmacella olivieri". AnimalBase, last modified 7 June 2008, accessed 1 September 2010.
- Mienis H. K. 2003. A new colony of Rumina saharica discovered in Israel. Tentacle No. 11—January 2003: 11-12.
- 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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