List of non-marine molluscs of Libya explained

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

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

Freshwater gastropods

Thiaridae

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

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Libya include:

Veronicellidae

• Eleutherocaulis striatus (Simroth, 1896)^[2]

Parmacellidae

• Parmacella alexandrina Ehrenberg, 1831^[2]
• Parmacella cfr. deshayesi Moquin-Tandon, 1848^[2]
• Parmacella festae Gambetta, 1925^[2]
• Parmacella olivieri Cuvier, 1804^[2]

Agriolimacidae

• Deroceras barceum (Gambetta, 1924)^[2]

Limacidae

• Ambigolimax valentianus (A. Ferussac, 1822)^[2]
• Malacolimax tenellus O. F. Müller, 1774^[2]

Milacidae

• Tandonia rustica (Millet, 1843)^[2]
• Tandonia sowerbyi (Férussac, 1823)^[2]

Polygyridae

• Polygyra cereolus (Megerle von Mühlgeldt, 1818)

Hygromiidae

• Monacha obstructa (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)^[3]

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of Egypt, Wildlife of Egypt
• List of non-marine molluscs of Sudan, Wildlife of Sudan
• List of non-marine molluscs of Chad, Wildlife of Chad
• List of non-marine molluscs of Niger, Wildlife of Niger
• List of non-marine molluscs of Algeria, Wildlife of Algeria
• List of non-marine molluscs of Tunisia, Wildlife of Tunisia

oversea countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of Greece, Wildlife of Greece
• List of non-marine molluscs of Italy, Wildlife of Italy
• List of non-marine molluscs of Malta, Wildlife of Malta

Notes and References

1. Madhyastha A. (2010). Melanoides tuberculatus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. . Retrieved 3 December 2010.
2. Fabio Liberto, Abdelmuhsen Abusneina & Ignazio Sparacio (2021). "New data on slugs and semi-slugs from Cyrenaica (northeastern Libya) (Parmacellidae, Limacidae, Agriolimacidae, Veronicellidae)". Biodiversity Journal 12(2): 325-334. https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2021.12.2.325.334
3. Fabio Liberto, Abdelmuhsen Abusneina & Ignazio Sparacio (2021). "First record of Monacha (Monacha) obstructa (L. Pfeiffer, 1842) and Polygyra cereolus (Megerle von Mühlfeldt, 1818) (Stylommatophora Hygromiidae and Polygyridae) in Libya". Biodiversity Journal 12(2): 529-534. https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2021.12.2.529.534