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.
Gastropoda Gastropods in Mozambique include:
Patellogastropoda
Patellidae - True limpets Cellana radiata capensis (Gmelin, 1791)WoRMS(Port Alfred to Kenya)Branch, G.M. Griffiths, C.L. Branch, M.L. Beckley, L.E. Two Oceans: A guide to the marine life of southern Africa. 5th impression, David Philip, Cape Town, 2000. (syn. Cellana capensis Gmelin, Helcioniscus capensis (Gmelin, 1790), Patella capensis Gmelin, 1791) Variable limpet Helcion concolor Krauss, 1848 (Eastern Cape to Mozambique) Patella flexuosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mzambique) (syn. Scutellastra flexuosa) Patella pica Reeve, 1854 (Zululand to Mozambique) (syn. Scutellastra pica)
Vetigastropoda
Pleurotomariidae Bayerotrochus africanus (Tomlin, 1948) (Central KawZulu-Natal to Mozambique)Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. 2005. Offshore Shells of Southern Africa
Haliotidae - Abalone Haliotis clathrata Reeve, 1846 (Mozambique) Haliotis ovina Gmelin 1791 (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique) Haliotis pustulata Reeve, 1846 (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)
Fissurellidae - Keyhole limpets Amblychilepas dubia (Reeve, 1849) (KwaZulu-Natal south coast to southern Mozambique)Kilburn, R. and Rippey, E. Sea Shells of Southern Africa MacMillan South Africa 1982 Diodora calyculata (Krauss, 1848) (Port Alfred to southern Mozambique) Diodora crucifera (Pilsbry, 1890) (Port Alfred to northern Indian Ocean) Diodora natalensis (Krauss, 1848) (Port Alfred to Mozambique) (syn. Fissurella natalensis Krauss, 1848) Emarginula sibogae (Schepman, 1908) (KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique) but genus given in this reference as Emarginella. Corrected using http://www.marinespecies.org/ Macroschisma africana Tomlin, 1932 (Western Transkei to Mozambique) Scutus unguis (Linne, 1758) (East London to KwaZulu-Natal and tropical Indo-Pacific)
Trochidae Clanculus puniceus (Philippi, 1846) (KwaZulu-Natal south coast to tropical Indo-Pacific)
Turbinidae - Turban shells Bolma bathyraphis (E.A. Smith, 1899) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique) Turbo argyrostomus Linnaeus, 1758 (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique) Turbo chrysostomus Linnaeus, 1758 (northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique) Crowned turban shell Lunella coronata (Gmelin, 1791) (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)(syn. Turbo coronatus Gmelin, 1790)
Phasianellidae Pheasant shell Tricolia capensis (Dunker, 1846) (Namibia to Mozambique)(syn. Phasianella capensis Dunker, 1846) Tricolia neritina (Dunker, 1846) (Namibia to Mozambique)(syn. Phasianella neritina Dunker, 1846) Tricolia retrolineata Nangammbi & Herbert, 2008 - southern MozambiqueNangammbi T. C. & Herbert D. G. (2008). "A new species of pheasant shell from the south-western Indian Ocean (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Phasianellidae: Tricolia)". African Invertebrates 49(2): 13-19. abstract
Neritimorpha
Neritidae - Nerites Blotched nerite Nerita albicilla Linnaeus, 1758 (Eastern cape to Mozambique) Nerita plicata Linnaeus, 1758 (Western Transkei to tropics) Nerita polita Linnaeus, 1758 (East London to tropical Indo-Pacific) Textile nerite Nerita textilis Gmelin, 1791 (Transkei to Mozambique)
Caenogastropoda
Hipponicidae - Hoof limpets Horse's hoof Hipponix conicus (Schumacher, 1817) (Cape Point to Mozambique)
Littorinidae Striped periwinkle Littoraria glabrata (Philippi, 1846) (Transkei to Mozambique) (Syn. Littorina kraussi Rosewater, 1970, Littorina glabrata Philippi, 1846) Estuarine periwinkles Littoraria scabra group. (Eastern Cape to Mozambique) Nodular periwinkle Nodilittorina natalensis Philippi, 1847 (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)
Assimineidae Assiminea ovata Krauss, 1848 (Knysna to Mozambique)
Vermetidae - Worm shells Colonial worm shell Dendropoma corallinaceum (Tomlin, 1939) (Orange river to Transkei) (syn. Vermetus (Stoa) corallinaceus Tomlin, 1939)
Turritellidae Turritella carinifera Lamarck, 1799 (Western Cape to southern Mozambique) Turritella chrysostomus Linnaeus, 1758 (northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)
Potamididae Truncated mangrove snail Cerithidea decollata Linnaeus, 1758 (Eastern Cape to Mozambique) Mangrove whelk Terebralia palustris Bruguière (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)
Cerithiidae Knobbed horn shell Rhinoclavis sinensis Gmelin, 1791 (Transkei to Mozambique) Cerithium citrinum Sowerby, 1855 (Durban to Mozambique) Cerithium crassilabrum (East London to Mozambique) Cerithium echinatum Lamarck, 1822 (northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique) Rhinoclavis articulata (Adams & Reeve, 1850) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique) Rhinoclavis diadema Houbrick, 1978 (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)
Xenophoridae Stellaria gigantea (Schepman, 1909) (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique) Stellaria solaris (Linnaeus, 1764) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique) Xenophora corrugata (Reeve, 1842) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique) Xenophora pallidula (Reeve, 1842) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique) Xenophora tulearensis Stewart & Kosuge, 1993 (Central KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)
Cypraeidae - True cowries Ring cowrie Cypraea annulus Linnaeus, 1758 (Algoa Bay to Mozambique) Arabic cowrie Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758 (Algoa Bay to Mozambique)Liltved, William Rune. Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa: A study of the southern African Cypraeacean and Velutinaceac gastropod fauna, Gordon Verhoef, Seacomber Publications, 2000. Cypraea barclayi Reeve, 1857 (Cape St Blaize and north/east) (syn. Erronea barclayi (Cape St Blaize to Mozambique)) Cypraea broderipii Sowerby II, 1832 (Port Edward and north) (syn. Lyncina broderipii (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)) Snake's head cowrie Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758 (Still Bay to Mozambique) Carnelian cowrie Cypraea carneola Linnaeus, 1758 (Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique) Orange cowrie Cypraea citrina Gray, 1825 (Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique) Cypraea cribraria Linnaeus, 1758 (Jeffreys Bay and Mozambique) (syn. Cribraria cribraria comma) Eroded cowrie Cypraea erosa Linnaeus, 1758 (Knysna estuary to Mozambique) Kitten cowrie Cypraea felina Gmelin, 1791 (Port Alfred to Mozambique) Cypraea fultoni Sowerby III, 1903 (Haga Haga and north) (Sub-species Barycypraea fultoni amorimi and Barycypraea fultoni massiera(both Mozambique)) Honey cowrie Cypraea helvola Linnaeus, 1758 (Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique) Cypraea isabella Linnaeus, 1758 (Coffee Bay and north) (syn. Luria isabella (Wild Coast to Mozambique)) Cypraea mappa Linnaeus, 1758 (Park Rynie) (syn. Leporicypraea mappa (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)) Cypraea marginalis Dillwyn, 1827 (Jeffreys Bay and north) (syn. Erosaria marginalis (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)) Money cowrie Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758 (Transkei to Mozambique) (Durban and north) Cypraea nucleus Linnaeus, 1758 (Scottburgh and north) (syn. Staphylaea nucleus (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)) Cypraea owenii Sowerby II, 1837 (Coffee Bay and north) (syn. Bistolida owenii vasta (Wild Coast to Mozambique)) Cypraea scurra Gmelin, 1791 (Scottburgh and north) (syn. Mauritia scurra (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)) Stippled cowrie Cypraea staphylaea Linnaeus, 1758 (Mngazana to Mozambique) Cypraea stolida Linnaeus, 1758 (Scottburgh and north) (syn. Bistolida stolida diauges (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)) Cypraea talpa Linnaeus, 1758 (Park Rynie and north) (syn. Talparia talpa (Northern Wild Coast to Mozambique)) Tiger cowrie Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758 (Transkei to Mozambique) (Algoa Bay and north) Erosia ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)) Erronea chinensis (Gmelin, 1791) (Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique)) Erronea succinata (Lamarck, 1810) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))
Ovulidae Calpurnus verrucosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sodwana Bay and Mozambique) Ovula costellata Lamarck, 1810 (Sodwana Bay and Mozambique) Ovula ovum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sodwana Bay and Mozambiqueh) Phenacovolva longirostrata (Sowerby I, 1828) (Whale Rock (Transkei) to Mozambique) ?Phenacovolva poppei Fehse, 2000 (KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique) Phenacovolva rugosa (Cate and Azuma, 1973) (Park Rynie and Mozambique) Volva volva Linnaeus, 1758 (Pumila (southern KwaZulu-Natal) to Mozambique)
Velutinidae Coriocella nigra Blainville, 1824 (Wild Coast to Mozambique)
Triviidae - Trivia Tear drops or Riceys Trivia pellucidula Gaskoin, 1846 (Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique)
Naticidae - Necklace shells Eunaticina perobliqua (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique) Mammilla fibrosa (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1852) (Mozambique) Natica arachnoidea (Gmelin, 1791) (Mozambique) Natica lineata (Roding, 1798) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique) Naticarius alapapilionis (Roding, 1798) (northern Wild Coast to Mozambique) Naticarius manceli (Josseaume, 1874) (northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique) Naticarius onca (Roding, 1798) (northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique) Neverita albumen (Linnaeus, 1758) (Durban to Mozambique) Neverita perselephanti (Link, 1807) (KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique) Comma necklace shell Notocochlis gualteriana Récluz, 1844. (Syn. Natica gualteriana) (Eastern Cape to Mozambique) Moon shell Polinices didyma Röding, 1798 (Mossel Bay to Mozambique) Polinices mammilla Linnaeus 1758 (Transkei to Mozambique) Polinices paciae Bozzetti, 1997 (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique) Polinices priamus (Recluz, 1844) (Mozambique) Polinices sebae (Recluz, 1844) (KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique) Polinices simiae (Deshayes, 1838) (Wild Coast to Mozambique) Polinices syrphetodes (Kilburn, 1976) (KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique) Sinum delessertii (Recluz, 1843) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique) Sinum haliotoideum (Linnaeus, 1758) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique) Sinum laevigatum (Lamarck, 1822) (Durban to Mozambique) Sinum quasimodoides Kilburn, 1976 (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique) Tanea euzona (Recluz, 1844) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique) Tanea hilaris (Sowerby, 1914) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique) Tectonatica violacea (Sowerby, 1825) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)
Tonnidae - Cassinae - Helmet shells Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique) Casmaria ponderosa (Gmelin, 1791) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique) Cassis cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique) Galeodea keyteri (Kilburn, 1975) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique) Oocorys sulcata Fischer, 1883 (eastern seaboard of South Africa and Mozambique) Checkerboard bonnet shell Phalium areola (Linnaeus, 1758) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique) Phalium fimbria (Gmelin, 1791) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique) Phalium glaucum (Linnaeus, 1758) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique) Semicassis bisulcata (Schubert & Wagner, 1829) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique) Semicassis bulla fernandesi (Kilburn, 1975) (Central KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique) Semicassis craticulata (Euthyme, 1885) (Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique) Semicassis faurotis (Jousseaume, 1888) (Kwazulu-Natal and Mozambique) Semicassis microstoma (von Martens, 1903) (Central Kwazulu-Natal to Mozambique)
Janthinidae - Violet shells Bubble raft shell or Violet snail Janthina janthina Linnaeus, 1758 (Cape Columbine to Mozambique)
Bursidae Granular frog shell Bursa granularis Röding, 1798 (Transkei to Mozambique)
Ranellidae Pink lady Charonia lampas pustulata Euthyme, 1889 (Cape Point to Mozambique) Furry ridged triton Cabestana cutacea africana Adams A. 1855 (Namibia to southern Mozambique)
Muricidae Branched murex Chicoreus inflatus Lamarck, 1822. (Syn. Chicoreus ramosus) (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique) Mulberry shell Morula granulata Duclos, 1832 (Eastern Cape to Mozambique) Short-spined murex Murex brevispina Lamarck, 1822 (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique) Salmon lipped whelk Purpura persica Linnaeus, 1758 (Syn. Purpura panama) (Transkei to Mozambique) Thais bufo Lamarck 1822 (Transkei to Indo-Pacific) Thais (Mancinella) alouina Röding, 1798. (Syn. Mancinella alouina) (Transkei to Indo-Pacific)