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.

Location of Angola

Gastropoda

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Architectonica perspectiva
 
Various shells of Calyptraea chinensis
 
Drawing of the shell of Conus ambiguus
 
Janthina janthina
 
Apertural (right) and abapertural (left) views of a shell of Marginella glabella
 
A shell of Tonna galea
 
Drawing of a shell of Cymbium olla

Families and species of marine gastropods of the Angolan fauna include:[1]

Family Acteonidae
Family Architectonicidae
Family Buccinidae
Family Bullidae
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
Family Terebridae
Family Tonnidae
Family Trochidae
Family Turridae
Family Turritellidae
Family Volutidae
Family Xenophoridae

Bivalvia

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Families and species of marine bivalves of the Angolan fauna include:[1]

 
A shell of Petricola pholadiformis
Family Anomiidae
Family Arcidae
Family Cardiidae
Family Carditidae
Family Chamidae
Family Crassatellidae
Family Donacidae
Family Limidae
Family Mactridae
Family Mytilidae
Family Pectinidae
Family Petricolidae
Family Pharidae
Family Pholadidae
Family Pinnidae
Family Psammobiidae
Family Pteriidae
Family Solenidae
Family Tellinidae
Family Veneridae

References

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  1. ^ a b Oliveira, M. P.; Rezende, G. J. R.; Coelho, L. F. (1975). "Contribuição ao conhecimento da malacofauna de Angola". Boletim do Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e Geociências (in Portuguese) (10). Brazil: UFJF: 1–17.