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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

Neritidae

• Theodoxus niloticus (Reeve, 1856)[1][2]

Viviparidae

• Bellamya unicolor (Olivier, 1804)[1][2]

Ampullariidae

• Lanistes carinatus (Olivier, 1804)[1][2]
• Pila ovata (Olivier, 1804)[1]

Valvatidae

• Valvata nilotica Jickeli, 1874[1]

Hydrobiidae

• Hydrobia musaensis Frauenfeld, 1855[1]
• Ecrobia ventrosa (Montagu, 1803)[1]

Bithyniidae

• Gabbiella senaariensis (Küster, 1852)[1][2]

Melanopsidae

• Melanopsis praemorsa (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]

Potamididae

• Potamides conicus (de Blainville, 1829)[1]

Physidae

• Haitia acuta (Draparnaud, 1805)[1][2]

Thiaridae

• Cleopatra bulimoides (Olivier, 1804)[3][1][2]
• Cleopatra ferruginea (Lea & Lea, 1850)
• Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[4][1][2]

Planorbidae

• 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]

Lymnaeidae

• 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

Land gastropods in Egypt include:

Succineidae

• Succinea cleopatra Pallary, 1909[2]

Parmacellidae

• Parmacella festae Gambetta, 1925 - northern Egypt[7]
• Parmacella olivieri Cuvier, 1804 - northern Egypt[8]

Subulinidae

• Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) - non-indigenous[9]
• Rumina saharica Pallary, 1901[10]

Cochlicellidae

• Cochlicella acuta (Muller, 1774)[11][10]

Ariophantidae

• Macrochlamys indica Benson, 1832[11]

Sphincterochilidae

• Sphincterochila boissieri (Charpentier, 1847)[11]

Pupillidae

• Pupoides coenopictus (Hutton, 1834)[12]

Hygromiidae

• 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]

Helicidae

• 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

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Hothouse aliens

"Hothouse aliens" in Egypt include:

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See also

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

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