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

Thiaridae

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

Lymnaeidae

• Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848) ^[3]

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]

Cyclophoridae

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

Pomatiidae

• Tropidophora zanguebarica (Petit, 1850) ^[4]

Veronicellidae

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

Maizaniidae

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

Succineidae

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

Valloniidae

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

Vertiginidae

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

Cerastidae

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

Achatinidae

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

Ferussaciidae

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

Micractaeonidae

• Micractaeon koptawelilensis (Germain, 1934) ^[1]

Subulinidae

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]

Streptaxidae

• 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]

Punctidae

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

Charopidae

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

Euconulidae

• 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]

Helicarionidae

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

Urocyclidae

• 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]

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of Kenya, Wildlife of Kenya
• List of non-marine molluscs of Uganda, Wildlife of Uganda
• List of non-marine molluscs of Rwanda, Wildlife of Rwanda
• List of non-marine molluscs of Burundi, Wildlife of Burundi
• List of non-marine molluscs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wildlife of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• List of non-marine molluscs of Zambia, Wildlife of Zambia
• List of non-marine molluscs of Malawi, Wildlife of Malawi
• List of non-marine molluscs of Mozambique, Wildlife of Mozambique

oversea countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of the Seychelles
• List of non-marine molluscs of Madagascar
• List of non-marine molluscs of Mayotte

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:EACOTL]2.0.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.