List of marine molluscs of Mozambique

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The list of marine molluscs of Mozambique is a list of saltwater species that form a part of the molluscan . This list does not include the land or freshwater molluscs.

Map of the Southern African coastline showing some of the landmarks referred to in species range statements


Gastropoda[]

Gastropods in Mozambique include:

Patellogastropoda[]

Patellidae - True limpets

  • (Gmelin, 1791)[1](Port Alfred to Kenya)[2] (syn. Cellana capensis Gmelin, Helcioniscus capensis (Gmelin, 1790), Patella capensis Gmelin, 1791)
  • Variable limpet Helcion concolor Krauss, 1848 (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)[2]
  • Patella flexuosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mzambique)[3] (syn. Scutellastra flexuosa)
  • Patella pica Reeve, 1854 (Zululand to Mozambique)[2] (syn. Scutellastra pica)

Vetigastropoda[]

Pleurotomariidae

Haliotidae - Abalone

Fissurellidae - Keyhole limpets

  • Amblychilepas dubia (Reeve, 1849) (KwaZulu-Natal south coast to southern Mozambique)[4]
  • Diodora calyculata (Krauss, 1848) (Port Alfred to southern Mozambique)[4]
  • Diodora crucifera (Pilsbry, 1890) (Port Alfred to northern Indian Ocean)[4]
  • Diodora natalensis ((Krauss, 1848) (Port Alfred to Mozambique)[2] (syn. Fissurella natalensis Krauss, 1848)
  • Emarginula sibogae (Schepman, 1908) (KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[3] but genus given in this reference as Emarginella. Corrected using http://www.marinespecies.org/
  • Macroschisma africana Tomlin, 1932 (Western Transkei to Mozambique)[4]
  • Scutus unguis (Linne, 1758) (East London to KwaZulu-Natal and tropical Indo-Pacific)[4]

Trochidae

Turbinidae - Turban shells

Phasianellidae

  • Pheasant shell Tricolia capensis (Dunker, 1846) (Namibia to Mozambique)[2](syn. Phasianella capensis Dunker, 1846)
  • Tricolia neritina (Dunker, 1846) (Namibia to Mozambique)[2](syn. Phasianella neritina Dunker, 1846)
  • Tricolia retrolineata Nangammbi & Herbert, 2008 - southern Mozambique[5]

Neritimorpha[]

Neritidae - Nerites

Caenogastropoda[]

Hipponicidae - Hoof limpets

Littorinidae

  • Striped periwinkle (Philippi, 1846) (Transkei to Mozambique)[2] (Syn. Littorina kraussi Rosewater, 1970, Littorina glabrata Philippi, 1846)
  • Estuarine periwinkles Littoraria scabra group. (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)[2]
  • Nodular periwinkle Philippi, 1847 (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)[2]


Assimineidae

  • Krauss, 1848 (Knysna to Mozambique)[2]

Vermetidae - Worm shells

  • Colonial worm shell Dendropoma corallinaceus (Tomlin, 1939) (Orange river to Transkei)[2] (Keen & Morton listed as authors by WoRMS) (syn. Vermetus (Stoa) corallinaceus Tomlin, 1939)

Turritellidae

Potamididae

Cerithiidae

Xenophoridae

Cypraeidae - True cowries

  • Ring cowrie Cypraea annulus Linnaeus, 1758 (Algoa Bay to Mozambique)[6]
  • Arabic cowrie Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758 (Algoa Bay to Mozambique)[6]
  • Reeve, 1857 (Cape St Blaize and north/east)[6] (syn. Erronea barclayi (Cape St Blaize to Mozambique))[3]
  • Cypraea broderipii Sowerby II, 1832 (Port Edward and north)[6] (syn. Lyncina broderipii (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))[3]
  • Snake's head cowrie Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758 (Still Bay to Mozambique)[2][6]
  • Carnelian cowrie Cypraea carneola Linnaeus, 1758 (Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique)[2][6]
  • Orange cowrie Cypraea citrina Gray, 1825 (Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique)[2][6]
  • Cypraea cribraria Linnaeus, 1758 (Jeffreys Bay and Mozambique)[6] (syn. Cribraria cribraria comma)[3]
  • Eroded cowrie Cypraea erosa Linnaeus, 1758 (Knysna estuary to Mozambique)[2][6]
  • Kitten cowrie Cypraea felina Gmelin, 1791 (Port Alfred to Mozambique)[2][6]
  • Cypraea fultoni Sowerby III, 1903 (Haga Haga and north)[6] (Sub-species Barycypraea fultoni amorimi and Barycypraea fultoni massiera(both Mozambique))[3]
  • Honey cowrie Cypraea helvola Linnaeus, 1758 (Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique)[2][6]
  • Cypraea isabella Linnaeus, 1758 (Coffee Bay and north)[6] (syn. Luria isabella (Wild Coast to Mozambique))[3]
  • Cypraea mappa Linnaeus, 1758 (Park Rynie)[6] (syn. Leporicypraea mappa (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))[3]
  • Cypraea marginalis Dillwyn, 1827 (Jeffreys Bay and north)[6] (syn. Erosaria marginalis (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))[3]
  • Money cowrie Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758 (Transkei to Mozambique)[2] (Durban and north)[6]
  • Cypraea nucleus Linnaeus, 1758 (Scottburgh and north)[6] (syn. Staphylaea nucleus (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))[3]
  • Cypraea owenii Sowerby II, 1837 (Coffee Bay and north)[6] (syn. Bistolida owenii vasta (Wild Coast to Mozambique))[3]
  • Cypraea scurra Gmelin, 1791 (Scottburgh and north)[6] (syn. Mauritia scurra (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))[3]
  • Stippled cowrie Cypraea staphylaea Linnaeus, 1758 (Mngazana to Mozambique)[2][6]
  • Cypraea stolida Linnaeus, 1758 (Scottburgh and north)[6] (syn. Bistolida stolida diauges (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))[3]
  • Cypraea talpa Linnaeus, 1758 (Park Rynie and north)[6] (syn. Talparia talpa (Northern Wild Coast to Mozambique))[3]
  • Tiger cowrie Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758 (Transkei to Mozambique)[2] (Algoa Bay and north)[6]
  • (Linnaeus, 1758) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))[3]
  • (Gmelin, 1791) (Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique))[3]
  • (Lamarck, 1810) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))[3]

Ovulidae

Velutinidae

Triviidae - Trivia

  • Tear drops or Riceys Trivia pellucidula Gaskoin, 1846 (Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique)[2][6]

Naticidae - Necklace shells

  • (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3]
  • (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1852) (Mozambique)[3]
  • Natica arachnoidea (Gmelin, 1791) (Mozambique)[3]
  • (Roding, 1798) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3]
  • Naticarius alapapilionis (Roding, 1798) (northern Wild Coast to Mozambique)[3]
  • (Josseaume, 1874) (northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[3]
  • Naticarius onca (Roding, 1798) (northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[3]
  • (Linnaeus, 1758) (Durban to Mozambique)[3]
  • (Link, 1807) (KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[3]
  • Comma necklace shell Notocochlis gualteriana Récluz, 1844. (Syn. Natica gualteriana) (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)[2]
  • Moon shell Polinices didyma Röding, 1798 (Mossel Bay to Mozambique)[2]
  • Polinices mammilla Linnaeus 1758 (Transkei to Mozambique)[2]
  • Bozzetti, 1997 (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3]
  • Polinices priamus (Recluz, 1844) (Mozambique)[3]
  • (Recluz, 1844) (KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[3]
  • Polinices simiae (Deshayes, 1838) (Wild Coast to Mozambique)[3]
  • (Kilburn, 1976) (KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[3]
  • (Recluz, 1843) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3]
  • (Linnaeus, 1758) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3]
  • Sinum laevigatum (Lamarck, 1822) (Durban to Mozambique)[3]
  • Kilburn, 1976 (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[3]
  • Tanea euzona (Recluz, 1844) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3]
  • (Sowerby, 1914) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3]
  • Tectonatica violacea (Sowerby, 1825) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3]

Tonnidae - Cassinae - Helmet shells

  • (Linnaeus, 1758) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3]
  • Casmaria ponderosa (Gmelin, 1791) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3]
  • Cassis cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3]
  • (Kilburn, 1975) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3]
  • Oocorys sulcata Fischer, 1883 (eastern seaboard of South Africa and Mozambique)[3]
  • Checkerboard bonnet shell Phalium areola (Linnaeus, 1758) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3]
  • (Gmelin, 1791) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3]
  • Phalium glaucum (Linnaeus, 1758) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3]
  • Semicassis bisulcata (Schubert & Wagner, 1829) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3]
  • (Kilburn, 1975) (Central KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3]
  • (Euthyme, 1885) (Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique)[3]
  • (Jousseaume, 1888) (Kwazulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3]
  • (von Martens, 1903) (Central Kwazulu-Natal to Mozambique)[3]

Janthinidae - Violet shells

  • Bubble raft shell or Violet snail Janthina janthina Linnaeus, 1758 (Cape Columbine to Mozambique)[2]

Bursidae

Ranellidae

  • Pink lady Euthyme, 1889 (Cape Point to Mozambique)[2]
  • Furry ridged triton Adams A. 1855 (Namibia to southern Mozambique)[2]

Muricidae

  • Branched murex Chicoreus inflatus Lamarck, 1822. (Syn. Chicoreus ramosus) (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[2]
  • Mulberry shell Morula granulata Duclos, 1832 (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)[2]
  • Short-spined murex Murex brevispina Lamarck, 1822 (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[2]
  • Salmon lipped whelk Purpura persica Linnaeus, 1758 (Syn. Purpura panama) (Transkei to Mozambique)[2]
  • Lamarck 1822 (Transkei to Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Röding, 1798. (Syn. Mancinella alouina) (Transkei to Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Thais savignyi Deshayes, 1844 (Zululand to Indo-Pacific)[2]

Mitridae - Mitres

  • Mitra litterata Lamarck, 1811 (West Transkei to Mozambique)[2]

Strombidae - Strombs

  • Roding, 1798 (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[3]
  • (Link, 1807) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[3]
  • Lambis digitata (Perry, 1811) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[3]
  • Lambis lambis(Linnaeus, 1758) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3]
  • Lambis scorpius indomarisAbbott, 1961 (Mozambique)[3]
  • (Lightfoot, 1768) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[3]
  • Variable stromb Strombus mutabilis Swainson, 1821 (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)[2]
  • Abbott, 1967 (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3]

Nassariidae

Dogwhelks

  • Shielded dogwhelk Nassarius arcularius plicatus (Röding, P.F., 1798) (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[2]
  • Tick shell Nassarius kraussianus (Dunker, R.W., 1846) (Namaqualand to Mozambique)[2]

Plough shells

Olividae - Olive shells

Conidae - Cone shells

Heterobranchia[]

Architectonicidae

  • Variegated sundial shell (Gmelin, 1791) (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)[2]

Siphonariidae - False limpets

  • Smith, 1903 (Zululand to Mozambique)[2]
  • Smith, 1903 (Durban to Mozambique)[2]

Hydatinidae

  • Polka-dot bubble shell Micromelo undata (Brughiere, 1792) (Transkei to Mozambique)[2][7]
  • Striped bubble shell Hydatina physis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)[2][7]

Philinidae

  • Sand slug (Linnaeus, 1767) (Cape Columbine to Mozambique)[2][7][8]

Anaspidea[]

Aplysiidae

Notaspidea[]

Pleurobranchidae

Nudibranchia - Nudibranchs[]

Hexabranchidae

  • Spanish dancer Hexabranchus sanguineus (Ruppell and Leuckart, 1828) (KwaZulu-Natal south coast to Mozambique)[2][7]

Bivalvia[]

Bivalves in Mozambique include:

Mytilidae - Mussels

Perna perna

Arcidae - Ark clams

  • Lam? (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique)[2]
  • Oblique ark shell (Cape Columbine to Mozambique)[2]

Noetiidae

  • (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique)[2]

Pinnidae - Pen shells

  • (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique)[2]

Gryphaeidae

  • (Transkei to Mozambique)[2]

Ostreidae - True oysters

  • Natal rock oyster (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique)[2] (syn. Crassostrea cucculata)
  • Cape rock oyster (Cape Point to Mozambique)[2]

Anomiidae - Saddle oysters

  • Saddle oyster (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique)[2]

Pteriidae - Pearl oysters

  • Cape pearl oyster (Capr Agulhas to Mozambique)[2]

Pectinidae - Scallops

  • Dwarf fan shell (Cape Columbine to Mozambique)[2]

Cardiidae - Cockles

  • Cockle (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[2]
  • (Eastern Transkei to Mozambique)[2]

Tridacnidae - Giant clams

Mactridae - Trough shells

  • Smooth trough shell (Cape Columbine to Mozambique)[2]

Carditidae

  • Rectangular false cockle (Mossel Bay to Mozambique)[2]

Solenidae

  • (Transkei to Mozambique)[2]

Lucinidae

  • Smooth platter shell Philippi 1848 (Mossel Bay to Mozambique)[2]

Unionidae

  • Toothless platter shell Linnaeus 1758 (Mossel Bay to Mozambique)[2]

Lasaeidae

  • Dwarf rusty clam (Cape Point to Mozambique)Gmelin 1791[2]

Tellinidae

  • Littoral tellin (Mossel Bay to Mozambique)[2]

Teredinidae

  • Shipworm (Mossel Bay to Mozambique)[2]

Donacidae - Wedge shells

  • (East London to Mozambique)[2]
  • Round ended wedge shell (Cape Point to Mozambique)[2]
  • Slippery wedge shell (Port Alfred to Mozambique)[2]
  • Ridged wedge shell (Transkei to Mozambique)[2]

Psammobiidae - Sunset clams

  • Sunset clam (Transkei to Mozambique)[2]

Veneridae - Venus shells

  • (Mossel Bay to Mozambique)[2]
  • Beaked clam (Mossel Bay to Mozambique)[2]
  • Ribbed venus (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique)[2]
  • (only recorded from Mozambique)[2]
  • Zigzag clam (Cape Point to Mozambique)[2]
  • (Transkei to Mozambique)[2]
  • Warty venus Venus verrucosa(Namibia to Mozambique)[2]

Polyplacophora[]

Chitons (Polyplacophora) in Mozambique include:

Ischnochitonidae

Chitonidae

Cephalopoda[]

Cephalopods in Mozambique include:

Teuthida - Squid

Loliginidae

Sepiida - Cuttlefish

Sepiidae

Spirulida - Ram's horn squid

Spirulidae

  • Ram's horn shell Spirula spirula Linnaeus 1758 (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)[2]

See also[]

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

References[]

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