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).

Location of Egypt
topography of Egypt

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

Freshwater gastropods

Thiaridae

Planorbidae

Lymnaeidae

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Egypt include:

Parmacellidae

Subulinidae

  • Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) - non-indigenous[7]

Cochlicellidae

Ariophantidae

Shells of Sphincterochila boissieri

Sphincterochilidae

Hygromiidae

Helicidae

Bivalvia

Hothouse aliens

"Hothouse aliens" in Egypt include:

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See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

References
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  4. 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.
  5. "Species summary for Parmacella festae". AnimalBase, last modified 7 June 2008, accessed 1 September 2010.
  6. "Species summary for Parmacella olivieri". AnimalBase, last modified 7 June 2008, accessed 1 September 2010.
  7. Mienis H. K. 2003. A new colony of Rumina saharica discovered in Israel. Tentacle No. 11—January 2003: 11-12.
  8. 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.
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