List of non-marine molluscs of Ethiopia

Location of Libya

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]

Land gastropods

Freshwater bivalves

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

References

  1. ^ Albrecht, C.; Clewing, C.; Van Damme, D.; Lange, C. (2018). "Melanoides tuberculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T155675A120117210. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T155675A120117210.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Van Damme, D. (2010). "Bulinus abyssinicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T184755A8327245. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T184755A8327245.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  3. ^ Albrecht, C.; Clewing, C.; Lange, C. (2018). "Radix natalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T165761A120112796. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T165761A120112796.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

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