List of marine molluscs of Angola
Location of Angola
The list of marine molluscs of Angola is a list of marine species that form a part of the molluscan fauna of Angola. This list does not include the land or freshwater molluscs.
Gastropoda
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Architectonica perspectiva
Various shells of Calyptraea chinensis
Drawing of the shell of Conus ambiguus
Janthina janthina
Apertural (right) and abapertural (left) views of a shell of Marginella glabella
A shell of Tonna galea
Drawing of a shell of Cymbium olla
Families and species of marine gastropods of the Angolan fauna include:[1]
- Family Acteonidae
- Family Architectonicidae
- Architectonica perspectiva
- Architectonica granulatum
- Family Buccinidae
- Family Bullidae
- Bulla striata
- Bulla adansoni
- Family Bursidae
- Family Calyptraeidae
- Calyptraea chinensis
- Calyptraea trochiformis
- Crepidula porcellana
- Family Cancellariidae
- Bivetiella similis
- Cancellaria cancellata
- Family Cassidae
- Family Cerithiidae
- Family Columbellidae
- Family Conidae
- Conus adamsonii
- Conus ambiguus
- Conus ermineus
- Conus genuanus
- Conus mediterraneus
- Conus mercator
- Conus pulcher
- Conus striatellus
- Conus zebra
- Genota mitraeformis
- Glyphostoma candida
- Family Cypraeidae
- Cypraea lurida
- Cypraea picta
- Cypraea pyrum
- Cypraea rattus
- Cypraea sanguinolenta
- Cypraea stercoraria
- Family Fasciolariidae
- Family Fissurellidae
- Fissurella coarctata
- Fissurella nubercula
- Fissurella tarnieri
- Diodora menkeana
- Family Harpidae
- Family Janthinidae
- Family Littorinidae
- Littorina cingulifera
- Littorina punctata
- Littorina angulifera
- Family Marginellidae
- Family Melongenidae
- Family Mitridae
- Family Muricidae
- Bolinus cornutus
- Hexaplex fulvescens
- Hexaplex varius
- Hexaplex duplex duplex
- Purpurellus pinniger
- Stramonita haemastoma
- Thais coronata
- Thais forbesi
- Family Nassariidae
- Family Neritidae
- Family Naticidae
- Natica adansoni
- Natica collaria
- Natica cruentata
- Natica flammulata
- Natica fulminea
- Natica fusca
- Natica gruveli
- Natica marochiensis
- Natica michaelis
- Natica rocquignyi
- Natica turtoni
- Natica variabilis
- Natica vittata
- Polinices lacteus
- Polinices grossularia
- Sigaretus concavus
- Sigaretus bifasciatus
- Family Olividae
- Family Patellidae
- Family Pyramidellidae
- Family Ranellidae
- Cymatium (Septa) trigonum
- Distortrix ridens
- Family Terebridae
- Family Tonnidae
- Family Trochidae
- Gibbula magus
- Clanculus villanus
- Clanculus guineensis
- Clanculus granoliratus
- Family Turridae
- Clavatula muricata
- Clavatula rubrifasciata
- Clavatula spirata
- Perrona lineata
- Turris pluteata
- Turris undatiruga
- Family Turritellidae
- Turritella britanica
- Turritella bicingulata
- Turritella praetermissa
- Family Volutidae
- Family Xenophoridae
Bivalvia
Families and species of marine bivalves of the Angolan fauna include:[1]
A shell of Petricola pholadiformis
- Family Anomiidae
- Anomia ephippium
- Family Arcidae
- Arca noe
- Senilia senilis
- Family Cardiidae
- Cardium costatum
- Cardium ringens
- Family Carditidae
- Beguina senegalensis
- Cardita lacunosa
- Family Chamidae
- Chama crenulata
- Chama gryphina
- Family Crassatellidae
- Crassatella divaricata
- Family Donacidae
- Donax rugosus
- Donax serra
- Iphigenia rostrata
- Iphigenia laevigata
- Family Limidae
- Limaria tuberculata
- Family Mactridae
- Mactra glabrata
- Mactra largillierti
- Mactra nitida
- Family Mytilidae
- Mytilus perna
- Family Pectinidae
- Flexopecten glaber
- Pecten flabellum
- Family Petricolidae
- Petricola lajonkairii
- Petricola pholadiformis
- Family Pharidae
- Sinupharus africanus
- Family Pholadidae
- Pholas campechiensis
- Family Pinnidae
- Pinna rudis
- Pinna ramulosa
- Family Psammobiidae
- Sanguinolaria sanguinolenta
- Solecurtus strigilatus
- Tagelus angulatus
- Family Pteriidae
- Pteria atlantica
- Family Solenidae
- Solen marginatus
- Solen guineensis
- Family Tellinidae
- Tellina madagascariensis
- Family Veneridae
- Chione paphia
- Irus irus
- Pitar floridella
- Tivela bicolor
- Venus rosalina
- Venus foliacea
- Venerupis senegalensis
- Venerupis dura
References
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