List of molluscs of Botswana

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Botswana molluscs [1] are represented by 63 native species (13 bivalves, 24 freshwater snails, 24 land snails and two slugs) and by four introduced species: Cornu aspersum , Lissachatina fulica , Physella acuta and Radix auricularia , which are potentially invasive and of economic concern. The majority of species occur in the regions of the Okavango Delta and the Chobe–Linyanti–Kwando river system along East Caprivi.

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The list follows the alphabetical rather than systematic order, and originates from the latest checklist, which summarizes 170 years (1854–2023) of malacological studies in Botswana. [1]

Achatinidae

Common name: Tropical land snails, including Giant African land snails.

Ampullariidae

Common name: Tropical/Apple snails

Bithyniidae

Common name: Mud freshwater snails

Bulinidae

Common name: Ram's horn snails

Burnupiidae

Common name: Pond snails

Cochliopidae

Common name: Small freshwater snails

Cyrenidae

Common name: Porcelain mussels

Ferussaciidae

Common name: Blind awl snails or pin snails

Gastrocoptidae

Common name: Minute land snails

Helicidae

Common name: Typical snails or helix garden snails

Iridinidae

Common name: Toothless River mussels

Lymnaeidae

Common name: Pond snails

Paludomidae

Common name: Trumpet freshwater snails

Physidae

Planorbidae

Common name: Ram's horn snails

Pupillidae

Common name: Minute land snails

Sphaeriidae

Common name: Orb mussels

Streptaxidae

Common name: Carnivorous land snails

Succineidae

Common name: Amber snails

Unionidae

Common name: Freshwater mussels

Veronicellidae

Common name: Leather-back land slugs

Viviparidae

Common name: River snails

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References

  1. 1 2 Rapalai, B.L. (2024). "An annotated checklist of molluscs recorded from Botswana". Indago . 41: 15–44. doi:10.5281/zenodo.13132605.
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