List of non-marine molluscs of Ethiopia explained

The non-marine molluscs of Ethiopia are a part of the molluscan fauna of Ethiopia (wildlife of Ethiopia). Ethiopia is an inland country, so there are no marine molluscs.

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

Freshwater gastropods

Ampullariidae

• Pila speciosa

Thiaridae

• Cleopatra ferruginea
• Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)^[1]

Planorbidae

• Ancylus ashangiensis
• Ancylus regularis
• Biomphalaria barthi
• Bulinus abyssinicus (von Martens, 1866)^[2]
• Bulinus hexaploidus
• Bulinus octaploidus

Lymnaeidae

• Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)^[3]

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of Sudan, Wildlife of Sudan
• List of non-marine molluscs of Djibouti, Wildlife of Djibouti
• List of non-marine molluscs of Eritrea, Wildlife of Eritrea
• List of non-marine molluscs of Somalia, Wildlife of Somalia
• List of non-marine molluscs of Kenya, Wildlife of Kenya

External links

• Verdcourt B. (1985). "New taxa of Gulella L. Pfr. and Ptychotrema Mörch (Mollusca, Streptaxidae) from Eastern Africa". Journal of Conchology 32(1): 109–122. abstract.

Notes and References

1. Albrecht, C. . Clewing, C. . Van Damme, D. . Lange, C. . 2018 . Melanoides tuberculata . 2018 . e.T155675A120117210 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T155675A120117210.en . 18 November 2021.
2. Van Damme, D. . 2010 . Bulinus abyssinicus . 2010 . e.T184755A8327245 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T184755A8327245.en . 18 November 2021.
3. Albrecht, C. . Clewing, C. . Lange, C. . 2018 . Radix natalensis . 2018 . e.T165761A120112796 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T165761A120112796.en . 18 November 2021.