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The non-marine
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 Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐; ar, ุงูุตูู
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are a part of the molluscan fauna of Somalia
The wildlife of Somalia includes the flora and fauna of Somalia, which is extremely diverse due to the country's location between the temperate and the tropical zones. Somalia has a long coastline, bordered by the Indian Ocean in the east and Red ...
( wildlife of Somalia).
A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Somalia.
Freshwater gastropods
Freshwater gastropods in Somalia include: Planorbidae * '' Bulinus abyssinicus'' (von Martens, 1866)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 ...
* ''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 specie ...
'' (Krauss, 1848)
Land gastropods
Land gastropods in Somalia include:Streptaxidae
Streptaxidae is a family of carnivorous air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade
Stylommatophora. Six Streptaxidae subfamilies are accepted in the 2005 taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi.
Stre ...
* '' Somalitayloria'' Verdcourt, 1962 - endemic genusSutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of ''Diaphera'' Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
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'' 160: 1-16. .
Freshwater bivalves
Freshwater bivalves in Somalia include:See also
*List of marine molluscs of Somalia
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Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:
* List of non-marine molluscs of Djibouti
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, Wildlife of Djibouti
The wildlife of Djibouti, consisting of its flora and fauna, is in a harsh landscape with forest accounting for less than one percent of its area. Most species are found in the northern part of the country in the Day Forest National Park at an ave ...
* List of non-marine molluscs of Kenya
The non-marine molluscs of Kenya are a part of the molluscan fauna of Kenya ( wildlife of Kenya).
A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Kenya.
There are 514 species of land snails in Kenya.Wronski T. & Hausdorf B ...
, Wildlife of Kenya
The wildlife of Kenya refers to its fauna. The diversity of Kenya's wildlife has garnered international fame, especially for its populations of large mammals. Mammal species include lion (''Panthera leo''), cheetah (''Acinonyx jubatus'') hippopot ...
* List of non-marine molluscs of Yemen
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* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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, Wildlife of Yemen The wildlife of Yemen is substantial and varied. Yemen is a large country in the southern half of the Arabian Peninsula with several geographic regions, each with a diversity of plants and animals adapted to their own particular habitats. As well as ...
* List of non-marine molluscs of Ethiopia
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 Ethiopi ...
, Wildlife of Ethiopia
The richness and variety of the wildlife of Ethiopia is dictated by the great diversity of terrain with wide variations in climate, soils, natural vegetation and settlement patterns. Ethiopia contains a vast highland complex of mountains and diss ...
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Somalia, , Osmanya script: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐; ar, ุงูุตูู
ุงู, aแนฃ-แนขลซmฤl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐; ar, ุงูุตูู
ุงู, aแนฃ-แนขลซmฤl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...