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 [ edit ]
Thiaridae
Lymnaeidae
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Land gastropods in Tanzania include:
Assimineidae - otherwise marine or salt marsh family, the terrestrial assimineid occur in Tanzania[ 4]
Cyclophoridae
Pomatiidae
Veronicellidae
Maizaniidae
Succineidae
Valloniidae
Vertiginidae
Cerastidae
Achatinidae
Ferussaciidae
Micractaeonidae
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
Charopidae
Euconulidae
Helicarionidae
Urocyclidae
Halolimnohelicidae
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^ Tattersfield, P. (1996). "Edentulina usambarensis " . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 : e.T7033A12824066. doi :10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T7033A12824066.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021 .
^ Tattersfield, P. (1996). "Gonaxis usambarensis " . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 : e.T9314A12982039. doi :10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T9314A12982039.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021 .
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^ Tattersfield, P. (1996). "Tayloria amaniensis " . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 : e.T21553A9300852. doi :10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21553A9300852.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021 .
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^ Tattersfield, P. (1996). "Tayloria hyalinoides " . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 : e.T21555A9300912. doi :10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21555A9300912.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021 .
^ Tattersfield, P. (1996). "Sitala mazumbaiensis " . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 : e.T20272A9182383. doi :10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20272A9182383.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021 .
^ Tattersfield, P. (1996). "Elisolimax rufescens " . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 : e.T7620A12836442. doi :10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T7620A12836442.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021 .
^ Tattersfield, P. (1996). "Leptichnus bernardi " . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 : e.T11659A3300875. doi :10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T11659A3300875.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021 .
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