List Of Non-marine Molluscs Of Libya
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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)Madhyastha A. (2010)
''Melanoides tuberculatus''
In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. . Retrieved 3 December 2010.


Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Libya include: Veronicellidae * '' Eleutherocaulis striatus'' (Simroth, 1896)Fabio Liberto, Abdelmuhsen Abusneina & Ignazio Sparacio (2021). "New data on slugs and semi-slugs from Cyrenaica (northeastern Libya) (Parmacellidae, Limacidae, Agriolimacidae, Veronicellidae)".
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Parmacellidae Parmacellidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Parmacelloidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). This family has no subfamilies (ac ...
* '' Parmacella alexandrina'' Ehrenberg, 1831 * '' Parmacella cfr. deshayesi'' Moquin-Tandon, 1848 * ''
Parmacella festae ''Parmacella festae'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae. Distribution The distribution of this species includes: * Northern Egypt * Northern Libya Description The ...
'' Gambetta, 1925 * ''
Parmacella olivieri ''Parmacella olivieri'' is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae. ''Parmacella olivieri'' is the type species of the genus ''Parmacella''. Distribution The distribution of ...
'' Cuvier, 1804 Agriolimacidae * ''
Deroceras barceum ''Deroceras'' is a taxonomic genus of small to medium sized air-breathing land slugs in the family Agriolimacidae. Description Most species reach only 30–35 mm in length (max 45 mm). Coloration varies considerably within and ...
'' (Gambetta, 1924)
Limacidae Limacidae, also known by their common name the keelback slugs, are a taxonomic family of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Limacoidea. Distribution The distr ...
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Ambigolimax valentianus ''Ambigolimax valentianus'' (also known as ''Lehmannia valentiana'') is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of inver ...
'' (A. Ferussac, 1822) * ''
Malacolimax tenellus ''Malacolimax tenellus'' (lemon slug) is a species of air-breathing land slug, a shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae. Description The body is yellow in color and can grow up to . Habitat This species is known to liv ...
'' O. F. Müller, 1774
Milacidae Milacidae is a family of air-breathing, keeled, land slugs. These are shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Parmacelloidea. This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, ...
* '' Tandonia rustica'' (Millet, 1843) * ''
Tandonia sowerbyi ''Tandonia sowerbyi'' is a species of air-breathing, keeled, land slug, a shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Milacidae.Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219 ...
'' (Férussac, 1823) Polygyridae * '' Polygyra cereolus'' (Megerle von Mühlgeldt, 1818)
Hygromiidae Hygromiidae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea. Helicellidae Ihering, 1909 Anatomy Some snails in genera within this family create ...
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Monacha obstructa ''Monacha obstructa'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. Distribution This species occurs in Egypt and Israel. ''M. obstructa'' is ...
'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)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".
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12(2): 529-534. https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2021.12.2.529.534


See also

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, Wildlife of Italy * List of non-marine molluscs of Malta,
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