List of non-marine molluscs of Ethiopia

Location of Libya

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 Ethiopia.

Freshwater gastropods

Ampullariidae

• Pila speciosa

Thiaridae

• Cleopatra ferruginea
• Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]

Planorbidae

• Ancylus ashangiensis
• Ancylus regularis
• Biomphalaria barthi
• Bulinus abyssinicus (von Martens, 1866)[2]
• Bulinus hexaploidus
• Bulinus octaploidus

Lymnaeidae

• Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)[3]

Land gastropods

Freshwater bivalves

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of Sudan, Wildlife of Sudan
• List of non-marine molluscs of Djibouti, Wildlife of Djibouti
• List of non-marine molluscs of Eritrea, Wildlife of Eritrea
• List of non-marine molluscs of Somalia, Wildlife of Somalia
• List of non-marine molluscs of Kenya, Wildlife of Kenya

References

1. Albrecht, C.; Clewing, C.; Van Damme, D.; Lange, C. (2018). "Melanoides tuberculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T155675A120117210. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T155675A120117210.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Van Damme, D. (2010). "Bulinus abyssinicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T184755A8327245. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T184755A8327245.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
3. Albrecht, C.; Clewing, C.; Lange, C. (2018). "Radix natalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T165761A120112796. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T165761A120112796.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

External links

• Verdcourt B. (1985). "New taxa of Gulella L. Pfr. and Ptychotrema Mörch (Mollusca, Streptaxidae) from Eastern Africa". Journal of Conchology 32(1): 109–122. abstract.