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]

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. Madhyastha A. (2010). Melanoides tuberculatus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 3 December 2010.
2. Van Damme D. (2008). Bulinus abyssinicus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 June 2011.
3. Appleton C., Ghamizi M., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K., Stensgaard A-S. & Van Damme D. (2009). Lymnaea natalensis. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 4 December 2010.

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.