The list of marine molluscs of Mozambique is a list of saltwater species that form a part of the molluscan fauna of Mozambique . 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
Cellana radiata capensis (Gmelin, 1791)[1] [2] Cellana capensis Gmelin, Helcioniscus capensis (Gmelin, 1790), Patella capensis Gmelin, 1791)Variable limpet Helcion concolor [2]
Patella flexuosa [3] Scutellastra flexuosa )Patella pica [2] Scutellastra pica )
Vetigastropoda
Pleurotomariidae
Haliotidae - Abalone
Fissurellidae - Keyhole limpets
Trochidae
Turbinidae - Turban shells
Phasianellidae
Neritimorpha
Neritidae - Nerites
Caenogastropoda
Hipponicidae - Hoof limpets
Littorinidae
Striped periwinkle Littoraria glabrata (Philippi, 1846) (Transkei to Mozambique)[2] Littorina kraussi Rosewater, 1970, Littorina glabrata Philippi, 1846)
Estuarine periwinkles Littoraria scabra group. (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)[2]
Nodular periwinkle Nodilittorina natalensis Philippi, 1847 (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)[2] Assimineidae
Assiminia ovata Krauss, 1848 (Knysna to Mozambique)[2] Vermetidae - Worm shells
Colonial worm shell Dendropoma corallinaceus [2] Vermetus (Stoa) corallinaceus Tomlin, 1939) Turritellidae
Turritella carinifera [2] Turritella chrysostomus Linnaeus, 1758 (northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3] Potamididae
Cerithiidae
Xenophoridae
Cypraeidae - True cowries
Ring cowrie Cypraea annulus [6]
Arabic cowrie Cypraea arabica [6]
Cypraea barclayi Reeve, 1857 (Cape St Blaize and north/east)[6] Erronea barclayi (Cape St Blaize to Mozambique))[3] Cypraea broderipii [6] Lyncina broderipii (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))[3] Snake's head cowrie Cypraea caputserpentis [2] [6]
Carnelian cowrie Cypraea carneola [2] [6]
Orange cowrie Cypraea citrina [2] [6]
Cypraea cribraria [6] Cribraria cribraria comma )[3] Eroded cowrie Cypraea erosa [2] [6]
Kitten cowrie Cypraea felina [2] [6]
Cypraea fultoni [6] Barycypraea fultoni amorimi and Barycypraea fultoni massiera (both Mozambique))[3] Honey cowrie Cypraea helvola [2] [6]
Cypraea isabella [6] Luria isabella (Wild Coast to Mozambique))[3] Cypraea mappa [6] Leporicypraea mappa (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))[3] Cypraea marginalis [6] Erosaria marginalis (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))[3] Money cowrie Cypraea moneta [2] [6]
Cypraea nucleus [6] Staphylaea nucleus (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))[3] Cypraea owenii [6] Bistolida owenii vasta (Wild Coast to Mozambique))[3] Cypraea scurra [6] Mauritia scurra (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))[3] Stippled cowrie Cypraea staphylaea [2] [6]
Cypraea stolida [6] Bistolida stolida diauges (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))[3] Cypraea talpa [6] Talparia talpa (Northern Wild Coast to Mozambique))[3] Tiger cowrie Cypraea tigris [2] [6]
Erosia ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))[3] Erronea chinensis (Gmelin, 1791) (Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique))[3] Erronea succinata (Lamarck, 1810) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))[3] Ovulidae
Calpurnus verrucosus [3] [6] Ovula costellata [3] [6] Ovula ovum [3] [6] Phenacovolva longirostrata (Sowerby I, 1828) (Whale Rock (Transkei) to Mozambique)[3] [6] ?Phenacovolva poppeii Fehse, 2000 (KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[3]
Phenacovolva rugosa (Cate and Azuma, 1973) (Park Rynie and Mozambique)[3] [6] Volva volva [3] [6] Velutinidae
Triviidae - Trivia
Naticidae - Necklace shells
Eunaticina perobliqua (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3] Mammilla fibrosa (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1852) (Mozambique)[3] Natica arachnoidea [3] Natica lineata (Roding, 1798) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3] Naticarius alapapilionis [3] Naticarius manceli (Josseaume, 1874) (northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[3] Naticarius onca [3] Neverita albumen (Linnaeus, 1758) (Durban to Mozambique)[3] Neverita perselephanti (Link, 1807) (KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[3] Comma necklace shell Notocochlis gualteriana Natica gualteriana ) (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)[2]
Moon shell Polinices didyma [2]
Polinices mammilla [2] Polinices paciae Bozzetti, 1997 (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3] Polinices priamus [3] Polinices sebae (Recluz, 1844) (KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[3] Polinices simiae [3] Polinices syrphetodes (Kilburn, 1976) (KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[3] Sinum delessertii (Recluz, 1843) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3] Sinum haliotoideum (Linnaeus, 1758) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3] Sinum laevigatum [3] Sinum quasimodoides Kilburn, 1976 (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[3] Tanea euzona [3] Tanea hilaris (Sowerby, 1914) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3] Tectonatica violacea [3] Tonnidae - Cassinae - Helmet shells
Casmaria erinacea (Linnaeus, 1758) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3] Casmaria ponderosa [3] Cassis cornuta [3] Galeodea keyteri (Kilburn, 1975) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3] Oocorys sulcata [3] Checkerboard bonnet shell Phalium areola [3]
Phalium fimbria [3] Phalium glaucum [3] Semicassis bisulcata [3] Semicassis bulla fernandesi (Kilburn, 1975) (Central KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3] Semicassis craticulata (Euthyme, 1885) (Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique)[3] Semicassis faurotis [3] Semicassis microstoma (von Martens, 1903) (Central Kwazulu-Natal to Mozambique)[3] Janthinidae - Violet shells
Bubble raft shell or Violet snail Janthina janthina [2] Bursidae
Ranellidae
Pink lady Charonia lampas pustulata Euthyme, 1889 (Cape Point to Mozambique)[2]
Furry ridged triton Cabestana cutacea africana Adams A. 1855 (Namibia to southern Mozambique)[2] Muricidae
Branched murex Chicoreus inflatus Chicoreus ramosus ) (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[2]
Mulberry shell Morula granulata [2]
Short-spined murex Murex brevispina [2]
Salmon lipped whelk Purpura persica Purpura panama ) (Transkei to Mozambique)[2]
Thais bufo Lamarck 1822 (Transkei to Indo-Pacific)[2] Thais (Mancinella) alouina Röding, 1798. (Syn. Mancinella alouina ) (Transkei to Indo-Pacific)[2] Thais savignyi [2] Mitridae - Mitres
Strombidae - Strombs
Lambis chiragra arthritica Roding, 1798 (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[3] Lambis crocata crocata (Link, 1807) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[3] Lambis digitata [3] Lambis lambis [3] Lambis scorpius indomaris [3] Lambis truncata truncata (Lightfoot, 1768) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[3] Variable stromb Strombus mutabilis [2]
Strombus wilsonorum Abbott, 1967 (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)[3] Nassariidae
Dogwhelks
Plough shells
Olividae - Olive shells
Conidae - Cone shells
Heterobranchia
Architectonicidae
Variegated sundial shell Heliacus variegatus (Gmelin, 1791) (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)[2] Siphonariidae - False limpets
Siphonaria nigerrima Smith, 1903 (Zululand to Mozambique)[2] Siphonaria tenuicostulata Smith, 1903 (Durban to Mozambique)[2] Hydatinidae
Philinidae
Sand slug Philene aperta (Linnaeus, 1767) (Cape Columbine to Mozambique)[2] [7] [8] Aplysiidae
Shaggy sea hare Bursatella leachi leachi (Blainville. 1817) (Cape Columbine to Mozambique)[2] [7]
Shaggy sea hare Bursatella leachi africana (Engel, 1927)[7] [8]
Wedge sea hare Dolabella auricularia [2] [7] Pleurobranchidae
Hexabranchidae
Bivalvia
Bivalves in Mozambique include:
Mytilidae - Mussels
Perna perna Estuarine mussel Arcuatula capensis (Cape Agulhas to Mozambique)[2]
Brack-water mussel Brachidontes virgiliae (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)[2]
Semistriated mussel Brachidontes semistriatus (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique)[2]
Ear mussel Modiolus auriculatus [2]
Brown mussel Perna perna [2]
Ledge mussel Septifer bilocularis [2] Arcidae - Ark clams
Arca avellana Lam? (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique)[2] Oblique ark shell Barbatia obliquata [2] Noetiidae
Striarca symmetrica (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique)[2] Pinnidae - Pen shells
Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa numisma (Transkei to Mozambique)[2] Ostreidae - True oysters
Natal rock oyster Saccostrea cuccullata (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique)[2] Crassostrea cucculata )
Cape rock oyster Striostrea margaritacea [2] Anomiidae - Saddle oysters
Saddle oyster Anomia achaeus (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique)[2] Pteriidae - Pearl oysters
Cape pearl oyster Pinctada capensis (Capr Agulhas to Mozambique)[2] Pectinidae - Scallops
Cardiidae - Cockles
Cockle Trachycardium flavum (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)[2]
Trachycardium rubicundum (Eastern Transkei to Mozambique)[2] Tridacnidae - Giant clams
Mactridae - Trough shells
Carditidae
Rectangular false cockle Cardita variegata (Mossel Bay to Mozambique)[2] Solenidae
Solen cylindraceus (Transkei to Mozambique)[2] Lucinidae
Smooth platter shell Loripes clausus Philippi 1848 (Mossel Bay to Mozambique)[2] Unionidae
Toothless platter shell Anodontia edentula Linnaeus 1758 (Mossel Bay to Mozambique)[2] Lasaeidae
Tellinidae
Littoral tellin Macoma litoralis (Mossel Bay to Mozambique)[2] Teredinidae
Donacidae - Wedge shells
Donax bipartitus (East London to Mozambique)[2] Round ended wedge shell Donax burnupi (Cape Point to Mozambique)[2]
Slippery wedge shell Donax lubricus (Port Alfred to Mozambique)[2]
Ridged wedge shell Donax madagscariensis (Transkei to Mozambique)[2] Psammobiidae - Sunset clams
Sunset clam Hiatula lunulata (Transkei to Mozambique)[2] Veneridae - Venus shells
Dosinia hepatica (Mossel Bay to Mozambique)[2] Beaked clam Eumarcia paupercula (Mossel Bay to Mozambique)[2]
Ribbed venus Gafrarium pectinatum alfredense (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique)[2]
Meretrix meretrix (only recorded from Mozambique)[2] Zigzag clam Pitar abbreviatus [2]
Tivela polita (Transkei to Mozambique)[2] Warty venus Venus verrucosa [2]
Polyplacophora
Chitons (Polyplacophora) in Mozambique include:
Ischnochitonidae
Chitonidae
Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:
