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.

Location of South Africa

Freshwater gastropods

Ampullariidae

• Lanistes ovum Troschel, 1845[1]

Pomatiopsidae

• Tomichia cawstoni Connolly, 1939 – endemic[2]
• Tomichia natalensis Connolly, 1939 – endemic[3]
• Tomichia rogersi (Connolly, 1929) – endemic[4]

Thiaridae

• Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1822) – non-indigenous[1]
• Thiara amarula[1]
• Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]

Paludomidae

• Cleopatra ferruginea (Lea & Lea, 1850)[1]

Lymnaeidae

• Pseudosuccinea columella (Say, 1817) – non-indigenous[1]
• Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)[5]

Planorbidae

• Lentorbis carringtoni (de Azevedo et al., 1961)[6]

Land gastropods

Succineidae

• Oxyloma patentissima (Pfeiffer, 1853)[7][8]

Veronicellidae

• Laevicaulis haroldi Dundee, 1980 – endemic

Subulinidae

• Euonyma laeocochlis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1896)[9]

Chlamydephoridae

• Chlamydephorus burnupi (Smith, 1892) – endemic
• Chlamydephorus dimidius (Watson, 1915) – endemic
• Chlamydephorus purcelli (Collinge, 1901) – Purcell's hunter slug, endemic[10]

Streptaxidae

• Gulella aprosdoketa Connolly, 1939 – endemic[11]
• Gulella claustralis Connolly, 1939 – endemic[12]
• Gulella plantii – Plant's gulella snail, endemic[13]
• Gulella puzeyi Connolly, 1939 – endemic[14]
• Gulella salpinx Herbert, 2002 – endemic[15]

Bothriembryontidae

• Prestonella – the genus with 3 species is endemic to South Africa.[16]

Rhytididae

• Natalina beyrichi (Von Martens, 1890) – Pondoland cannibal snail, endemic[17]
• Natalina wesseliana Kobelt, 1876 – Tongaland cannibal snail, endemic[18]

Charopidae

• Trachycystis clifdeni Connolly, 1932 – endemic[19]
• Trachycystis haygarthi (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899) – endemic[20]
• Trachycystis placenta (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899) – endemic[21]

Bivalves

See also

• List of marine molluscs of South Africa

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of Namibia
• List of non-marine molluscs of Botswana
• List of non-marine molluscs of Zimbabwe
• List of non-marine molluscs of Mozambique
• List of non-marine molluscs of Swaziland
• List of non-marine molluscs of Lesotho

References

1. Appleton C. C., Forbes A. T.& Demetriades N. T. (2009). "The occurrence, bionomics and potential impacts of the invasive freshwater snail Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1822) (Gastropoda: Thiaridae) in South Africa". Zoologische Mededelingen 83. http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a04 Archived 27 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
2. Brown, D.S. 2000. Tomichia cawstoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
3. Brown D. S. (1996). Tomichia natalensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
4. Brown D. S. (1996). Tomichia rogersi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
5. Appleton C., Ghamizi M., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K., Stensgaard A-S. & Van Damme D. (2009). Lymnaea natalensis. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 4 December 2010.
6. Appleton C., Darwall W., Kaunda E., Kristensen T. K., Mailosi A. & Stensgaard A-S. (2009). Lentorbis carringtoni. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 4 December 2010.
7. Oberholzer G. & Van Eeden J. A. (1967). "The freshwater molluscs of the Kruger National Park". Koedoe - African Protected Area Conservation and Science 10(1): 1–42. doi:10.4102/koedoe.v10i1.762, PDF. p. 26, Fig. 20.
8. van Bruggen A. C. & Appleton C. C. (1977). "Studies on the ecology and systematics of the terrestrial molluscs of the lake Sibaya area of Zululand, South Africa". Zoologische Verhandelingen 154: 3–48. pp. 21–23. PDF.
9. Herbert D. (2006). "Rediscovery of the type species of Euonyma (Subulinidae) and observations on South African species of Gulella (Streptaxidae), with description of two new species (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata)". Journal of Natural History 40(17–18): 1063–1081. doi:10.1080/00222930600845218.
10. Herbert D. G. (2000). Chlamydephorus purcelli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
11. Herbert D. G. (2004). Gulella aprosdoketa. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 13 December 2010.
12. Herbert D. G. (2004). Gulella claustralis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
13. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Gulella plantii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
14. Herbert D. G. (2004). Gulella puzeyi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
15. Herbert D. G. (2002). "Gulella salpinx sp. n., a new critical endangered holoendemic species from the limestone deposits of the Marble Delta, KwaZuluNatal, South Africa (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Streptaxidae)". African Invertebrates 43: 125–138. abstract.
16. Breure B. (23 February 2008) "The extended family". Bram's Snail Site, accessed 7 April 2011.
17. Herbert D. G. (2000). Natalina beyrichi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
18. Herbert D. G. (2000). Natalina wesseliana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
19. Herbert D. G. (2004). Trachycystis clifdeni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
20. Herbert D. G. (2004). Trachycystis haygarthi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
21. Herbert D. G. (2004). Trachycystis placenta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.

External links

• website of Dr. Dai Herbert with projects and publications
• Govender V. (2007). "Patterns of Distribution, Diversity and Endemism of Terrestrial Molluscs in South Africa". Thesis. School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal. 219 pp. PDF.
• de Kock K. N. & Wolmarans C. T. (1998). "A re-evaluation of the occurrence of freshwater molluscs in the Kruger National Park". Koedoe - African Protected Area Conservation and Science 45(1): . doi:10.4102/koedoe.v41i1.240, PDF.
• de Kock K. N., Wolmarans C. T. & du Preez L. H. (2002) "Freshwater mollusc diversity in the Kruger National Park: a comparison between a period of prolonged drought and a period of exceptionally high rainfall". Koedoe - African Protected Area Conservation and Science 45(2): 1–11. doi:10.4102/koedoe.v45i2.23, PDF.
• Wolmarans C. T. & de Kock K. N. (2006). "The current status of freshwater molluscs in the Kruger National Park". Koedoe - African Protected Area Conservation and Science 49(2): 39–44. doi:10.4102/koedoe.v49i2.122. PDF.