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List of non marine molluscs of South Africa

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List of non-marine molluscs of South Africa

The list of non-marine molluscs of South Africa is a list of freshwater and land species that form a part of the molluscan fauna of South Africa.

Contents

Freshwater gastropods

Ampullariidae

  • Lanistes ovum Troschel, 1845

    • Pomatiopsidae

  • Tomichia cawstoni Connolly, 1939 - endemic
  • Tomichia natalensis Connolly, 1939 - endemic
  • Tomichia rogersi (Connolly, 1929) - endemic

    • Thiaridae

  • Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1822) - non-indigenous
  • Thiara amarula
  • Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)

    • Paludomidae

  • Cleopatra ferruginea (Lea & Lea, 1850)

    • Lymnaeidae

  • Pseudosuccinea columella (Say, 1817) - non-indigenous
  • Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)

    • Planorbidae

  • Lentorbis carringtoni (de Azevedo et al., 1961)

    • Land gastropods

    Succineidae

  • Oxyloma patentissima (Pfeiffer, 1853)

    • Veronicellidae

  • Laevicaulis haroldi Dundee, 1980 - endemic

    • Subulinidae

  • Euonyma laeocochlis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1896)

    • Chlamydephoridae

  • Chlamydephorus burnupi (Smith, 1892) - endemic
  • Chlamydephorus dimidius (Watson, 1915) - endemic
  • Chlamydephorus purcelli (Collinge, 1901) - Purcell's hunter slug, endemic

    • Streptaxidae

  • Gulella aprosdoketa Connolly, 1939 - endemic
  • Gulella claustralis Connolly, 1939 - endemic
  • Gulella plantii - Plant's gulella snail, endemic
  • Gulella puzeyi Connolly, 1939 - endemic
  • Gulella salpinx Herbert, 2002 - endemic

    • Bothriembryontidae

  • Prestonella - the genus with 3 species is endemic to South Africa.

    • Rhytididae

  • Natalina beyrichi (Von Martens, 1890) - Pondoland cannibal snail, endemic
  • Natalina wesseliana Kobelt, 1876 - Tongaland cannibal snail, endemic

    • Charopidae

  • Trachycystis clifdeni Connolly, 1932 - endemic
  • Trachycystis haygarthi (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899) - endemic
  • Trachycystis placenta (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899) - endemic

    • References

    List of non-marine molluscs of South Africa Wikipedia
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