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List of non-marine molluscs of Uganda

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Location of Uganda
topography of Uganda

The non-marine molluscs of Uganda are the molluscan fauna of Uganda (wildlife of Uganda). Since Uganda is a land-locked country, there are no marine species present. A number of species of freshwater and land molluscs are found in the wild in Uganda.

66 native molluscs of Uganda were listed in 2010 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[1]

There are 297 species of land snails in Uganda.[2]

Freshwater gastropods

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Planorbidae

Lymnaeidae

Land gastropods

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Unidentified land gastropod from Uganda

Land gastropods in Uganda include (there is listed 168 species according to Wronski & Hausdorf B. (2010)[2] and some additional records in this list meantime):

Cyclophoridae

Maizaniidae

Veronicellidae

Succineidae

Valloniidae

Truncatellidae

Vertiginidae

Cerastidae

Achatinidae

Ferussaciidae

Micractaeonidae

Subulinidae

Streptaxidae

Punctidae

Charopidae

family ?

  • "Punctoidea species A"[2]

Helicarionidae

Euconulidae

Urocyclidae

Halolimnohelicidae

See also

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Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

References

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  1. ^ IUCN (2010). IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 13 December 2010.
  2. ^ 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 ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt du dv dw dx dy dz ea eb ec ed ee ef eg eh ei ej ek el em en eo ep eq er es et eu ev ew ex ey ez fa fb fc fd fe ff fg fh fi fj fk fl fm fn Wronski T. & Hausdorf B. (2010). "Diversity and body-size patterns of land snails in rain forests in Uganda". Journal of Molluscan Studies 76(1): 87–100. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyp048.
  3. ^ Albrecht, C.; Clewing, C.; Appleton, C.; Curtis, B.; Ghamizi, M.; Jørgensen, A.; Kristensen, T.K.; Lange, C.; Stensgaard, A.-S. (2018). "Africanogyrus coretus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T165775A120113348. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T165775A120113348.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  4. ^ Kyambadde, R. (2010). "Bulinus mutandensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T44267A10884886. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44267A10884886.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  5. ^ Albrecht, C.; Clewing, C.; Lange, C. (2018). "Radix natalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T165761A120112796. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T165761A120112796.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  6. ^ Wronski T. & Hausdorf B. (2009). "Oreohomorus apio new species from Uganda (Gastropoda: Subulinidae)". Journal of Conchology 40(1): 55–60. abstract Archived 29 December 2010 at archive.today.