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List Of Non-marine Molluscs Of Mozambique
The list of non-marine molluscs of Mozambique is a list of freshwater and land species that form a part of the molluscan fauna of Mozambique (wildlife of Mozambique). The terrestrial malacofauna of Mozambique is underreported and under-collected. As a result, on the whole exact data are scarce. For example, there are known 46 species of terrestrial gastropods from Cabo Delgado Province, north-eastern corner of Mozambique, 28 species of terrestrial gastropods from Gorongosa National Park including its surroundings. Freshwater gastropods Neritidae * ''Neritina natalensis'' Reeve, 1855 Paludomidae * '' Cleopatra ferruginea'' (I. & H. C. Lea, 1850) * '' Cleopatra hemmingi'' (Verdcourt, 1956) * '' Cleopatra nsendweensis'' Dupuis & Putzeys, 1902 – uncertain presence Viviparidae * '' Bellamya capillata'' (Frauenfeld, 1865) * ''Bellamya jeffreysi'' (Frauenfeld, 1865) * '' Bellamya robertsoni'' Frauenfeld, 1865 Bithyniidae * ''Gabbiella kisalensis'' (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viviparidae
Viviparidae, sometimes known as the river snails or mystery snails, are a family of large operculate freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks. This family is classified in the informal group Architaenioglossa according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005. Distribution This family occurs nearly worldwide in temperate and tropical regions, with the exception that they are absent from South America. There are two genera of Viviparidae in Africa: ''Bellamya'' and ''Neothauma''. The oldest known vivparid is ''Viviparus langtonensis'' from the Middle Jurassic of England. The oldest records from the Southern Hemisphere is from the Late Jurassic Talbragar fossil beds of Australia. Taxonomy The family Viviparidae contains 3 subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005): * Viviparinae Gray, 1847 (1833) - synonyms: Paludinidae Fitzinger, 1833 (inv.); Kosoviinae Atanackovic, 1859 (n.a.) * Bellamyinae Rohrbach, 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulinus Tropicus
''Bulinus tropicus'' is a species of a tropical freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bulinidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bulinus tropicus (F. Krauss, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1058684 on 2020-06-27 Distribution Distribution of ''Bulinus tropicus'' includes: * Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ... * ... References External links * * Bulinus Gastropods described in 1848 Taxa named by Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Krauss {{Planorbidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulinus Reticulatus
''Bulinus reticulatus'' is a species group of a tropical freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs. Unlike most molluscs, the blood of ram's horn snails contains iron-based hemoglobin ins ..., the ramshorn snails and their allies. References Bulinus Gastropods described in 1954 {{Planorbidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulinus Natalensis
''Bulinus natalensis'' is a species of a tropical freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies. Its geographical distribution is largely limited to Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa.de Kock, K.N. and C.T. Wolmarans (2010) – Distribution and habitats of ''Bulinus natalensis'' and its role as intermediate host of economically important helminth parasites in South Africa. ''African Journal of Aquatic Science'' 31: 63-69. This species occurs in standing, perennial freshwater habitat and has the ability to aestivate Aestivation ( la, aestas (summer); also spelled estivation in American English) is a state of animal dormancy, similar to hibernation, although taking place in the summer rather than the winter. Aestivation is characterized by inactivity and a ... for up to six months during a drought.Appleton, C.C. (2002) – Mollusca. In: ''Guides to the Freshwater Invertebrates of Southern Afri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulinus Globosus
''Bulinus globosus'' is a species of a tropical freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies. Parasites ''Bulinus globosus'' is an intermediary host of ''Schistosoma haematobium'', along with ''Bulinus truncatus ''Bulinus truncatus'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Bulininae of the family Bulinidae, the ram's horn snails and the like. MolluscaBase eds. (2 ...''. References Further reading * External links Bulinus Gastropods described in 1866 {{Planorbidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulinus Forskalii
''Bulinus forskalii'' is a species of tropical freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bulinidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bulinus forskalii (Ehrenberg, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1058686 on 2020-06-27 Distribution ''Bulinus forskalii'' is an afrotropical species which occurs in number of countries in Africa: * Northern Africa: only in Egypt and Sudan. * Western Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Senegal Sarr A., Kinzelbach R. & Diouf M. (2011, in press). "Diversité spécifique et écologie des mollusques continenatux de la basse vallée du Ferlo (Sénégal). pecific diversity and ecology of continental molluscs from the Lower Ferlo Valley (Senegal). ''MalaCo'' 7: 8 ppPDF. and Togo. * Eastern Africa: Burundi, Ethiopia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulinus Africanus
''Bulinus africanus'' is a species of a tropical freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs. Unlike most molluscs, the blood of ram's horn snails contains iron-based hemoglobin ins ..., the ramshorn snails and their allies. References Further reading * Bulinus Gastropods described in 1848 Taxa named by Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Krauss {{Planorbidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Africanogyrus Coretus
''Hovorbis coretus'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Planorbidae Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs. Unlike most molluscs, the blood of ram's horn snails contains iron-based hemoglobin ins .... The species is found in Southern Africa. References coretus {{Improve categories, date=February 2022 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planorbidae
Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs. Unlike most molluscs, the blood of ram's horn snails contains iron-based hemoglobin instead of copper-based hemocyanin. As a result, planorbids are able to breathe oxygen more efficiently than other molluscs. The presence of hemoglobin gives the body a reddish colour. This is especially apparent in albino animals. Being air breathers like other ''Panpulmonata'', planorbids do not have gills, but instead have a lung. The foot and head of planorbids are rather small, while their thread-like tentacles are relatively long. Many of the species in this family have coiled shells that are planispiral, in other words, the shells are more or less coiled flat, rather than having an elevated spire as is the case in most gastropod shells. Although they carry their shell in a way that makes it appear to be dextral, the shell of coiled pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabbiella Kisalensis
''Gabbiella'' is an East African genus of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Bithyniidae. Species Species in the genus ''Gabbiella'' include: * ''Gabbiella balovalensis'' * ''Gabbiella humerosa'' * ''Gabbiella rosea'' * ''Gabbiella stanleyi ''Gabbiella stanleyi'' is a species of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Bithyniidae. The specific name ''stanleyi'' is in honor of explorer Henry Morton Stanley. This species is e ...'' References Bithyniidae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Bithyniidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bithyniidae
Bithyniidae is a family of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Bithyniidae Gray, 1857. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=182697 on 2016-02-28 Their minute shell is often colored. They are characterized by a calcareous operculum, a lobe on the upper surface of the neck. The ctenidium, the respiratory gill-comb, is very broad. They have a ciliary feeding habit. The kidney has a large extension towards the mantle. Genera Genera in the family Bithyniidae include: * '' Alocinna'' Annandale & Prashad, 1919 * ''Bithynia'' Leach, 1818 - type genusGlöer P. (2002). ''Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas''. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 326 pp., . Reference for subgenera of genus ''Bithynia''. ** Subgenus ''Bithynia'' Leach, 1818 ** Subgenus '' Codiella'' Locard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
