List of non-marine molluscs of Kenya

Location of Kenya

The non-marine molluscs of Kenya are a part of the molluscan fauna of Kenya (wildlife of Kenya).

A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Kenya.

There are 514 species of land snails in Kenya.[1]

Freshwater gastropods

Thiaridae

Lymnaeidae

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Kenya include:

Cyclophoridae

Maizaniidae

Veronicellidae

Succineidae

Valloniidae

Vertiginidae

Cerastidae

Achatinidae

Ferussaciidae

Micractaeonidae

Subulinidae

Streptaxidae

Punctidae

Charopidae

Helicarionidae

Euconulidae

Urocyclidae

Freshwater bivalves

Sphaeriidae

See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

References

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