List of non-marine molluscs of Tanzania

Location of Tanzania

topography of Tanzania

The non-marine molluscs of Tanzania are a part of the molluscan fauna of Tanzania (wildlife of Tanzania).

A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Tanzania.

There are 417 species of land snails in Tanzania.^[1]

Freshwater gastropods

Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)^[2]

Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)^[3]

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Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Tanzania include:

Assimineidae - otherwise marine or salt marsh family, the terrestrial assimineid occur in Tanzania^[4]

"Assiminea" aurifera Preston, 1912 - previously Assimania aurifera^[4]

Cyathopoma azaniense Verdcourt, 1978^[4]
Cyathopoma pembense Rowson, 2010 - endemic to Pemba Island^[4]

Tropidophora zanguebarica (Petit, 1850)^[4]

Laevicaulis alte (Férussac, 1821)^[4]
Laevicaulis striatus (Simroth, 1896)^[1]
Laevicaulis stuhlmanni (Simroth, 1895)^[1]

Maizania elatior (Martens, 1892)^[1]
Maizania volkensi (Martens, 1895)^[1]

Quickia concisa (Morelet, 1849)^[1]^[4]

Pupisoma (Ptychopatula) dioscoricola (C. B. Adams, 1845)^[1]

Nesopupa (Afripupa) bisulcata (Jickeli, 1873)^[1]
Nesopupa minutalis (Morelet, 1881)^[4]
Gastrocopta klunzingeri (Jickeli, 1873)^[4]

Edouardia metula (Martens, 1895)^[1]
Gittenedouardia conulina (von Martens, 1869)^[4]
Rachis punctata (Anton, 1839)^[4]
Rhachidina braunsi (von Martens, 1869)^[1]^[4]

Achatina (Lissachatina) allisa Reeve, 1849^[4]
Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica hamillei Petit, 1859^[4]
Limicolaria martensiana (E. A. Smith, 1880)^[1]

Cecilioides callipeplum (Connolly, 1923)^[4]
Cecilioides (Cecilioides) tribulationis (Preston, 1911)^[1]

Micractaeonidae

Micractaeon koptawelilensis (Germain, 1934)^[1]

Subulina octona

Allopeas gracile (Hutton, 1834)^[4]
Curvella subvirescens (E. A. Smith, 1890)^[4]
Kempioconcha terrulenta (Morelet, 1883)^[1]
Opeas delicatum Taylor, 1877^[4]
Opeas lamoense Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892^[4]
Pseudoglessula (Kempioconcha) subolivacea agg. (E. A. Smith, 1890)^[4]
Pseudopeas elgonense Connolly, 1923^[1]
Pseudopeas igembiense Connolly, 1923^[4]
Striosubulina striatella (Rang, 1831)^[4]
Subulina intermedia Taylor, 1877^[4]
Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1789)^[4]
Subulina usambarica K. Pfeiffer - endemic^[5]
Subulona ischna (Pilsbry, 1919)^[1]
Subulona ordinaria Preston, 1910^[4]
Subulona pinguis (Martens, 1895)^[1]

Edentulina obesa (Taylor, 1877)^[4]
Edentulina usambarensis Bequaert & Clench - endemic^[6]
Gonaxis (Gonaxis) denticulatus (Dohrn, 1878)^[4]
Gonaxis usambarensis Verdcourt - endemic^[7]
Gonaxis vosseleri Thiele - endemic^[8]
"Gulella" (Aenigmigulella) aenigmatica (E. A. Smith, 1890)^[4]
Gulella baccata (Preston, 1913)^[4]
Gulella gwendolinae (Preston, 1910)^[4]
Gulella (Gulella) laevigata (Dohrn, 1865)^[1]
Gulella jod (Preston, 1910)^[4]
"Gulella" peakei van Bruggen, 1975^[4]
Gulella planidens (von Martens, 1892)^[4]
Gulella (Pupigulella) pupa (Thiele, 1911)^[1]
"Gulella" radius (Preston, 1910)^[4]
Gulella sexdentata (von Martens, 1869)^[4]
Gulella streptostelopsis van Bruggen, 2007^[4]
Ptychotrema (Ennea) pollonerae Preston, 1913^[1]
Streptostele (Raffraya) acicula (Morelet, 1877)^[4]
Streptostele (Raffraya) horei E. A. Smith, 1890^[1]
Tayloria amaniensis Verdcourt - endemic^[9]
Tayloria angustistriata K. Pfeiffer - endemic^[10]
Tayloria hyalinoides Thiele - endemic^[11]
Tayloria shimbiensis Connolly, 1923^[4]

Paralaoma servilis (Shuttleworth, 1852)^[1]
Punctum ugandanum (E. A. Smith, 1903)^[1]

Trachycystis lamellifera (E. A. Smith, 1903)^[1]

Afroconulus iredalei (Preston, 1912)^[1]
Afroguppya quadrisculpta (Connolly, 1939)^[4]
Afroguppya rumrutiensis (Preston, 1911)^[1]
Afropunctum seminium (Morelet, 1873)^[1]^[4]
Microcystina minima (H. Adams, 1867)^[4]

Kaliella barrakporensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1852)^[1]^[4]
Sitala jenynsi (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)^[4]
Sitala mazumbaiensis Verdcourt^[12]

Atoxon pallens Simroth, 1895^[1]
"Dendrolimax" vangoethemi Rowson, 2010^[4]
Elisolimax roebucki (Simroth, 1910)^[4]
Elisolimax rufescens Simroth - endemic^[13]
Leptichnus bernardi van Goethem - endemic^[14]
Pembatoxon insulare van Goethem, 1975^[4]
Thapsia curvatula von Martens, 1897^[4]
Thapsia cf. hanningtoni (E. A. Smith, 1890)^[1]
Thapsia insulsa Preston, 1910^[4]
Trichotoxon heynemanni Simroth, 1888^[1]^[4]
Trochonanina mozambicensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)^[4]
Trochozonites usambarensis Verdcourt - endemic^[15]

Halolimnohelicidae

Halolimnohelix cf. bukobae (Martens, 1895)^[1]
Halolimnohelix conradti von Martens - endemic^[16]

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See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

oversea countries:

References

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External links

Emberton K. C., Pearce T. A., Kasigwa P. F., Tattersfield P. & Habibu Z. (1997). "High diversity and regional endemism in land snails of eastern Tanzania". Biodiversity and Conservation 6(8): 1123–1136. doi:10.1023/A:1018384101789.
Tattersfield P., Seddon M. B., Meena C., Kayumbo N. & Kasigwa P. (1998). "Ecology and Conservation of the Land-Snails of the Eastern Arc Mountains". Journal of East African Natural History 87(1): 119–138. doi:10.2982/0012-8317(1998)87[119:EACOTL2.0.CO;2].
Tattersfield P., Seddon M. B., Ngereza C. & Rowson B. (2006). "Elevational variation in diversity and composition of land-snail faunas in a Tanzanian forest". African Journal of Ecology 44(1): 47–60. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00612.x.