List of marine molluscs 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
Families and species of marine gastropods of the Angolan fauna include[1]:
- Family Acteonidae
- Family Architectonicidae
- Family Buccinidae
- Family Bullidae
- Bulla striata
- Bulla adansoni
- Family Bursidae
- Family Calyptraeidae
- Family Cancellariidae
- Family Cassidae
- Family Cerithiidae
- Family Columbellidae
- Family Conidae
- Family Cypraeidae
- Family Fasciolariidae
- Family Fissurellidae
- Family Harpidae
- Family Janthinidae
- Family Littorinidae
- Family Marginellidae
- Family Melongenidae
- Family Mitridae
- Family Muricidae
- Family Nassariidae
- Family Neritidae
- Family Naticidae
- Family Olividae
- Family Patellidae
- Family Pyramidellidae
- Family Ranellidae
- Cymatium (Septa) trigonum
- Distortrix ridens
- Family Terebridae
- Family Tonnidae
- Family Trochidae
- Family Turridae
- Family Turritellidae
- Family Volutidae
- Family Xenophoridae
Bivalvia
Families and species of marine bivalves of the Angolan fauna include[1]:
- Family Anomiidae
- Family Arcidae
- Family Cardiidae
- Cardium costatum
- Cardium ringens
- Family Carditidae
- Beguina senegalensis
- Cardita lacunosa
- Family Chamidae
- Chama crenulata
- Chama gryphina
- Family Crassatellidae
- Family Donacidae
- Donax rugosus
- Donax serra
- Iphigenia rostrata
- Iphigenia laevigata
- Family Limidae
- Family Mactridae
- Mactra glabrata
- Mactra largillierti
- Mactra nitida
- Family Mytilidae
- Family Pectinidae
- Flexopecten glaber
- Pecten flabellum
- Family Petricolidae
- Family Pharidae
- Family Pholadidae
- Family Pinnidae
- Pinna rudis
- Pinna ramulosa
- Family Psammobiidae
- Sanguinolaria sanguinolenta
- Solecurtus strigilatus
- Tagelus angulatus
- Family Pteriidae
- Family Solenidae
- Solen marginatus
- Solen guineensis
- Family Tellinidae
- Family Veneridae
- Chione paphia
- Irus irus
- Pitar floridella
- Tivela bicolor
- Venus rosalina
- Venus foliacea
- Venerupis senegalensis
- Venerupis dura
References
- ^ a b Oliveira, M. P.; Rezende, G. J. R. & Coelho, L. F. (1975). "Contribuição ao conhecimento da malacofauna de Angola" (in Portuguese). Boletim do Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e Geociências (Brazil: UFJF) (10): 1–17.