List of non-marine molluscs of Egypt

The non-marine molluscs of Egypt are a part of the molluscan fauna of Egypt (wildlife of Egypt).

A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Egypt.

Freshwater gastropods

Neritidae

• Theodoxus niloticus (Reeve, 1856)

Viviparidae

• Bellamya unicolor (Olivier, 1804)

Ampullariidae

• Lanistes carinatus (Olivier, 1804)
• Pila ovata (Olivier, 1804)

Valvatidae

• Valvata nilotica Jickeli, 1874

Hydrobiidae

• Hydrobia musaensis Frauenfeld, 1855
• Ecrobia ventrosa (Montagu, 1803)

Bithyniidae

• Gabbiella senaariensis (Küster, 1852)

Melanopsidae

• Melanopsis praemorsa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Potamididae

• Potamides conicus (de Blainville, 1829)

Physidae

• Haitia acuta (Draparnaud, 1805)

Thiaridae

• Cleopatra bulimoides (Olivier, 1804)
• Cleopatra ferruginea (Lea & Lea, 1850)
• Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Planorbidae

• Africanogyrus coretus (de Blainville, 1826)
• Biomphalaria alexandrina (Ehrenberg, 1831)
• hybrid Biomphalaria glabrata × Biomphalaria alexandrina
• Biomphalaria glabrata (Say, 1818)
• Bulinus forskalii (Ehrenberg, 1831)
• Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827)
• Gyraulus costulatus (Krauss, 1848)
• Gyraulus ehrenbergi (Beck, 1837)
• Planorbella duryi (Wetherby, 1879)
• Planorbis planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Segmentorbis angustus (Jickeli, 1874)

Lymnaeidae

• Galba truncatula (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• Galba schirazensis (Küster, 1863)
• Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pseudosuccinea columella (Say, 1817)
• Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Egypt include:

Succineidae

• Succinea cleopatra Pallary, 1909

Parmacellidae

• Parmacella festae Gambetta, 1925 - northern Egypt
• Parmacella olivieri Cuvier, 1804 - northern Egypt

Subulinidae

• Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) - non-indigenous
• Rumina saharica Pallary, 1901

Cochlicellidae

• Cochlicella acuta (Muller, 1774)

Ariophantidae

• Macrochlamys indica Benson, 1832

Sphincterochilidae

• Sphincterochila boissieri (Charpentier, 1847)

Pupillidae

• Pupoides coenopictus (Hutton, 1834)

Hygromiidae

• Monacha arbustorum
• Monacha cantiana (Montagu, 1803)
• Monacha obstructa (Pfeiffer, 1842)
• Xerocrassa tanousi (Westerlund)
• Xerocrassa tuberculosa (Conrad, 1852)
• Xeropicta krynickii (Krynicki, 1833)
• Xeropicta vestalis (Pfeiffer, 1841)

Helicidae

• Cornu aspersum (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• Eobania vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• Eremina desertorum (ForskÃ¥l, 1775) - image (plate 95, figure 59)
• Eremina ehrenbergi (Roth, 1839)
• Helix pronuba Westerlund, 1879
• Theba pisana (Muller, 1774)

Hothouse aliens

"Hothouse aliens" in Egypt include:

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of Israel, Wildlife of Israel
• List of non-marine molluscs of Libya, Wildlife of Libya
• List of non-marine molluscs of Sudan, Wildlife of Sudan

References