The list of 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 ...

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Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...

is a list of freshwater and land

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

that form a part of the molluscan

fauna of Mozambique The wildlife of Mozambique consists of the flora and fauna of this country in southeastern Africa. Mozambique has a range of different habitat types and an ecologically rich and diverse wildlife. This includes 236 species of mammal, 740 species o ...

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wildlife of Mozambique The wildlife of Mozambique consists of the flora and fauna of this country in southeastern Africa. Mozambique has a range of different habitat types and an ecologically rich and diverse wildlife. This includes 236 species of mammal, 740 species ...

). 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 Cabo Delgado is the northernmost province of Mozambique. It has an area of and a population of 2,320,261 (2017). As well as bordering Mtwara Region in the neighboring country of Tanzania, it borders the provinces of Nampula and Niassa. The r ...

, north-eastern corner of Mozambique, 28 species of terrestrial gastropods from

Gorongosa National Park Gorongosa National Park is at the southern end of the Great African Rift Valley in the heart of central Mozambique, Southeast Africa. The more than park comprises the valley floor and parts of surrounding plateaus. Rivers originating on nearby M ...

including its surroundings.

Freshwater gastropods

Neritidae Neritidae, common name the nerites, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized saltwater and freshwater snails which have a gill and a distinctive operculum. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neritininae Poey, 1852. Accessed through: ...

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Neritina natalensis ''Vittina natalensis'', common name spotted nerite, is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Vittina natalensis (Reeve, ...

'' Reeve, 1855

Paludomidae Paludomidae, common name paludomids, is a family of freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha. Distribution The distribution of the Paludomidae includes Asia and Africa. Taxonomy The following three subfamilies h ...

* '' Cleopatra ferruginea'' (I. & H. C. Lea, 1850) * '' Cleopatra hemmingi'' (Verdcourt, 1956) * '' Cleopatra nsendweensis'' Dupuis & Putzeys, 1902 – uncertain presence

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 ...

* '' Bellamya capillata'' (Frauenfeld, 1865) * ''

Bellamya jeffreysi ''Bellamya jeffreysi'' is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae. This species is found in Malawi and Mozambique, in Lake Malawi. Its natural habitat is fresh ...

'' (Frauenfeld, 1865) * '' Bellamya robertsoni'' Frauenfeld, 1865

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 Ma ...

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Gabbiella kisalensis ''Gabbiella'' is an East African genus of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Bithyniidae Bithyniidae is a family of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod ...

'' (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927)

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 instea ...

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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. Unl ...

'' (de Blainville, 1826) * ''

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-breathin ...

'' (Krauss, 1848) * ''

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 (Ehr ...

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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 ...

'' (Morelet, 1866) * ''

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 Kwazul ...

'' (Küster, 1841) * ''

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- ...

'' Mandahl-Barth, 1954 * ''

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. Kr ...

'' (Krauss, 1848) * '' Burnupia caffra'' (Krauss, 1848) * '' Ceratophallus natalensis'' (Krauss, 1848) * ''

Ferrissia junodi ''Ferrissia'' is a genus of small, air-breathing freshwater limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies. Species Species within the genus ''Ferrissia'' include: * '' Ferrissia baconi'' ( ...

'' Connolly, 1925 * '' Gyraulus costulatus'' (Krauss, 1848) * ''

Lentorbis carringtoni ''Lentorbis carringtoni'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails. Distribution Distribution of ''Lentorbis carringtoni'' include Malawi, Mozambique ...

'' (de Azevedo et al., 1961) * ''

Lentorbis junodi ''Lentorbis'' is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, ...

'' (Connolly, 1922) * '' Segmentorbis angustus'' (Jickeli, 1874) * '' Segmentorbis kanisaensis'' (Preston, 1914) Assimineidae * '' Assiminea bifasciata'' Nevill, 1880 * '' Eussoia leptodonta'' Nevill, 1881 – freshwater or marine species

Ellobiidae Ellobiidae, common name the hollow-shelled snails, is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata.Bouchet, P. (2012). Ellobiidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spe ...

* '' Cassidula labrella'' (Deshayes, 1830) Melanoides tuberculatus 2

Thiaridae Thiaridae, common name thiarids or trumpet snails, is a family of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cerithioidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Thiaridae Gill, 1871 (1823). Ac ...

* '' Melanoides nodicincta'' (Dohrn, 1865) * '' Melanoides nyassana'' (Smith, 1877) * '' Melanoides pergracilis'' (Von Martens, 1897) * ''

Melanoides tuberculata The red-rimmed melania (''Melanoides tuberculata''), also known as Malayan livebearing snails or Malayan/Malaysian trumpet snails (often abbreviated to MTS) by aquarists, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, a parthenogenetic, a ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * '' Melanoides victoriae'' (Dorhn, 1865) Lanistes ovum shell

Ampullariidae Ampullariidae, commonly known as the apple snails, is a family of large freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks with a gill and an operculum. These snails simultaneously have a gill and a lung as functional respiratory structures ...

* '' Pila ovata'' (Olivier, 1808) * '' Lanistes ellipticus'' Martens, 1866 * '' Lanistes nasutus'' Mandahl-Barth, 1972 * '' Lanistes nyassanus'' Dohrn, 1865 * ''

Lanistes ovum ''Lanistes ovum'' is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum (gastropod), operculum, an African apple snail, an aquatic animal, aquatic gastropod Mollusc, mollusk in the family (biology), family Ampullariidae. The shell coiling in this ...

'' Peters, 1845 * '' Lanistes solidus'' Smith, 1877

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 superf ...

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Radix natalensis ''Radix natalensis'' is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae. This species occurs widely in Africa. It is a major intermediate host for '' Fasciola gigantica'' in Africa. Placement of this s ...

'' (Krauss, 1848)

Land gastropods

Pomatiidae The family Pomatiidae is a taxonomic family of small operculate land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that can be found over the warmer parts of the Old World. In the older literature, this family is designated as Pomatiasidae. This famil ...

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Tropidophora anceps ''Tropidophora'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.Rowson B., Warren B. H. & Ngereza C. F. (2010). "Terrestrial molluscs of Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, and its status as an ...

'' (Von Martens, 1878) * ''

Tropidophora insularis ''Tropidophora'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.Rowson B., Warren B. H. & Ngereza C. F. (2010). "Terrestrial molluscs of Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, and its status as ...

'' (Pfeiffer, 1852) / '' Tropidophora transvaalensis'' (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895) * ''

Tropidophora ligata ''Tropidophora'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.Rowson B., Warren B. H. & Ngereza C. F. (2010). "Terrestrial molluscs of Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, and its status as an ...

'' (Müller, 1774) Succineidae * ''

Oxyloma patentissima ''Oxyloma patentissima'' is a species of land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Succineidae, the amber snails. van Bruggen A. C. & Appleton C. C. (1977). "Studies on the ecology and systematics of the terrestrial ...

'' (Pfeiffer, 1853) van Bruggen A. C. & Appleton C. C. (1977). "Studies on the ecology and systematics of the terrestrial molluscs of the lake

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area of Zululand, South Africa". ''

Zoologische Verhandelingen ''Zoologische Verhandelingen'' was a Dutch scientific journal covering research in zoology. It was published between 1948 and 2002 by the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie in Leiden Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) ...

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Cerastidae Cerastidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Stylommatophora.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cerastidae Wenz, 1923. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http ...

* '' Rachis jejuna'' (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893) * ''

Rachis In biology, a rachis (from the grc, ῥάχις [], "backbone, spine") is a main axis or "shaft". In zoology and microbiology In vertebrates, ''rachis'' can refer to the series of articulated vertebrae, which encase the spinal cord. In this c ...

'' sp. * '' Rhachistia sticta'' (Von Martens, 1859)

Achatinidae Achatinidae (New Latin, from Greek "''agate''") is a family of medium to large sized tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks from Africa. Well known species include ''Achatina achatina'' the Giant African Snail, and ''Lis ...

* '' Achatina vassei'' Germain, 1918 * ''

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'' Lamarck, 1822 * ''Achatina cf. craveni'' E.A. Smith, 1881

Subulinidae Subulininae is a subfamily of small tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae. Distribution Worldwide.

* '' Homorus manueli'' Preston, 1910 * '' Curvella nyasana'' E. A. Smith, 1899 * '' Curvella whytei'' E.A. Smith, 1899 * ''

Pseudoglessula boivini ''Pseudoglessula'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae. Species Species within the genus ''Pseudoglessula'' include: * ''Pseudoglessula acutissim ...

'' (Morelet, 1860) * '' Pseudoglessula cressyi'' Connolly, 1925 * '' Pseudoglessula kirki'' (Dohrn, 1865) Streptaxidae * ''

Gonaxis cressyi ''Gonaxis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastr opod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonaxis J. W. Taylor, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...

'' Connolly, 1922 * '' Gonaxis elongatus'' (Fulton, 1899) * '' Gonaxis gwandaensis'' (Preston, 1912) * '' Streptostele inconspicua'' Van Bruggen, 1964 * ''

Gulella lawrencei ''Gulella'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Gulella L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...

'' Van Bruggen, 1964 * '' Gulella sexdentata'' (Von Martens, 1869)

Charopidae Charopidae is a taxonomic family of small air-breathing land snails (and semi-slugs such as ''Otoconcha dimidiata''), terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Charopidae Hutt ...

* '' Trachycystis sylvicola'' Van Bruggen & Verdcourt, 1965

Helicarionidae Helicarionidae is a family of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea. Distribution The distribution of Helicarionidae includes the eastern Palearctic, Malagasy, In ...

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Sitala jenynsi ''Sitala'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Durgellinae of the family Helicarionidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Sitala H. Adams, 1865. Accessed ...

'' (Pfeiffer, 1845)

Urocyclidae Urocyclidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, semi-slugs and land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea, (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Some spec ...

* '' Atoxon'' sp. * '' Zingis brunneofasciata'' Verdcourt, 1961 * '' Trochonanina bloyeti'' Bourguignat, 1889 * '' Trochonanina elatior'' (Von Martens, 1866) * '' Trochonanina mozambicensis'' (Pfeiffer, 1855)

Bivalves

Unionidae The Unionidae are a family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionida, the bivalve molluscs sometimes known as river mussels, or simply as unionids. The range of distribution for this family is world-wide. It is at its most diverse ...

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'' Krauss, 1848 * '' Coelatura hypsiprymna'' (Haas, 1936) * '' Coelatura mossambicensis'' (von Martens, 1860)

Iridinidae Iridinidae is a family of medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the order Unionida Unionida is a monophyletic order of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs.Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). ''Classif ...

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Mutelidae Iridinidae is a family of medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the order Unionida Unionida is a monophyletic order of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs.Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). ''Classif ...

) * '' Chambardia petersii'' (Martens, 1860) * '' Chambardia wahlbergi'' (Krauss, 1848)

Corbiculidae The Corbiculidae are a family of clams in the mollusc order Venerida. They are known commonly as basket clams. The family name comes from the root ''corbus'' ("basket"), and was inspired by the concentric ribbing of the shells.Glaubrecht, M., et ...

* '' Corbicula astartina'' von Martens, 1860

Sphaeriidae Sphaeriidae is a family of small to minute freshwater bivalve molluscs in the order Sphaeriida. In the US, they are commonly known as pea clams or fingernail clams. Heard, William H. 1977. Reproduction of fingernail clams (Sphaeriidae: ''Sphae ...

* '' Pisidium pirothi'' Jickeli, 1881Appleton C., Ghamizi M., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K., Lange C., Stensgaard A-S. & Van Damme D. (2009)
''Pisidium pirothi''
In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. . Retrieved 3 December 2010.

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Zoologische Mededelingen ''Zoologische Mededelingen'' was a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal publishing papers and monographs on animal systematics. The publisher was the National Museum of Natural History Naturalis in the Netherlands. The first issue appeared ...

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Bivalves

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