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[edit]
- Theodoxus niloticus (Reeve, 1856)[1][2]
- Bellamya unicolor (Olivier, 1804)[1][2]
- Lanistes carinatus (Olivier, 1804)[1][2]
- Pila ovata (Olivier, 1804)[1]
- Valvata nilotica Jickeli, 1874[1]
- Hydrobia musaensis Frauenfeld, 1855[1]
- Ecrobia ventrosa (Montagu, 1803)[1]
- Gabbiella senaariensis (Küster, 1852)[1][2]
- Melanopsis praemorsa (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
- Potamides conicus (de Blainville, 1829)[1]
- Haitia acuta (Draparnaud, 1805)[1][2]
- Cleopatra bulimoides (Olivier, 1804)[3][1][2]
- Cleopatra ferruginea (Lea & Lea, 1850)
- Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[4][1][2]
- Africanogyrus coretus (de Blainville, 1826)[1]
- Biomphalaria alexandrina (Ehrenberg, 1831)[1][2]
- hybrid Biomphalaria glabrata × Biomphalaria alexandrina[5]
- Biomphalaria glabrata (Say, 1818)[1]
- Bulinus forskalii (Ehrenberg, 1831)[1]
- Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827)[1][2]
- Gyraulus costulatus (Krauss, 1848)[1]
- Gyraulus ehrenbergi (Beck, 1837)[1][2]
- Planorbella duryi (Wetherby, 1879)[1][2]
- Planorbis planorbis (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
- Segmentorbis angustus (Jickeli, 1874)[1]
- Galba truncatula (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
- Galba schirazensis (Küster, 1863)[1]
- Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
- Pseudosuccinea columella (Say, 1817)[1]
- Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)[6][1][2]
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Land gastropods[edit]
Land gastropods in Egypt include:
- Succinea cleopatra Pallary, 1909[2]
- Parmacella festae Gambetta, 1925 - northern Egypt[7]
- Parmacella olivieri Cuvier, 1804 - northern Egypt[8]
- Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) - non-indigenous[9]
- Rumina saharica Pallary, 1901[10]
- Cochlicella acuta (Muller, 1774)[11][10]
- Macrochlamys indica Benson, 1832[11]
- Sphincterochila boissieri (Charpentier, 1847)[11]
- Pupoides coenopictus (Hutton, 1834)[12]
- Monacha arbustorum[11]
- Monacha cantiana (Montagu, 1803)[11]
- Monacha obstructa (Pfeiffer, 1842)[11]
- Xerocrassa tanousi (Westerlund)[10]
- Xerocrassa tuberculosa (Conrad, 1852)[10]
- Xeropicta krynickii (Krynicki, 1833)[10]
- Xeropicta vestalis (Pfeiffer, 1841)[11]
- Cornu aspersum (O. F. Müller, 1774)[11]
- Eobania vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[11][10]
- Eremina desertorum (Forskål, 1775)[11] - image (plate 95, figure 59)[10]
- Eremina ehrenbergi (Roth, 1839)[11]
- Helix pronuba Westerlund, 1879[10]
- Theba pisana (Muller, 1774)[11][10]
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Bivalvia[edit]
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Hothouse aliens[edit]
"Hothouse aliens" in Egypt include:
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See also[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Wael M. Lotfy & Lamiaa M Lotfy (2015). "Synopsis of the Egyptian freshwater snail fauna". Folia Malacologica 23(1): 19-40. DOI: 10.12657/folmal.023.002
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Mohamed A Hussein, Ahmad H Obuid-Allah, Amal A Mahmoud & Heba M Fangary (2016). "Population dynamics of freshwater snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) at Qena Governorate, upper Egypt Egyptian". Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, B. Zoology 3(1): 11-22.
- ^ Amany A. Tohamy & Shaimaa M. Mohamed (January) 2006. Chromosomal studies on two Egyptian freshwater snails, Cleopatra and Bithynia (Mollusca-Prosobranchiata) Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Arab J. Biotech., Vol. 9, No. (1) Jan. (2006): 17-26.
- ^ Madhyastha A. (2010). Melanoides tuberculatus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 3 December 2010.
- ^ Yousif, F.; Ibrahim, A.; Abdel Kader, A.; El-Bardicy, S. (1998). "Invasion of the Nile Valley in Egypt by a hybrid of Biomphalaria glabrata and Biomphalaria alexandrina, snail vectors of Schistosoma mansoni". Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 28 (2): 569–582. PMID 9707685.
- ^ 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>. Downloaded on 4 December 2010.
- ^ "Species summary for Parmacella festae". AnimalBase, last modified 7 June 2008, accessed 1 September 2010.
- ^ "Species summary for Parmacella olivieri". AnimalBase, last modified 7 June 2008, accessed 1 September 2010.
- ^ Mienis H. K. 2003. A new colony of Rumina saharica discovered in Israel. Tentacle No. 11—January 2003: 11-12.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Reham Fathey Ali (2017). "Contribution to the malacofauna of the north coast of Egypt". Folia Malacologica 25(2): 125-142. DOI:https://doi.org/10.12657/folmal.025.011
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Commonwealth of Australia. (April 2002) "Citrus Imports from the Arab Republic of Egypt. A Review Under Existing Import Conditions for Citrus from Israel" Archived 9 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Australia. Caption: Gastropods, p. 12 and Appendix 2.
- ^ Reham Fathey Ali & Bernhard Hausdorf (2017). "First land snail records from Gebel Elba in southeastern Egypt-at the border between the Palearctic and Ethiopian regions". Check List 13(1): 2038. doi:https://doi.org/10.15560/13.1.2038