The non-marine

mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...

s of

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

are a part of the molluscan

fauna of Morocco The wildlife of Morocco is composed of its flora and fauna. The country has a wide range of terrains and climate types and a correspondingly large diversity of plants and animals. The coastal areas have a Mediterranean climate and vegetation whi ...

( 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) Hydrobiidae * '' Aghbalia aghbalensis'' Glöer, Mabrouki & Taybi, 2020Peter Glöer, Youness Mabrouki & Abdelkhaleq Fouzi Taybi (2020). "A new genus and two new species (Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae) from Morocco". Ecologica Montenegrina 28: 1-6. * '' Ainiella zahredini'' Taybi, Glöer & Mabrouki, 2022 * '' Atebbania bernasconi'' Ghamizi, Bodon, Boulal & Giusti, 1999Mohamed 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 * '' Belgrandia wiwanensis'' Ghamizi (1998) * '' Ecrobia vitrea'' (Risso, 1826) * '' Fessia aouintii'' Glöer, Mabrouki & Taybi, 2020Peter 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 * '' Giustia bodoni'' Ghamizi, 1998 * '' Giustia costata'' Ghamizi, 1998 * '' Giustia gofasi'' Ghamizi, 1998 * '' Giustia janai'' Ghamizi, 1998 * '' Giustia mellalensis'' Ghamizi, 1998 * '' Giustia midarensis'' Ghamizi, 1998 * '' Giustia saidai'' Ghamizi, 1998 * '' Heideella andreae'' Backhyus & Boeters, 1974 * '' Heideella knidirii'' Ghamizi, 1998 * '' Heideella makhfamensis'' Bodon, Ghamizi & Giusti, 1999 * '' Heideella salahi'' Ghamizi (1998) * '' Horatia aghbalensis'' Ghamizi (1998) * '' Horatia haasei'' Ghamizi (1998) * '' Hydrobia gracilis'' Morelet, 1880 * '' Hydrobia recta'' (Mousson, 1874) * '' Idrisiella bourkaizensis Mabrouki, Glöer & Taybi, 2022 * '' Ifrania zerroukansis'' Glöer, Mabrouki & Taybi, 2020 * ''

Islamia karawiyiensis ''Islamia'' is a genus of small freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Islamia Radoman, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' Glöer, Mabrouki & Taybi, 2021 - endemic to Morocco * '' Islamia tifertiensis'' Glöer, Mabrouki & Taybi, 2020 * '' Mercuria atlasica'' Glöer, Mabrouki & Taybi, 2021 - endemic to Morocco * '' Mercuria bakeri'' Glöer, Boeters & Walther, 2015 - endemic to Morocco * ''

Mercuria confusa ''Mercuria similis'' is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species only tolerates very low salinities, and is perhaps better characterized as a freshwater snail. ...

'' (Frauenfeld, 1838) * '' Mercuria gauthieri'' Glöer, Bouzid & Boeters, 2010 * '' Mercuria halouii'' Taybi, Glöer & Mabrouki, 2022 * '' Mercuria midarensis'' Boulaassafer, Ghamizi & Delicado, 2018 - endemic to Morocco * '' Mercuria nadorensis'' Taybi, Glöer & Mabrouki, 2022 * '' Mercuria targouasensis'' Glöer, Boeters & Walther, 2015 - endemic to Morocco * '' Mercuria tensiftensis'' Boulaassafer, Ghamizi & Delicado, 2018 - endemic to Morocco * '' Mercuria tingitana'' Glöer, Boeters & Walther, 2015 - endemic to Morocco * '' Pikasia smenensis'' Taybi, Glöer & Mabrouki, 2021 * '' Pseudamnicola berrahoui'' Taybi, Glöer & Mabrouki, 2022 * '' Pseudamnicola bouhaddiouii'' Taybi, Glöer & Mabrouki, 2022 * '' Pseudamnicola dupotetiana'' (Forbes, 1838) * ''

Pseudamnicola leprevieri ''Pseudamnicola'' is a genus of small brackish water snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pseudamnicolinae of the family Hydrobiidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Pseudamnicola Paulucci, 1878. Accessed through: World Re ...

'' (Pallary, 1926) * '' Pseudamnicola luteola'' (Küster, 1852) * '' Pseudamnicola pallaryi'' Ghamizi, Vala & Bouka, 1997 * '' Pseudamnicola skourensis'' Taybi, Glöer & Mabrouki, 2022 * '' Pseudamnicola tafoughaltensis'' Taybi, Glöer & Mabrouki, 2022 * '' Rifia yacoubii'' Ghamizi, 2020

Moitessieriidae Moitessieriidae is a family of small freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Truncatelloidea.Bouchet, P. (2014). Moitessieriidae Bourguignat, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marine ...

* '' Iglica seyadi'' Backhyus & Boeters, 1974Mohamed 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 * '' Iglica soussensis'' Ghamizi & Boulal, 2017

Tateidae Tateidae is a family of very small and minute aquatic snails with an operculum, gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Truncatelloidea.Bouchet, P. (2014). Tateidae Thiele, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.ma ...

* ''

Potamopyrgus antipodarum The New Zealand mud snail (''Potamopyrgus antipodarum'') is a species of very small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum. This aquatic gastropod mollusk is in the family Tateidae. It is native to New Zealand, where it is found through ...

'' (J.E. Gray, 1843)

Melanopsidae Melanopsidae, common name melanopsids, is a family of freshwater gastropods in the clade Sorbeoconcha. Species in this family are native to southern and eastern Europe, northern Africa, parts of the Middle East, New Zealand, and freshwater strea ...

* '' Melanopsis cariosa'' (Linné, 1767) * ''

Melanopsis praemorsa ''Melanopsis praemorsa'' is a species of freshwater snail in the family Melanopsidae Melanopsidae, common name melanopsids, is a family of freshwater gastropods in the clade Sorbeoconcha. Species in this family are native to southern and eas ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Melanopsis scalaris'' (Gassies, 1856) Planorbidae * ''

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 ...

'' (Audouin, 1827)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 ''Hydrobiologia'', ''The International Journal of Aquatic Sciences'', is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing 21 issues per year, for a total of well over 4000 pages per year. ''Hydrobiologia'' publishes original research, reviews and opi ...

'' 553(1): 129-142. . * '' Gyraulus marocana'' Youness, Glöer & Taybi, 2022

Lymnaeidae Lymnaeidae, common name the pond snails, is a taxonomic family of small to large air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks, that belong to the clade Hygrophila. Lymnaeidae is the only family within the superfamily ...

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Galba truncatula ''Galba truncatula'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.Neubauer, Thomas A. (2014). Galba (Galba) truncatula (Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World R ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * ''

Lymnaea peregra ''Peregriana peregra'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an Aquatic animal, aquatic pulmonate gastropod in the family (biology), family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails. Distribution and habitat This small pond snail is found in Europe ...

'' (Müller, 1774) * ''

Lymnaea stagnalis ''Lymnaea stagnalis'', better known as the great pond snail, is a species of large air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae. The great pond snail is a model organism to study parasitology, ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''

Radix labiata ''Peregriana peregra'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails. Distribution and habitat This small pond snail is found in Europe, Newfoundland and northern Asia. ...

'' (Rossmässler, 1835) * ''

Stagnicola palustris ''Stagnicola palustris'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails. Taxonomy ''Stagnicola turricula'' is a synonym of ''Stagnicola palustris'', because t ...

'' (Müller, 1774)

Physidae Physidae, common name the bladder snails, is a monophyletic taxonomic family of small air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Lymnaeoidea .MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Physidae Fitzin ...

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Physella acuta ''Physella acuta'' is a species of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Physidae. Common names include European physa, tadpole snail, bladder snail, and acute bladder snail. ...

'' (Draparnaud, 1805) Planorbidae * ''

Ancylus fluviatilis The river limpet (''Ancylus fluviatilis'') is a species of very small, freshwater, air-breathing limpet, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the tribe Ancylini within the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies. Des ...

'' (Müller, 1774) * ''

Planorbarius metidjensis ''Planorbarius metidjensis'' is a freshwater lung snail. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Planorbarius metidjensis (Forbes, 1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails ...

'' (Forbes, 1838)

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Morocco include:

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, ...

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Milax gagates ''Milax gagates'', known by the common name greenhouse slug, is a species of air-breathing, keel (slug), keeled, land slug, a shell-less terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Milacidae.Marshall, B. (2014). Milax gagate ...

'' (Draparnaud, 1801)

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 deshayesi'' Moquin-Tandon, 1848 Sphincterochila baetica shell

Sphincterochilidae Sphincterochilidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). In the fossil re ...

* '' Sphincterochila baetica'' (Rossmässler, 1854) Tryon G. W. (1887). ''

Manual of Conchology George Washington Tryon Jr. (20 May 1838 – 5 February 1888) was an American malacologist who worked at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. Biography George Washington Tryon was the son of Edward K. Tryon and Adeline Savidt. ...

. Second series: Pulmonata.'
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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 ...

* '' Helicopsis conopsis'' Morelet, 1876 - endemicSeddon M. B. (1996)
''Helicopsis conopsis''2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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Theba pisana ''Theba pisana'', common names the white garden snail, sand hill snail, white Italian snail, Mediterranean coastal snail, and simply just the Mediterranean snail, is an edible species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmon ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774)"Species summary for ''Theba pisana''"
AnimalBase, last modified 2 February 2011, accessed 11 May 2011.

Freshwater bivalves

Unionidae * '' Potomida littoralis'' (Cuvier, 1798) * '' Unio durieui'' (Deshayes, 1874)

References

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Freshwater gastropods

Land gastropods

Freshwater bivalves

See also

References