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List of non marine molluscs of Kenya

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List of non-marine molluscs of Kenya

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

Contents

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

There are 514 species of land snails in Kenya.

Freshwater gastropods

Thiaridae

  • Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)

    • Lymnaeidae

  • Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)

    • Land gastropods

    Land gastropods in Kenya include:

    Cyclophoridae

  • Elgonocyclus koptaweliensis (Germain, 1934)

    • Maizaniidae

  • Maizania elatior (Martens, 1892)
  • Micromaizania volkensi (Martens, 1895)

    • Veronicellidae

  • Laevicaulis stuhlmanni (Simroth, 1895)

    • Succineidae

  • Quickia concisa (Morelet, 1849)

    • Valloniidae

  • Pupisoma (Ptychopatula) dioscoricola (C. B. Adams, 1845)

    • Vertiginidae

  • Nesopupa (Afripupa) bisulcata (Jickeli, 1873)
  • Truncatellina ninagongensis (Pilsbry, 1935)
  • Truncatellina pygmaeorum (Pilsbry & Cockerell, 1933)

    • Cerastidae

  • Conulinus rutshuruensis Pilsbry, 1919
  • Conulinus ugandae - subspecies: Conulinus ugandae costatus Verdcourt, 1985
  • Edouardia metula (Martens, 1895)
  • Rhachidina braunsi (Martens, 1869)

    • Achatinidae

  • Limicolaria martensiana (E. A. Smith, 1880)
  • Limicolaria saturata E. A. Smith, 1895

    • Ferussaciidae

  • Cecilioides (Cecilioides) tribulationis (Preston, 1911)
  • Cecilioides (Geostilbia) callipeplum (Connolly, 1923)

    • Micractaeonidae

  • Micractaeon koptawelilensis (Germain, 1934)

    • Subulinidae

  • Curvella babaulti Germain, 1923
  • Euonyma curtissima Verdcourt
  • Ischnoglessula elegans (Martens, 1895)
  • Nothapalus paucispira (Martens, 1892)
  • Nothapalus ugandanus Connolly, 1923
  • Oreohomorus nitidus (Martens, 1897)
  • Pseudopeas curvelliforme Pilsbry, 1919
  • Pseudopeas elgonense Connolly, 1923
  • Subulina entebbana Pollonera, 1907
  • Subulona clara (Pilsbry, 1919)

    • Streptaxidae

  • Gulella (Molarella) ugandensis (E. A. Smith, 1901)
  • Gulella (Silvigulella) osborni Pilsbry, 1919
  • Gulella (Wilmattina) disseminata (Preston, 1913)
  • Stenomarconia Germain, 1934

    • Punctidae

  • Paralaoma servilis (Shuttleworth, 1852)
  • Punctum pallidum Connolly, 1922
  • Punctum ugandanum (E. A. Smith, 1903)

    • Charopidae

  • Afrodonta kempi (Connolly, 1925)
  • Prositala butumbiana (Martens, 1895)
  • Trachycystis iredalei Preston, 1912
  • Trachycystis lamellifera (E. A. Smith, 1903)

    • Helicarionidae

  • Kaliella barrakporensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1852)
  • Kaliella iredalei Preston, 1912

    • Euconulidae

  • Afroconulus iredalei (Preston, 1912)
  • Afroguppya rumrutiensis (Preston, 1911)
  • Afropunctum seminium (Morelet, 1873)

    • Urocyclidae

  • Atoxon pallens Simroth, 1895
  • Chlamydarion quentini Verdcourt, 2004
  • Gymnarion aloysiisabaudiae (Pollonera, 1906)
  • Trichotoxon heynemanni Simroth, 1888
  • Trochozonites (Teleozonites) adansoniae (Morelet, 1848)
  • Trochozonites (Zonitotrochus) medjensis Pilsbry, 1919

    • Freshwater bivalves

    Sphaeriidae

  • Pisidium artifex Kuiper, 1960

    • References

    List of non-marine molluscs of Kenya Wikipedia
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