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The non-marine molluscs of Ethiopia are a part of the molluscan fauna of Ethiopia (wildlife of Ethiopia). Ethiopia is an inland country, so there are no marine molluscs.

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

Freshwater gastropods

Ampullariidae

• Pila speciosa

Thiaridae

• Cleopatra ferruginea
• Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]

Planorbidae

• Ancylus ashangiensis
• Ancylus regularis
• Biomphalaria barthi
• Bulinus abyssinicus (von Martens, 1866)[2]
• Bulinus hexaploidus
• Bulinus octaploidus

Lymnaeidae

• Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)[3]

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Land gastropods

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Freshwater bivalves

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See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of Sudan, Wildlife of Sudan
• List of non-marine molluscs of Djibouti, Wildlife of Djibouti
• List of non-marine molluscs of Eritrea, Wildlife of Eritrea
• List of non-marine molluscs of Somalia, Wildlife of Somalia
• List of non-marine molluscs of Kenya, Wildlife of Kenya

References

External links

• Verdcourt B. (1985). "New taxa of Gulella L. Pfr. and Ptychotrema Mörch (Mollusca, Streptaxidae) from Eastern Africa". Journal of Conchology 32(1): 109–122. abstract.

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