List_of_non-marine_molluscs_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo

List of non-marine molluscs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

List of non-marine molluscs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

Location of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Freshwater gastropods

Ampullariidae

Bithyniidae

Pachychilidae

  • Potadoma ignobilis (Thiele, 1911)[1]
  • Potadoma liricincta (Smith, 1888)[1]

Thiaridae

Lymnaeidae

Planorbidae

Land gastropods

Cyclophoridae

  • Cyathopoma straeleni Adam, 1987[2]

Vertiginidae

  • Nesopupa griqualandica musepagii Adam, 1954[2]
  • Nesopupa kanongae Adam, 1954[2]
  • Nesopupa pelengeae Adam, 1954[2]
  • Truncatellina obesa Adam, 1954[2]

Streptaxidae

  • Gulella albinus van Bruggen & van Goethem, 1999[2]
  • Gulella coarti (Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914)[2]
  • Gullela pupa ituriensis Pilsbry, 1919[3]
  • Gulella turriformis van Bruggen & van Goethem, 1999[2]
  • Ptychotrema conicum Adam & van Goethem, 1978[2]
  • Ptychotrema dubium Adam & van Goethem, 1978[2]
  • Ptychotrema ganzae Adam & van Goethem, 1978[2]
  • Ptychotrema goossensi Adam & van Goethem, 1978[2]
  • Ptychotrema hifirae Adam & van Goethem, 1978[2]
  • Ptychotrema jacquelinae Adam & van Goethem, 1978[2]
  • Ptychotrema kazibae Adam & van Goethem, 1978[2]
  • Ptychotrema kibarae Adam & van Goethem, 1978[2]
  • Ptychotrema pelengeense Adam & van Goethem, 1978[2]
  • Ptychotrema pseudomukulense Adam & van Goethem, 1978[2]
  • Ptychotrema upembae Adam, van Bruggen & van Goethem, 1993[2]
  • Ptychotrema wittei Adam & van Goethem, 1978[2]
  • Tayloria moncieuxi Haas, 1934[2]

Gymnarionidae

  • Gymnarion aloysii-sabaudiae (Pollonera, 1906)[3]
  • Gymnarion apertus Binder, 1979[2]
  • Gymnarion bequaerti Binder, 1979[2]
  • Gymnarion cf. apertus Binder, 1979[2]
  • Gymnarion chinegris Binder, 1979[2]
  • Gymnarion upembae Binder, 1979[2]
  • Gymnarion wittei Binder, 1979[2]

Achatinidae

  • Achatina achatina Linnaeus, 1758[3]
  • Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822[3]
  • Achatina osborni Pilsbry, 1919[3]
  • Achatina tincta Reeve, 1842[3]
  • Burtoa nilotica emini Martens, 1895[3]
  • Burtoa nilotica obliqua (E. von Martens, 1895)[3]
  • Homorus amputatus Pilsbry, 1919[3]
  • Limicolaria distincta Putzeys, 1898[3]
  • Limicolaria laeta medjensis Pilsbry, 1919[3]
  • Perideriopsis fallsensis Dupuis & Putzeys, 1900[3]
  • Subuliniscus ruwenzorensis (Pollonera, )[3]

Arionidae

Cerastidae

  • Cerastua upembae (van Goethem & Adam, 1978)[2]
  • Cerastus bequaerti Pilsbry, 1919[3]
  • Pachnodus rutshuruensis Pilsbry, 1919[3]

Subulinidae

  • Curvella bathytoma Pilsbry, 1919[3]
  • Nothapalus paucispira xanthophaes (Pilsbry, [3]
  • Pseudoglessula walikalensis Pilsbry, 1919[3]

Limacidae

Veronicellidae

  • Laevicaulis schnitzleri[3]

Helicarionidae

  • Helicarion insularis (Thiele, 1911)[3]

Helicidae

Urocyclidae

  • Atoxon faradjense Pilsbry, 1919[3]
  • Bukobia cockerelli Pilsbry, 1919[3]
  • Mesafricarion maculifer Pilsbry, 1919[3]
  • Mesafricarion putzeysi Pilsbry, 1919[3]
  • Trichotoxon maculatum perforatum Pilsbry[3]
  • Trichotoxon pardus Pilsbry, 1919[3]
  • Trichotoxon ruwenzoriense Pilsbry, 1919[3]
  • Upembella adami van Goethem, 1969[2]
  • Pleuroprocta silvatica[3]

Freshwater bivalves

Unionidae

  • Coelatura stuhlmanni (Martens, 1897)[1]

Iridinidae

  • Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791)[1]

Corbiculidae

Sphaeriidae

See also

  • List of marine molluscs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:


References

  1. Roland Schultheiß, Oscar Wembo Ndeo, Meni Malikwisha, Carina Marek, Ulrich Bößneck & Christian Albrecht (2011). "Freshwater molluscs of the Eastern Congo: notes on taxonomy, biogeography and conservation". African Invertebrates 52(2): 265-284. DOI:10.5733/afin.052.0204
  2. A. C. van Bruggen & J. L. van Goethem (2007). "Supplementary notes on the terrestrial molluscs of the Upemba National Park, Katanga, D.R. Congo, a minor biodiversity hotspot in Africa". Bulletin de l'institut royal des sciences naturelles de Belgique 77: 119-121.
  3. Jean Louis BAHIZIRE KAYEYE, Bertin NDEGEYI KABALE, Pierre Batumike Cishibanji, Jean Jacques Bagalwa Mashimango, and Jean Pierre Baluku Bajope, “Population dynamics of land snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Katana region, west coastline of Lake Kivu, Eastern of Democratic Republic of Congo,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 327–346, June 2015.

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