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
edit- Cleopatra ferruginea
- Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
- Ancylus ashangiensis
- Ancylus regularis
- Biomphalaria barthi
- Bulinus abyssinicus (von Martens, 1866)[2]
- Bulinus hexaploidus
- Bulinus octaploidus
- Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)[3]
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Land gastropods
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Freshwater bivalves
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See also
editLists of molluscs of surrounding countries:
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
edit- 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.