List of non-marine molluscs of Tanzania

The non-marine molluscs of Tanzania are a part of the molluscan fauna of Tanzania (wildlife of Tanzania).

Location of Tanzania

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

There are 417 species of land snails in Tanzania.[1]

Freshwater gastropods

Thiaridae

Lymnaeidae

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Tanzania include:

Assimineidae - otherwise marine or salt marsh family, the terrestrial assimineid occur in Tanzania[4]

  • "Assiminea" aurifera Preston, 1912 - previously Assimania aurifera[4]

Cyclophoridae

  • Cyathopoma azaniense Verdcourt, 1978[4]
  • Cyathopoma pembense Rowson, 2010 - endemic to Pemba Island[4]

Pomatiidae

  • Tropidophora zanguebarica (Petit, 1850)[4]

Veronicellidae

Maizaniidae

  • Maizania elatior (Martens, 1892)[1]
  • Micromaizania volkensi (Martens, 1895)[1]

Succineidae

  • Quickia concisa (Morelet, 1849)[1][4]

Valloniidae

  • Pupisoma (Ptychopatula) dioscoricola (C. B. Adams, 1845)[1]

Vertiginidae

  • Nesopupa (Afripupa) bisulcata (Jickeli, 1873)[1]
  • Nesopupa minutalis (Morelet, 1881)[4]
  • Gastrocopta klunzingeri (Jickeli, 1873)[4]

Cerastidae

  • Edouardia metula (Martens, 1895)[1]
  • Gittenedouardia conulina (von Martens, 1869)[4]
  • Rachis punctata (Anton, 1839)[4]
  • Rhachidina braunsi (von Martens, 1869)[1][4]

Achatinidae

Ferussaciidae

  • Cecilioides callipeplum (Connolly, 1923)[4]
  • Cecilioides (Cecilioides) tribulationis (Preston, 1911)[1]

Micractaeonidae

Subulinidae

  • Allopeas gracile (Hutton, 1834)[4]
  • Curvella subvirescens (E. A. Smith, 1890)[4]
  • Kempioconcha terrulenta (Morelet, 1883)[1]
  • Opeas delicatum Taylor, 1877[4]
  • Opeas lamoense Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892[4]
  • Pseudoglessula (Kempioconcha) subolivacea agg. (E. A. Smith, 1890)[4]
  • Pseudopeas elgonense Connolly, 1923[1]
  • Pseudopeas igembiense Connolly, 1923[4]
  • Striosubulina striatella (Rang, 1831)[4]
  • Subulina intermedia Taylor, 1877[4]
  • Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1789)[4]
  • Subulina usambarica K. Pfeiffer - endemic[5]
  • Subulona ischna (Pilsbry, 1919)[1]
  • Subulona ordinaria Preston, 1910[4]
  • Subulona pinguis (Martens, 1895)[1]

Streptaxidae

Punctidae

Charopidae

  • Trachycystis lamellifera (E. A. Smith, 1903)[1]

Euconulidae

  • Afroconulus iredalei (Preston, 1912)[1]
  • Afroguppya quadrisculpta (Connolly, 1939)[4]
  • Afroguppya rumrutiensis (Preston, 1911)[1]
  • Afropunctum seminium (Morelet, 1873)[1][4]
  • Microcystina minima (H. Adams, 1867)[4]

Helicarionidae

Urocyclidae

Halolimnohelicidae

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

oversea countries:

References

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