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List of non-marine molluscs 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.

There are 297 species of land snails in Uganda.

Planorbidae

Lymnaeidae

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

Cyclophoridae

Maizaniidae

Veronicellidae

Succineidae

Valloniidae

Truncatellidae

Vertiginidae

Cerastidae

Achatinidae

Ferussaciidae

Micractaeonidae

Subulinidae

Streptaxidae

Punctidae

Charopidae

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Helicarionidae

Euconulidae

Urocyclidae

Halolimnohelicidae


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