List of non-marine molluscs of Morocco explained

The non-marine molluscs of Morocco are a part of the molluscan fauna of Morocco (Wildlife of Morocco).

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

Freshwater gastropods

Thiaridae

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

Hydrobiidae

• Aghbalia aghbalensis Glöer, Mabrouki & Taybi, 2020^[2]
• Ainiella zahredini Taybi, Glöer & Mabrouki, 2022^[3]
• Atebbania bernasconi Ghamizi, Bodon, Boulal & Giusti, 1999^{[4] [2]}
• Belgrandia wiwanensis Ghamizi (1998)^[2]
• Ecrobia vitrea (Risso, 1826)
• Fessia aouintii Glöer, Mabrouki & Taybi, 2020^{[5] [4]}
• Giustia bodoni Ghamizi, 1998^[2]
• Giustia costata Ghamizi, 1998^[2]
• Giustia gofasi Ghamizi, 1998^[2]
• Giustia janai Ghamizi, 1998^[2]
• Giustia mellalensis Ghamizi, 1998^[2]
• Giustia midarensis Ghamizi, 1998^[2]
• Giustia saidai Ghamizi, 1998^[2]
• Heideella andreae Backhyus & Boeters, 1974^{[4] [2]}
• Heideella knidirii Ghamizi, 1998^[2]
• Heideella makhfamensis Bodon, Ghamizi & Giusti, 1999^[4]
• Heideella salahi Ghamizi (1998)^[2]
• Horatia aghbalensis Ghamizi (1998)^[2]
• Horatia haasei Ghamizi (1998)^[2]
• Hydrobia gracilis Morelet, 1880^[2]
• Hydrobia recta (Mousson, 1874)^[2]
• Idrisiella bourkaizensis Mabrouki, Glöer & Taybi, 2022^[6]
• Ifrania zerroukansis Glöer, Mabrouki & Taybi, 2020^{[4] [5]}
• Islamia karawiyiensis Glöer, Mabrouki & Taybi, 2021 - endemic to Morocco^[7]
• Islamia tifertiensis Glöer, Mabrouki & Taybi, 2020^{[4] [2] [5]}
• Mercuria atlasica Glöer, Mabrouki & Taybi, 2021 - endemic to Morocco^[7]
• Mercuria bakeri Glöer, Boeters & Walther, 2015 - endemic to Morocco^{[8] [9] [2]}
• Mercuria confusa (Frauenfeld, 1838)^[1]
• Mercuria gauthieri Glöer, Bouzid & Boeters, 2010^[10]
• Mercuria halouii Taybi, Glöer & Mabrouki, 2022^[11]
• Mercuria midarensis Boulaassafer, Ghamizi & Delicado, 2018 - endemic to Morocco^{[9] [10]}
• Mercuria nadorensis Taybi, Glöer & Mabrouki, 2022^[11]
• Mercuria targouasensis Glöer, Boeters & Walther, 2015 - endemic to Morocco^{[8] [9] [10] [2]}
• Mercuria tensiftensis Boulaassafer, Ghamizi & Delicado, 2018 - endemic to Morocco^{[9] [10]}
• Mercuria tingitana Glöer, Boeters & Walther, 2015 - endemic to Morocco^{[8] [9] [10] [2]}
• Pikasia smenensis Taybi, Glöer & Mabrouki, 2021^[12]
• Pseudamnicola berrahoui Taybi, Glöer & Mabrouki, 2022^[13]
• Pseudamnicola bouhaddiouii Taybi, Glöer & Mabrouki, 2022^[13]
• Pseudamnicola dupotetiana (Forbes, 1838)^{[10] [13]}
• Pseudamnicola leprevieri (Pallary, 1926)^{[10] [2] [13]}
• Pseudamnicola luteola (Küster, 1852)^{[10] [13]}
• Pseudamnicola pallaryi Ghamizi, Vala & Bouka, 1997^{[10] [2]}
• Pseudamnicola skourensis Taybi, Glöer & Mabrouki, 2022^[13]
• Pseudamnicola tafoughaltensis Taybi, Glöer & Mabrouki, 2022^[13]
• Rifia yacoubii Ghamizi, 2020^[4]

• Iglica seyadi Backhyus & Boeters, 1974^{[14] [4] [2]}
• Iglica soussensis Ghamizi & Boulal, 2017^{[14] [4] [2]}

Tateidae

• Potamopyrgus antipodarum (J.E. Gray, 1843)^[15]

Melanopsidae

• Melanopsis cariosa (Linné, 1767)^[1]
• Melanopsis praemorsa (Linnaeus, 1758)^[1]
• Melanopsis scalaris (Gassies, 1856)^[1]

Planorbidae

• Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827)^[16]
• Gyraulus marocana Youness, Glöer & Taybi, 2022^[17]

Lymnaeidae

• Galba truncatula (O. F. Müller, 1774)^{[16] [1] [10]}
• Lymnaea peregra (Müller, 1774)^[1]
• Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)^{[1] [10]}
• Radix labiata (Rossmässler, 1835)^[10]
• Stagnicola palustris (Müller, 1774)^[10]

Physidae

• Physella acuta (Draparnaud, 1805)^{[16] [1] [10] [5]}

Planorbidae

• Ancylus fluviatilis (Müller, 1774)^[10]
• Planorbarius metidjensis (Forbes, 1838)^[10]

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Morocco include:

Milacidae

• Milax gagates (Draparnaud, 1801)^[18]

Parmacellidae

• Parmacella deshayesi Moquin-Tandon, 1848^[19]

Sphincterochilidae

• Sphincterochila baetica (Rossmässler, 1854)^[20]

Hygromiidae

• Helicopsis conopsis Morelet, 1876 - endemic^[21]

Helicidae

• Theba pisana (O. F. Müller, 1774)^[22]

Freshwater bivalves

Unionidae

• Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)^[1]
• Unio durieui (Deshayes, 1874)^[1]

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of Spain
• List of non-marine molluscs of Algeria
• List of non-marine molluscs of Mauritania
• List of non-marine molluscs of Western Sahara, Wildlife of Western Sahara
• List of non-marine molluscs of Portugal
• List of non-marine molluscs of the Canary Islands

Notes and References

1. Hicham . Barkia . Abdelaziz . Barkia . Rajae . Yacoubi . Youssef El. . Guamri . Mohammed . Tahiri . Khadija El. . Kharrim . Driss . Belghyti . 2014 . Distribution of Fresh-Water Mollusks of the Gharb Area (Morocco) . . 1 . 4–13 . 10.3390/environments1010004. free .
2. Peter Glöer, Youness Mabrouki & Abdelkhaleq Fouzi Taybi (2020). "A new genus and two new species (Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae) from Morocco". Ecologica Montenegrina 28: 1-6.
3. Taybi . A. F. . Glöer . P. . Mabrouki . Y. . Ainiella zahredini gen. et sp.n. a new valvatoid snail (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae) from Morocco. Invertebrate Zoology . 2022 . 19 . 3 . 312–316. 10.15298/invertzool.19.3.04 . free .
4. Mohamed Ghamizi (2020). "New stygobiont genus and new species (Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae) from the Rif (Morocco)". Ecologica Montenegrina 31: 50-56. http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2020.31.11
5. Peter Glöer, Youness Mabrouki & Abdelkhaleq Fouzi Taybi (2020). "Two new valvatoid genera (Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae) from Morocco". Ecologica Montenegrina 30: 124-128. http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2020.30.12
6. Mabrouki . Y. . Glöer . P. . Taybi . A. F. . Idrisiella bourkaizensis gen. et sp.n., a new valvatoid snail (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae) from Morocco . Invertebrate Zoology . 2022 . 19 . 1 . 18–23. 10.15298/invertzool.19.1.03 . free .
7. Mabrouki . Youness . Glöer . Peter . Taybi . Abdelkhaleq Fouzi . Two new species of the genera Islamia and Mercuria (Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae) from Morocco . Ecologica Montenegrina . 8 February 2021 . 39 . 76–80 . 10.37828/em.2021.39.8. free.
8. Glöer . Peter . Boeters . Hans D. . Walther . Frank . Species of the genus Mercuria Boeters, 1971 (Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloidea: Hydrobiidae) from the European Mediterranean region, Morocco and Madeira, with descriptions of new species . Folia Malacologica . 1 December 2015 . 23 . 4 . 279–291 . 10.12657/folmal.023.024. free.
9. Boulaassafer . Khadija . Ghamizi . Mohamed . Delicado . Diana . The genus Mercuria Boeters, 1971 in Morocco: first molecular phylogeny of the genus and description of two new species (Caenogastropoda, Truncatelloidea, Hydrobiidae) . ZooKeys . 27 August 2018 . 782 . 95–128 . 30275721. 10.3897/zookeys.782.26797. free. 6160864 . 2018ZooK..782...95B .
10. Mabrouki . Youness . Taybi . Abdelkhaleq Fouzi . Glöer . Peter . New additions to the freshwater gastropod fauna (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae, Lymnaeidae) of Morocco . Ecologica Montenegrina . 22 May 2020 . 31 . 40–44 . 10.37828/em.2020.31.8. free.
11. Taybi . A. F. . Glöer . P. . Mabrouki . Y. . Two new species of Mercuria Boeters, 1971 from Morocco (Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae) . Natura Croatica . 2022 . 31 . 1 . 63–69.
12. Taybi . A. F. . Glöer . P. . Mabrouki . Y. . Description of a new valvatoid Pikasia smenensis n. gen. n. sp. (Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae) from Morocco . Animal Biodiversity and Conservation . December 2021 . 317–320 . 10.32800/abc.2021.44.0317. free .
13. Taybi . A. F. . Glöer . P. . Mabrouki . Y. . Four new species of the genus Pseudamnicola Paulucci, 1878 from Morocco (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae) . Invertebrate Zoology . 2022 . 19 . 2 . 191–198. 10.15298/invertzool.19.2.07 . free .
14. Mohamed Ghamizi & Mokhtar Boulal (2017). "New stygobiont snail from groundwater of Morocco (Gastropoda: Moitessieriidae)". Ecologica Montenegrina 10: 11-13. DOI:10.37828/em.2017.10.2
15. Taybi . A.F. . Mabrouki . Y. . Glöer . P. . First record of the New Zealand mudsnail Potamopyrgus antipodarum (J.E. Gray, 1843) (Tateidae, Mollusca) in Africa . Graellsia . 2021 . 77.
16. Chlyeh G., Dodet M., Delay B., Khallaayoune K. & Jarne P. (2006). "Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Freshwater Snail Species in Relation to Migration and Environmental Factors in an Irrigated Area from Morocco". Hydrobiologia 553(1): 129-142. .
17. Mabrouki . Youness . Glöer . Peter . Taybi . Abdelkhaleq F. . Gyraulus marocana sp. nov., a new freshwater snail species (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Planorbidae) from Morocco . Nature Conservation Research . 2022 . 7 . 1 . 10.24189/ncr.2022.007. free .
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19. http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=4089 "Species summary for Parmacella deshayesi"
20. [George Washington Tryon|Tryon G. W.]
21. Seddon M. B. (1996). Helicopsis conopsis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
22. http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=1365 "Species summary for Theba pisana"