List of non-marine molluscs of Zimbabwe

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The list of non-marine molluscs of Zimbabwe is a list of freshwater and land species that form a part of the molluscan fauna of Zimbabwe (wildlife of Zimbabwe).

Contents

Freshwater gastropods

Ampullariidae

Viviparidae

Thiaridae

Planorbidae

Lymnaeidae

Land gastropods

Succineidae

Cochlicopidae

Pupillidae

Cerastidae

Achatinidae

Euconulidae

Streptaxidae

Urocyclidae

Helicidae

Freshwater bivalves

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 G. Chingwena, S. Mukaratirwa, M. Chimbari, T. K. Kristensen & H. Madsen (2004). "Population dynamics and ecology of freshwater gastropods in the highveld and lowveld regions of Zimbabwe, with emphasis on schistosome and amphistome intermediate hosts". African Zoology 39(1): 55-62.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Brendonck L. et al. (2003). "The impact of water hyacinth ( Eichhornia crassipes ) in a eutrophic subtropical impoundment (Lake Chivero, Zimbabwe). II. Species diversity". Arch. Hydrobiol. 158(3): 389-405. PDF Archived 25 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine .
  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>. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 van Bruggen, A. C. (1967). "Miscellanous Notes on southern African Gastropoda Euthyneura (Mollusca)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 91: 1–34.
  5. 1 2 Gittenberger, E. (1981). "Cochlicopa lubricella and Helix aspersa as alien land snails (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) in Zimbabwe/Rhodesia". Basteria. 45: 71–72.
  6. 1 2 Binder, E. (1981). "Deux espèces de Gymnarion nouvelles des collections du Natal Museum (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Urocyclidae)". Annals of the Natal Museum. 24 (2): 483–486.
  7. ↑ Ben Rowson, David Herbert & E Fay Robertson (2016). "First reports of two terrestrial slugs (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata) from Southern Africa". Journal of Conchology 42(3): 11-15.


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