List of marine molluscs of Mozambique

The list of marine molluscs of Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...

is a list of saltwater

Seawater

Seawater is water from a sea or ocean. On average, seawater in the world's oceans has a salinity of about 3.5% . This means that every kilogram of seawater has approximately of dissolved salts . The average density of seawater at the ocean surface is 1.025 g/ml...

species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

that form a part of the molluscan fauna of Mozambique. This list does not include the land or freshwater molluscs.

Patellogastropoda

Patellidae

Patellidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails or true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Patellogastropoda.Patellidae is the only family in the superfamily Patelloidea...

- True limpets

Cellana radiata capensis (Gmelin, 1791)(Port Alfred to Kenya) (syn. Cellana capensis Gmelin, Helcioniscus capensis (Gmelin, 1790), Patella capensis Gmelin, 1791)
Variable limpet Helcion concolor
Helcion concolor
Helcion concolor, common name the variable limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets....

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

Pleurotomariidae, common name the '"slit snails", is a family of large marine gastropods in the clade Vetigastropoda. This family is very ancient; there were numerous species in the geological past. It is currently represented by a group of species that live only in deep water...

Bayerotrochus africanus
Bayerotrochus africanus
Bayerotrochus africanus, common name the South African Slit Shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae.-References:...

(Tomlin, 1948) (Central KawZulu-Natal to Mozambique)

Haliotidae - Abalone

Haliotis clathrata
Haliotis clathrata
Haliotis clathrata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.This species also occurs in a different form: Haliotis clathrata f...

Reeve, 1846 (Mozambique)
Haliotis ovina
Haliotis ovina
Haliotis ovina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.- Subspecies :Subspecies of Haliotis ovina include:* Haliotis ovina ovina Gmelin, 1791...

Gmelin 1791 (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)
Haliotis pustulata
Haliotis pustulata
Haliotis pustulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones....

Reeve, 1846 (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)

Fissurellidae - Keyhole limpets

Amblychilepas dubia
Amblychilepas dubia
Medusafissurella dubia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.-Distribution:This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Kenya, Madagascar and South Africa.-External links:*...

(Reeve, 1849) (KwaZulu-Natal south coast to southern Mozambique)
Diodora calyculata (Krauss, 1848) (Port Alfred to southern Mozambique)
Diodora crucifera
Diodora crucifera
Diodora crucifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....

(Pilsbry, 1890) (Port Alfred to northern Indian Ocean)
Diodora natalensis
Diodora natalensis
Diodora natalensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....

((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
Scutus unguis
Scutus unguis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....

(Linne, 1758) (East London to KwaZulu-Natal and tropical Indo-Pacific)

Trochidae

The Trochidae, common name top snails, are a taxonomic family of very small to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda ....

Clanculus puniceus
Clanculus puniceus
Clanculus puniceus, common name the "strawberry top shell" is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top shells. -Shell description:...

(Philippi, 1846) (KwaZulu-Natal south coast to tropical Indo-Pacific)

Turbinidae

Turbinidae, the turban snails, are a family of small to large marine gastropods. Turbinidae have a strong, thick calcareous operculum readily distinguishing them from the somewhat similar Trochidae or top snails, which have a corneous operculum...

- Turban shells

Bolma bathyraphis (E.A. Smith, 1899) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)
Turbo argyrostomus
Turbo argyrostomus
Turbo argyrostomus, common name the silver-mouthed turban, is a species of sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae.-Subspecies:Four subspecies have been recognized :...

Linnaeus, 1758 (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)
Turbo chrysostomus
Turbo chrysostomus
Turbo chrysostomus is a species of sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae....

Linnaeus, 1758 (northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)
Crowned turban shell Lunella coronata
Lunella coronata
Lunella coronata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails....

(Gmelin, 1791) (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)(syn. Turbo coronatus Gmelin, 1790)

Phasianellidae

Phasianellidae common name the "pheasant shells" or "pheasant snails" is a family of small sea snails with calcareous opercula, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda ....

Pheasant shell Tricolia capensis
Tricolia capensis
Tricolia capensis, common name the pheasant shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae....

(Dunker, 1846) (Namibia to Mozambique)(syn. Phasianella capensis Dunker, 1846)
Tricolia neritina
Tricolia neritina
Tricolia neritina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae....

(Dunker, 1846) (Namibia to Mozambique)(syn. Phasianella neritina Dunker, 1846)
Tricolia retrolineata
Tricolia retrolineata
Tricolia retrolineata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae.-Distribution:* southern Mozambique* northeastern South Africa...

Nangammbi & Herbert, 2008 - southern Mozambique

Neritimorpha

Neritidae

Neritidae, common name the nerites, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized saltwater and freshwater snails which have a gill and a distinctive operculum, marine, brackish water and freshwater gastropod mollusks in the order Neritoida....

- Nerites

Blotched nerite Nerita albicilla
Nerita albicilla
Nerita albicilla, common name the blotched nerite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.-Description:...

Linnaeus, 1758 (Eastern cape to Mozambique)
Nerita plicata
Nerita plicata
Nerita plicata is a species of tropical sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites. This species is found throughout the Indo-West Pacific.-Habitat:This species lives high up in the intertidal zone, on rocks....

Linnaeus, 1758 (Western Transkei to tropics)
Nerita polita
Nerita polita
Nerita polita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.-Description:Nerita polita has distinctive smooth and polished shell, up to 4 cm. It has smooth columella with 2-4 weak teeth on the edge. Colour is variable, mottled grey, red or cream, sometimes with axial...

Linnaeus, 1758 (East London to tropical Indo-Pacific)
Textile nerite 'Nerita textilis
Nerita textilis
Nerita textilis, common name the textile nerite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae....

Gmelin, 1791 (Transkei to Mozambique)

Caenogastropoda
Hipponicidae
Hipponicidae
Hipponicidae, common name hoof shells or hoof snails, is a family of small sea snails, limpet-like marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Vanikoroidea.-Genera:Genera within the family Hipponicidae include:...

- Hoof limpets

Horse's hoof Hipponix conicus
Hipponix conicus
Hipponix conicus, common name the cone-shaped hoof shell, is a species of small limpet-like sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails....

(Schumacher, 1817) (Cape Point to Mozambique)

Littorinidae
Littorinidae
Littorinidae is a taxonomic family of over 200 species of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha, commonly known as periwinkles and found world-wide.-Names:...

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
Assimineidae
Assimineidae is a family of minute snails with an operculum that live in saltwater, freshwater or on the land; they are mostly aquatic gastropod mollusks or micromollusks, in the clade Littorinimorpha.- Ecology :...

Assiminia ovata Krauss, 1848 (Knysna to Mozambique)

Vermetidae
Vermetidae
Vermetidae, common name the worm snails or worm shells, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha....

- Worm shells

Colonial worm shell Dendropoma corallinaceus
Dendropoma corallinaceus
Dendropoma corallinaceus, common name the colonial worm shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells....

(Tomlin, 1939) (Orange river to Transkei) (Keen & Morton listed as authors by WoRMS) (syn. Vermetus (Stoa) corallinaceus Tomlin, 1939)

Turritellidae
Turritellidae
Turritellidae, the tower snails, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.These snails are filter feeders...

Turritella carinifera
Turritella carinifera
Turritella carinifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae....

Lamarck, 1799 (Western Cape to southern Mozambique)

Turritella chrysostomus Linnaeus, 1758 (northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)

Potamididae
Potamididae
Potamididae, common name potamidids , are a family of small to large brackish water snails living in mangroves, gastropod molluscs of the clade Sorbeoconcha. Traditionally, potamidids and batillariids have been confused with each other for having similar shells and living in a similar environment...

Truncated mangrove snail Cerithidea decollata
Cerithidea decollata
Cerithidea decollata, common name the truncated mangrove snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae.-Description:...

Linnaeus, 1758 (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)

Mangrove whelk Terebralia palustris
Terebralia palustris
Terebralia palustris, common name the mangrove whelk, is a species of brackish-water snail, a gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae.-Description:...

Bruguière (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)

Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae, common name the cerithiids or ceriths, is a large family of medium-sized marine gastropods in the clade Sorbeoconcha.- Distribution :...

Knobbed horn shell Rhinoclavis sinensis
Rhinoclavis sinensis
Rhinoclavis sinensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-External links:...

Gmelin, 1791 (Transkei to Mozambique)

Cerithium citrinum
Cerithium citrinum
Cerithium citrinum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Cerithium citrinum includes the Western Pacific.* Philippines* Australia * Kermadec...

Sowerby, 1855 (Durban to Mozambique)

Cerithium crassilabrum
Cerithium crassilabrum
Cerithium crassilabrum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

(East London to Mozambique)

Cerithium echinatum
Cerithium echinatum
Cerithium echinatum is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Description:This snail's shell has a short siphonal canal. The shell has spiral rows of bumps as well as reddish-brown dashes...

Lamarck, 1822 (northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)

Rhinoclavis articulata
Rhinoclavis articulata
Rhinoclavis articulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

(Adams & Reeve, 1850) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)

Rhinoclavis diadema
Rhinoclavis diadema
Rhinoclavis diadema is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae....

Houbrick, 1978 (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)

Xenophoridae
Xenophoridae
Xenophoridae, common name carrier shells, are a taxonomic family of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha....

Stellaria gigantea
Stellaria gigantea
Stellaria gigantea is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier shells....

(Schepman, 1909) (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)

Stellaria solaris
Stellaria solaris
Stellaria solaris, common name the sun carrier shell, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier shells....

(Linnaeus, 1764) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)

Xenophora corrugata
Xenophora corrugata
Xenophora corrugata is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier shells....

(Reeve, 1842) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)

Xenophora pallidula
Xenophora pallidula
Xenophora pallidula is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier shells....

(Reeve, 1842) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)

Xenophora tulearensis Stewart & Kosuge, 1993 (Central KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)

Cypraeidae
Cypraeidae
Cypraeidae, common name the cowries , is a taxonomic family of small to large sea snails. These are marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and cowry allies.-Shell description:...

- True cowries

Ring cowrie Cypraea annulus Linnaeus, 1758 (Algoa Bay to Mozambique)

Arabic cowrie Cypraea arabica
Cypraea arabica
Mauritia arabica, common name the Arabian cowry, is a species of cowry, a sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries...

Linnaeus, 1758 (Algoa Bay to Mozambique)

Cypraea barclayi Reeve, 1857 (Cape St Blaize and north/east) (syn. Erronea barclayi (Cape St Blaize to Mozambique))

Cypraea broderipii
Cypraea broderipii
Lyncina broderipii is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.-Distribution:This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and Mauritius....

Sowerby II, 1832 (Port Edward and north) (syn. Lyncina broderipii (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique))

Snake's head cowrie Cypraea caputserpentis
Cypraea caputserpentis
Monetaria caputserpentis, common name the serpent's-head cowry, is a species of cowry, a sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. -Distribution:...

Linnaeus, 1758 (Still Bay to Mozambique)

Carnelian cowrie Cypraea carneola
Cypraea carneola
Lyncina carneola, common name the Carnelian cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.-Description: These cowries reach of length...

Linnaeus, 1758 (Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique)

Orange cowrie Cypraea citrina
Cypraea citrina
Erosaria citrina, common name the orange cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.-Subspecies:* Erosaria citrina citrina Gray, 1825...

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
Cypraea felina
Melicerona felina, common name the kitten cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.-Distribution:...

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
Cypraea moneta
Monetaria moneta, commonly known as the money cowry, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries....

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
Cypraea tigris
Cypraea tigris, commonly known as the tiger cowry, is a species of cowry, a large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.-Taxonomy:...

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
Ovulidae
Ovulidae, common names the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries, is a family of small to large predatory or parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and cowry allies.-Distribution:...

Calpurnus verrucosus
Calpurnus verrucosus
Calpurnus verrucosus, the 'Umbilical Egg Shell' or 'Warty/Little Egg Cowry', is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the cowries.-Distribution:...

(Linnaeus, 1758) (Sodwana Bay and Mozambique)

Ovula costellata
Ovula costellata
Ovula costellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries....

Lamarck, 1810 (Sodwana Bay and Mozambique)

Ovula ovum
Ovula ovum
Ovula ovum, common name the common egg cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.-Description:...

(Linnaeus, 1758) (Sodwana Bay and Mozambiqueh)

Phenacovolva longirostrata (Sowerby I, 1828) (Whale Rock (Transkei) to Mozambique)

?Phenacovolva poppeii Fehse, 2000 (KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)

Phenacovolva rugosa (Cate and Azuma, 1973) (Park Rynie and Mozambique)

Volva volva
Volva volva
Volva volva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries....

Linnaeus, 1758 (Pumila (southern KwaZulu-Natal) to Mozambique)

Velutinidae
Velutinidae
Velutinidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.- Taxonomy :The following two subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi :* subfamily Velutininae J. E...

Lamellaria nigra (Blainville, 1824) (Wild Coast to Mozambique)

Triviidae
Triviidae
Triviidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.-Taxonomy:The following subfamilies were recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi in 2005:*Eratoinae Gill, 1871**tribe Eratoini Gill, 1871...

- Trivia

Tear drops or Riceys Trivia pellucidula
Trivia pellucidula
Trivirostra pellucidula, common name the riceys, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias....

Gaskoin, 1846 (Jeffreys Bay to Mozambique)

Naticidae
Naticidae
Naticidae, common name the moon snails, is a family of minute to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.Naticidae is the only family in the superfamily Naticoidea....

- Necklace shells

Eunaticina perobliqua (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)

Mammilla fibrosa (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1852) (Mozambique)

Natica arachnoidea
Natica arachnoidea
Natica arachnoidea, common name : the spider moon snail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 13 mm and 26 mm....

(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
Notocochlis gualteriana
Notocochlis gualteriana is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails....

Récluz, 1844. (Syn. Natica gualteriana) (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)

Moon shell Polinices didyma Röding, 1798 (Mossel Bay to Mozambique)

Polinices mammilla
Polinices mammilla
Polinices mammilla is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails....

Linnaeus 1758 (Transkei to Mozambique)

Polinices paciae Bozzetti, 1997 (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)

Polinices priamus
Polinices priamus
Polinices priamus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails....

(Recluz, 1844) (Mozambique)

Polinices sebae (Recluz, 1844) (KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)

Polinices simiae
Polinices simiae
Polinices simiae is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails....

(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
Tanea euzona
Tanea euzona is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails....

(Recluz, 1844) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)

Tanea hilaris (Sowerby, 1914) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)

Tectonatica violacea (Sowerby, 1825) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)

Tonnidae
Tonnidae
Tonnidae is a family of medium-sized to very large sea snails, known as the tun shells. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha and the clade Littorinimorpha.- Taxonomy :...

- Cassinae
Cassinae
Cassidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized, large and sometimes very large sea snails commonly called helmet snails or bonnet snails. These are marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Tonnoidea and the clade Littorinimorpha....

- Helmet shells

Casmaria erinacea (Linnaeus, 1758) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)

Casmaria ponderosa
Casmaria ponderosa
Casmaria ponderosa, common name the heavy bonnet, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.Subspecies :* Casmaria ponderosa perryi...

(Gmelin, 1791) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)

Cassis cornuta
Cassis cornuta
Cassis cornuta is a species of very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cassidae, the helmet shells and their allies.-Distribution:...

(Linnaeus, 1758) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)

Galeodea keyteri (Kilburn, 1975) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)

Oocorys sulcata
Oocorys sulcata
Oocorys sulcata is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails....

Fischer, 1883 (eastern seaboard of South Africa and Mozambique)

Checkerboard bonnet shell Phalium areola
Phalium areola
Phalium areola , common name : the Checkerboard Bonnet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the subfamily Cassinae, within the family Cassidae the helmet and bonnet shells. It is also known as the checkerboard bonnet shell...

(Linnaeus, 1758) (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)

Phalium fimbria (Gmelin, 1791) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)

Phalium glaucum
Phalium glaucum
Phalium glaucum, common name the grey bonnet, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails....

(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
Janthinidae
Janthinidae, common name the purple snails or violet snails, are a family of pelagic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the informal group Ptenoglossa of the clade Hypsogastropoda....

- Violet shells

Bubble raft shell or Violet snail Janthina janthina
Janthina janthina
Janthina janthina, common name the common purple snail, is a species of holoplanktonic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Janthinidae, the violet snails or purple storm snails.-Distribution:...

Linnaeus, 1758 (Cape Columbine to Mozambique)

Bursidae
Bursidae
Bursidae, common name "frog snails" or "frog shells" is a rather small taxonomic family of large sea snails, marine gastropod predatory snails in the clade Littorinimorpha.-Distribution:...

Granular frog shell Bursa granularis
Bursa granularis
Bursa granularis, common name the granular frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells....

Röding, 1798 (Transkei to Mozambique)

Ranellidae
Ranellidae
Ranellidae, common name the triton shells or tritons, is a taxonomic family of small to very large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha.-Subfamilies:...

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
Muricidae
Muricidae, common name murex snails or rock snails, is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails. With approximately 1,600 living species the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neogastropoda. Additionally, 1,200 fossil species have been recognised...

Branched murex Chicoreus inflatus Lamarck, 1822. (Syn. Chicoreus ramosus) (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)

Mulberry shell Morula granulata
Morula granulata
Morula granulata, common name the mulberry shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.-Description:...

Duclos, 1832 (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)

Short-spined murex Murex brevispina
Murex brevispina
Murex brevispina, also known as the Short-spined murex, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails....

Lamarck, 1822 (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)

Salmon lipped whelk Purpura persica
Purpura persica
Purpura persica , common name : the Persian purpura, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.-Distribution:...

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)

Thais savignyi
Thais savignyi
Thais savignyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....

Deshayes, 1844 (Zululand to Indo-Pacific)

Mitridae
Mitridae
Mitridae, known as mitre shells, are a taxonomic family of sea snails, widely distributed marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Neogastropoda....

- Mitres

Mitra litterata
Mitra litterata
Mitra litterata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.-Description:The shell size varies between 11 mm and 35 mm-Distribution:...

Lamarck, 1811 (West Transkei to Mozambique)

Strombidae
Strombidae
Strombidae, commonly known as the true conchs, is a taxonomic family of medium-sized to very large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Stromboidea....

- Strombs

Lambis chiragra arthritica Roding, 1798 (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)

Lambis crocata crocata (Link, 1807) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)

Lambis digitata
Lambis digitata
Lambis digitata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs....

(Perry, 1811) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)

Lambis lambis
Lambis lambis
Lambis lambis, common name the spider conch, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. -Shell description:...

(Linnaeus, 1758) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)

Lambis scorpius indomarisAbbott, 1961 (Mozambique)

Lambis truncata truncata(Lightfoot, 1768) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)

Variable stromb Strombus mutabilis
Strombus mutabilis
Canarium mutabile, common name the variable stromb, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.-Distribution:...

Swainson, 1821 (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)

Strombus wilsonorum Abbott, 1967 (KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique)

Nassariidae
Nassariidae
Nassariidae, common name nassa mud snails , or dog whelks , are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.-Shell description:...

Dogwhelks

Shielded dogwhelk Nassarius arcularius plicatus (Röding, P.F., 1798) (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)

Tick shell Nassarius kraussianus
Nassarius kraussianus
Nassarius kraussianus, common name the tick shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.-Description:The size of the shell varies from 6 mm to 10 mm...

(Dunker, R.W., 1846) (Namaqualand to Mozambique)

Plough shells

Annulated plough shell 'Bullia annulata
Bullia annulata
Bullia annulata, common name the annulated plough shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks....

Lamarck, 1816 (Cape Columbine to Mozambique)
Bullia mozambicensis
Bullia mozambicensis
Bullia mozambicensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.-Distribution:Distribution of Bullia mozambicensis includes:* Mozambique...

E. A. Smith, 1878 (KwaZulu-Natal south coast to Mozambique)
Pleated plough shell Bullia natalensis
Bullia natalensis
Bullia natalensis, the Pleated Plough Shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks....

Krauss, C.F., 1848 (Transkei to Mozambique)

Olividae - Olive shells

Carolinian olive shell Oliva caroliniana
Oliva caroliniana
Oliva caroliniana, common name the carolinian olive shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....

Duclos, 1835 (Transkei to Mozambique)

Conidae - Cone shells

Hebrew cone Conus ebraeus
Conus ebraeus
Conus ebraeus, common name the black-and-white cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.-Description:...

Linnaeus, 1758 (Transkei to Mozambique)
Livid cone Conus lividus
Conus lividus
Conus lividus, common name the livid cone, is a species of sophisticated predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.-Description:...

Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (Transkei to Mozambique)
Sponsal cone Conus sponsalis
Conus sponsalis
Conus sponsalis, common name the sponsal cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous...

Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (Transkei to Mozambique)
Textile cone Conus textile
Conus textile
Conus textile, common name the cloth of gold cone is a venomous species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. The species is extremely dangerous to humans.-Distribution:C...

Linnaeus, 1758 (Natal northwards)

Heterobranchia

Architectonicidae

Architectonicidae, common name the staircase shells or sundials, are a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the informal group "Lower Heterobranchia" of the clade Heterobranchia....

Variegated sundial shell Heliacus variegatus (Gmelin, 1791) (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)

Siphonariidae

Siphonariidae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing sea snails, marine and brackish water pulmonate gastropod molluscs. These snails are sometimes known as "false limpets" because of the shape of the shell, but they are not at all closely related to true limpets...

- False limpets

Siphonaria nigerrima Smith, 1903 (Zululand to Mozambique)
Siphonaria tenuicostulata Smith, 1903 (Durban to Mozambique)

Hydatinidae

The Aplustridae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia.The former name of this family, Hydatinidae has been declared invalid.-Description:...

Polka-dot bubble shell Micromelo undata
Micromelo undata
Micromelo undata, common name the miniature melo, is an uncommon species of small sea snail or bubble snail, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aplustridae.- Distribution:...

(Brughiere, 1792) (Transkei to Mozambique)
Striped bubble shell Hydatina physis
Hydatina physis
Hydatina physis is a species of sea snail, a bubble snail, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aplustridae. Its common names include striped paper bubble, green-lined paper bubble, brown-lined paper bubble, and rose petal bubble shell.-Distribution:This bubble snail's...

(Linnaeus, 1758) (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)

Philinidae

Philinidae is a family of medium-sized, sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks. They are headshield slugs, in the Cephalaspidea.-Genera:Genera within the family Philinidae include:* Johania Monterosato, 1884* Laona A. Adams, 1865...

Sand slug Philene aperta (Linnaeus, 1767) (Cape Columbine to Mozambique)

Anaspidea

Aplysiidae

The superfamily Aplysioidea is a superfamily of mostly rather large sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Aplysiomorpha within the informal group Opisthobranchia.This superfamily contains only one family, the Aplysiidae; the sea hares...

Shaggy sea hare Bursatella leachi leachi (Blainville. 1817) (Cape Columbine to Mozambique)
Shaggy sea hare Bursatella leachi africana (Engel, 1927)
Wedge sea hare Dolabella auricularia
Dolabella auricularia
Dolabella auricularia, common name the "wedge sea hare", is a species of large sea slug, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares.- Description :...

(Solander, 1786) (Mossel Bay to Mozambique)

Notaspidea
Notaspidea
Notaspidea, also known as the sidegill slugs, was a suborder which included both sea slugs and sea snails or false limpets, marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the subclass Orthogastropoda....

Pleurobranchidae

The Pleurobranchidae are a taxonomic family of sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Notaspidea.The species in the family Pleurobranchidae have a prominent mantle and an internal shell that becomes reduced or is lost in adults. Some adult species have been seen feeding on ascidians...

Lemon pleurobranch Berthellina citrina (Ruppell and Leuckart, 1828) (Cape Point to Mozambique)

Nudibranchia - Nudibranchs

Hexabranchidae

Hexabranchidae is a taxonomic family of the colorful sea slugs which are known as nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod mollusks.This family is one of the many families of dorid nudibranchs in the suborder Doridina, named after Doris, who was a sea nymph in ancient Greek mythology.The family...

Spanish dancer Hexabranchus sanguineus (Ruppell and Leuckart, 1828) (KwaZulu-Natal south coast to Mozambique)

Bivalvia

Bivalves in Mozambique include:

Mytilidae

Mytilidae

Mytilidae is a family of small to large saltwater mussels, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Mytiloida. It is the only family in the order...

- Mussels

Estuarine mussel Arcuatula capensis (Cape Agulhas to Mozambique)
Brack-water mussel Brachidontes virgiliae (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)
Semistriated mussel Brachidontes semistriatus (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique)
Ear mussel Modiolus auriculatus (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique)
Brown mussel Perna perna
Perna perna
The brown mussel, Perna perna, is an economically important mussel, a bivalve mollusc belonging to the family Mytilidae. It is harvested as a food source but is also known to harbor toxins and cause damage to marine structures...

(Cape Point to Mozambique)
Ledge mussel Septifer bilocularis (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique)

Arcidae - Ark clams

Arca avellana Lam? (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique)
Oblique ark shell Barbatia obliquata (Cape Columbine to Mozambique)

Noetiidae

Noetiidae is a family of bivalves related to the ark clams. They are differentiated from the ark clams by the presence of striations on the hinge ligament...

Striarca symmetrica (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique)

Pinnidae

Pinnidae is a family of large saltwater clams sometimes known as pen shells. They are marine bivalve molluscs in the order Pterioida.The shells are fragile and have a long and triangular shape, and in life they are anchored in sediment using a byssus...

- Pen shells

Pinna muricata (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique)

Gryphaeidae

Gryphaeidae, common name the foam oysters or honeycomb oysters, is a family of marine bivalve mollusks, related to the true oysters.-Taxonomy:...

Hyotissa numisma(Transkei to Mozambique)

Ostreidae

Ostreidae are the true oysters, and include most species that are commonly eaten under the name oyster. Pearl oysters are not true oysters and belong to the distinct order Pterioida....

- True oysters

Natal rock oyster Saccostrea cuccullata (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique) (syn. Crassostrea cucculata)
Cape rock oyster Striostrea margaritacea (Cape Point to Mozambique)

Anomiidae

Anomiidae is a family of bivalve molluscs related to scallops and oysters, and known as anomiids. It contains seven genera.The family is known by several common names, including jingle shells, saddle oysters and mermaid's toenails....

- Saddle oysters

Saddle oyster Anomia achaeus (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique)

Pteriidae

Pteriidae is a family of medium-sized to large saltwater clams. They are pearl oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Pterioida.Some of the species in this family are important economically as the source of saltwater pearls....

- Pearl oysters

Cape pearl oyster Pinctada capensis (Capr Agulhas to Mozambique)

Pectinidae

The Pectinidae are a family of bivalve mollusks including the scallop and closely related to the clam and oyster. They are hermaphrodite, and the male gonads mature first. Pectinidae can live attached by means of a filament they secrete, or are simply recumbent. Their valves can propel them...

- Scallops

Dwarf fan shell Chlamys tincta (Cape Columbine to Mozambique)

Cardiidae - Cockles

Cockle Trachycardium flavum (Central KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)
Trachycardium rubicundum (Eastern Transkei to Mozambique)

Tridacnidae

The Tridacninae are a subfamily of Bivalves colloquially known as giant clams. The family contains the biggest bivalve species, including Tridacna gigas, the giant clam. They have heavy shells, fluted with 4–6 folds. Mantle is usually brightly coloured. They inhabit coral reefs in warm seas of the...

- Giant clams

Giant clam Tridacna squamosa
Tridacna squamosa
Tridacna squamosa, colloquially known as the fluted giant clam, is one of a number of large clam species native to the shallow coral reefs of the South Pacific and Indian oceans. It is distinguished by the presence of large leaf-like fluted edges on its shell called 'scutes' and a byssal opening...

(Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique)

Mactridae

Mactridae, also known as trough shells or duck clams, is a family of marine bivalve clams of the order Veneroida.-Characteristics:...

- Trough shells

Smooth trough shell Mactra glabrata (Cape Columbine to Mozambique)

Carditidae

Carditidae is a family of marine bivalve clams of the order Veneroida.-Genera:* Cardita Bruguière, 1792 * Carditamera Conrad, 1838 * Crassicardia Conrad, 1838 * Cyclocardia Conrad, 1867 * Glans Megerle von Muhlfeld, 1811...

Rectangular false cockle Cardita variegata (Mossel Bay to Mozambique)

Solenidae

Solenidae is a family of saltwater clams known as razor shells, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Veneroida.-Taxonomy:Originally razor shells were all classified as Solenidae. Then the genera were grouped into two sub-families, the Cultellinae and Soleninae...

Solen cylindraceus (Transkei to Mozambique)

Lucinidae

Lucinidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs.These bivalves are remarkable for their endosymbiosis with sulphide-oxidizing bacteria.-Characteristics:...

Smooth platter shell Loripes clausus Philippi 1848 (Mossel Bay to Mozambique)

Unionidae

Unionidae is a family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionoida, the bivalve mollusks sometimes known as river mussels, naiads, or simply as unionids.The range of distribution for this family is world-wide...

Toothless platter shell Anodontia edentula Linnaeus 1758 (Mossel Bay to Mozambique)

Lasaeidae

Lasaeidae is a family of bivalve molluscs, related to the Zebra mussels. They are commonly called kellyclams.-Selected genera and species:* Aligena I...

Dwarf rusty clam Lasaea adansoni turtoni (Cape Point to Mozambique)Gmelin 1791

Tellinidae

Tellinidae is a family of marine bivalve molluscs of the order Veneroida. They live under soft sediments in shallow seas.-Characteristics:Tellinids have rounded or oval, elongated shells, much flattened. The two valves are connected by a large external ligament. The two separate siphons are...

Littoral tellin Macoma litoralis (Mossel Bay to Mozambique)

Teredinidae

Shipworm Bankia carinata (Mossel Bay to Mozambique)

Donacidae

Donacidae, the bean clams or wedge shells, is a family of bivalve molluscs of the order Veneroida. The family is related to the Tellins.The Donacidae are prolific filter feeders, and are an important part of coastal food chains where they occur...

- Wedge shells

Donax bipartitus (East London to Mozambique)
Round ended wedge shell Donax burnupi (Cape Point to Mozambique)
Slippery wedge shell Donax lubricus (Port Alfred to Mozambique)
Ridged wedge shell Donax madagscariensis (Transkei to Mozambique)

Psammobiidae

Psammobiidae or sunset clams, are a family of medium-sized saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs of the order Veneroida.-Genera:The following genera are accepted by the database World Register of Marine Species...

- Sunset clams

Sunset clam Hiatula lunulata (Transkei to Mozambique)

Veneridae

The Veneridae or venerids, also known as the Venus clams, are a very large family of minute to large, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. There are over 500 living species of venerid bivalves, most of which are edible, and many of which are exploited as a food source.Many of the most...

- Venus shells

Dosinia hepatica (Mossel Bay to Mozambique)
Beaked clam Eumarcia paupercula (Mossel Bay to Mozambique)
Ribbed venus Gafrarium pectinatum alfredense (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique)
Meretrix meretrix(only recorded from Mozambique)
Zigzag clam Pitar abbreviatus (Cape Point to Mozambique)
Tivela polita (Transkei to Mozambique)
Warty venus Venus verrucosa(Namibia to Mozambique)

Polyplacophora

Chiton

Chitons are small to large, primitive marine molluscs in the class Polyplacophora.There are 900 to 1,000 extant species of chitons in the class, which was formerly known as Amphineura....

s (Polyplacophora) in Mozambique include:

Ischnochitonidae

Ischnochitonidae

Ischnochitonidae is an extinct of polyplacophoran mollusc....

Dwarf chiton Ischnochiton oniscus (Cape Columbine to Mozambique)

Chitonidae

Chitonidae is a family of chitons or polyplacophorans, marine mollusks whose shell is composed of eight articulating plates or valves. There are fifteen extant genera in three subfamilies.-Subfamilies and genera:...

Black chiton Onithochiton literatus (Cape Point to Mozambique)

Cephalopoda

Cephalopod

A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan class Cephalopoda . These exclusively marine animals are characterized by bilateral body symmetry, a prominent head, and a set of arms or tentacles modified from the primitive molluscan foot...

s in Mozambique include:

Teuthida - Squid

Squid

Squid are cephalopods of the order Teuthida, which comprises around 300 species. Like all other cephalopods, squid have a distinct head, bilateral symmetry, a mantle, and arms. Squid, like cuttlefish, have eight arms arranged in pairs and two, usually longer, tentacles...

Loliginidae

Loliginidae, commonly known as pencil squids, is an aquatic family of the order Teuthida .-Species:The following classification follows Vecchione et al. and the Tree of Life Web Project .*Genus Afrololigo...

Indian Ocean squid Loligo duvauceli Orbigny, 1848 (Port Alfred to Mozambique)

Sepiida - Cuttlefish

Cuttlefish

Cuttlefish are marine animals of the order Sepiida. They belong to the class Cephalopoda . Despite their name, cuttlefish are not fish but molluscs....

Sepiidae

Sepiidae is a family of cephalopods in the order Sepiida.-Classification:*Order Sepiida: cuttlefish**Family Sepiadariidae**Family Sepiidae***Genus Metasepia****Metasepia pfefferi, Pfeffer's Flamboyant Cuttlefish...

Common cuttlefish Sepia vermiculata
Sepia vermiculata
Sepia vermicularis is known as the common cuttlefish or ink-fish in South Africa. It is endemic to this region.-Distribution:This cuttlefish is found around the South African coast from Saldanha Bay to Algoa Bay, subtidally to at least 40m....

Quoy and Gaimard, 1832 (Orange river to Mozambique)

Spirulida

Spirulida is an order of cephalopods comprising one extant species and several extinct taxa.-Classification:*Order Spirulida**?Family Shimanskyidae**Suborder †Groenlandibelina***Family †Groenlandibelidae...

- Ram's horn squid

Spirulidae

Ram's horn shell Spirula spirula Linnaeus 1758 (Eastern Cape to Mozambique)

Patellogastropoda

Vetigastropoda

Neritimorpha

Caenogastropoda

Heterobranchia

Anaspidea

Notaspidea
Notaspidea
Notaspidea, also known as the sidegill slugs, was a suborder which included both sea slugs and sea snails or false limpets, marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the subclass Orthogastropoda....

Nudibranchia - Nudibranchs

Bivalvia

Polyplacophora

Cephalopoda

See also

Further reading

Patellogastropoda

Vetigastropoda

Neritimorpha

Caenogastropoda

Heterobranchia

Anaspidea

NotaspideaNotaspideaNotaspidea, also known as the sidegill slugs, was a suborder which included both sea slugs and sea snails or false limpets, marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the subclass Orthogastropoda....

Nudibranchia - Nudibranchs

Bivalvia

Polyplacophora

Cephalopoda

See also

Further reading

Notaspidea
Notaspidea
Notaspidea, also known as the sidegill slugs, was a suborder which included both sea slugs and sea snails or false limpets, marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the subclass Orthogastropoda....