List of non-marine molluscs 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.

Freshwater gastropods

Thiaridae

• Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Lymnaeidae

• Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Tanzania include:

Assimineidae - otherwise marine or salt marsh family, the terrestrial assimineid occur in Tanzania

• "Assiminea" aurifera Preston, 1912 - previously Assimania aurifera

Cyclophoridae

• Cyathopoma azaniense Verdcourt, 1978
• Cyathopoma pembense Rowson, 2010 - endemic to Pemba Island

Pomatiidae

• Tropidophora zanguebarica (Petit, 1850)

Veronicellidae

• Laevicaulis alte (Férussac, 1821)
• Laevicaulis striatus (Simroth, 1896)
• Laevicaulis stuhlmanni (Simroth, 1895)

Maizaniidae

• Maizania elatior (Martens, 1892)
• Maizania volkensi (Martens, 1895)

Succineidae

• Quickia concisa (Morelet, 1849)

Valloniidae

• Pupisoma (Ptychopatula) dioscoricola (C. B. Adams, 1845)

Vertiginidae

• Nesopupa (Afripupa) bisulcata (Jickeli, 1873)
• Nesopupa minutalis (Morelet, 1881)
• Gastrocopta klunzingeri (Jickeli, 1873)

Cerastidae

• Edouardia metula (Martens, 1895)
• Gittenedouardia conulina (von Martens, 1869)
• Rachis punctata (Anton, 1839)
• Rhachidina braunsi (von Martens, 1869)

Achatinidae

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

Ferussaciidae

• Cecilioides callipeplum (Connolly, 1923)
• Cecilioides (Cecilioides) tribulationis (Preston, 1911)

Micractaeonidae

• Micractaeon koptawelilensis (Germain, 1934)

Subulinidae

• Allopeas gracile (Hutton, 1834)
• Curvella subvirescens (E. A. Smith, 1890)
• Kempioconcha terrulenta (Morelet, 1883)
• Opeas delicatum Taylor, 1877
• Opeas lamoense Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892
• Pseudoglessula (Kempioconcha) subolivacea agg. (E. A. Smith, 1890)
• Pseudopeas elgonense Connolly, 1923
• Pseudopeas igembiense Connolly, 1923
• Striosubulina striatella (Rang, 1831)
• Subulina intermedia Taylor, 1877
• Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1789)
• Subulina usambarica K. Pfeiffer - endemic
• Subulona ischna (Pilsbry, 1919)
• Subulona ordinaria Preston, 1910
• Subulona pinguis (Martens, 1895)

Streptaxidae

• Edentulina obesa (Taylor, 1877)
• Edentulina usambarensis Bequaert & Clench - endemic
• Gonaxis (Gonaxis) denticulatus (Dohrn, 1878)
• Gonaxis usambarensis Verdcourt - endemic
• Gonaxis vosseleri Thiele - endemic
• "Gulella" (Aenigmigulella) aenigmatica (E. A. Smith, 1890)
• Gulella baccata (Preston, 1913)
• Gulella gwendolinae (Preston, 1910)
• Gulella (Gulella) laevigata (Dohrn, 1865)
• Gulella jod (Preston, 1910)
• "Gulella" peakei van Bruggen, 1975
• Gulella planidens (von Martens, 1892)
• Gulella (Pupigulella) pupa (Thiele, 1911)
• "Gulella" radius (Preston, 1910)
• Gulella sexdentata (von Martens, 1869)
• Gulella streptostelopsis van Bruggen, 2007
• Ptychotrema (Ennea) pollonerae Preston, 1913
• Streptostele (Raffraya) acicula (Morelet, 1877)
• Streptostele (Raffraya) horei E. A. Smith, 1890
• Tayloria amaniensis Verdcourt - endemic
• Tayloria angustistriata K. Pfeiffer - endemic
• Tayloria hyalinoides Thiele - endemic
• Tayloria shimbiensis Connolly, 1923

Punctidae

• Paralaoma servilis (Shuttleworth, 1852)
• Punctum ugandanum (E. A. Smith, 1903)

Charopidae

• Trachycystis lamellifera (E. A. Smith, 1903)

Euconulidae

• Afroconulus iredalei (Preston, 1912)
• Afroguppya quadrisculpta (Connolly, 1939)
• Afroguppya rumrutiensis (Preston, 1911)
• Afropunctum seminium (Morelet, 1873)
• Microcystina minima (H. Adams, 1867)

Helicarionidae

• Kaliella barrakporensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1852)
• Sitala jenynsi (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
• Sitala mazumbaiensis Verdcourt

Urocyclidae

• Atoxon pallens Simroth, 1895
• "Dendrolimax" vangoethemi Rowson, 2010
• Elisolimax roebucki (Simroth, 1910)
• Elisolimax rufescens Simroth - endemic
• Leptichnus bernardi van Goethem - endemic
• Pembatoxon insulare van Goethem, 1975
• Thapsia curvatula von Martens, 1897
• Thapsia cf. hanningtoni (E. A. Smith, 1890)
• Thapsia insulsa Preston, 1910
• Trichotoxon heynemanni Simroth, 1888
• Trochonanina mozambicensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
• Trochozonites usambarensis Verdcourt - endemic

Halolimnohelicidae

• Halolimnohelix cf. bukobae (Martens, 1895)
• Halolimnohelix conradti von Martens - endemic

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

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. .
• 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. .
• 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. .