List of non-marine molluscs of Lebanon

Location of Lebanon

The non-marine molluscs of Lebanon are a part of the molluscan fauna of Lebanon. A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Lebanon. In addition, a number of gastropod species are reared in captivity in greenhouses, aquaria and terraria.

Freshwater gastropods

Neritidae

• Theodoxus jordani (Sowerby, 1832) ^[1]

Melanopsidae

• Melanopsis buccinoidea (Olivier, 1801) ^[1]

Cochliopidae

• Eupaludestrina longiscata (Bourguignat, 1856) ^[2]

Hydrobiidae

• Belgrandiella libanica Schütt, 1993 ^{[2] [3]}
• Islamia gaillardoti (Germain, 1911) ^[2]
• Radomaniola gaillardotii (Bourguignat, 1856) ^{[1] [2]}

Tateidae

• Potamopyrgus antipodarum (J. E. Gray, 1843) ^[1]

Bithyniidae

• Pseudobithynia amiqensis Glöer & Bößneck, 2007 ^{[1] [4]}
• Pseudobithynia kathrini Glöer & Bößneck, 2007 ^{[1] [4]}
• Pseudobithynia levantica Glöer & Bößneck, 2007 ^{[1] [4]}

Valvatidae

• Valvata saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1853) ^[1]

Lymnaeidae

• Galba truncatula (O. F. Müller, 1774) ^[1]
• Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) ^[1]
• Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) ^[1]
• Stagnicola cf. berlani (Bourguignat, 1870) ^[1]

Physidae

• Physella acuta (Draparnaud, 1805) ^[1]

Planorbidae

• Ancylus fluviatilis (O. F. Müller, 1774) ^[1]
• Gyraulus bekaensis Glöer & Bößneck, 2007 ^{[1] [5]}
• Gyraulus homsensis (Dautzenberg, 1894) ^[5]
• Gyraulus piscinarum (Bourguignat, 1852) ^[1]
• Planorbis carinatus O. F. Müller, 1774 ^[1]

Land gastropods

Succineidae

• Oxyloma cf. elegans (Risso, 1826) ^[1]

Lauriidae

• Lauria cylindracea (Da Costa, 1778) ^[1]

Orculidae

• Orculella sirianocoriensis libanotica (Tristram, 1865) ^[1]
• Orculella mesopotamica riedeli Hausdorf, 1996 ^[1]

Enidae

• Buliminus damascensis (Pallary, 1929) ^[1]
• Euchondrus septemdentatus (Roth, 1839) ^[1]
• Euchondrus cf. ledereri (L. Pfeiffer, 1868) ^[1]
• Pene bulimoides (L. Pfeiffer, 1842) ^[6]
• Pene kotschyi (L. Pfeiffer, 1854) ^[6]
• Pene louisi (Germain, 1911) ^[6]
• Pene syriacus (L. Pfeiffer, 1864) ^{[1] [6]}
• Turanena benjamitica (Benson, 1859) ^[1]

Pleurodiscidae

• Pleurodiscus erdelii (Roth, 1839) ^[1]

Clausiliidae

• Cristataria albersi (Charpentier, 1852) ^[7]
• Cristataria boissieri (Charpentier, 1847) ^[7]
• Cristataria cylindrelliformis (Bourguignat, 1855) ^[7]
• Cristataria delesserti (Bourguignat, 1853) ^[7]
• Cristataria dutaillyana (Bourguignat, 1868) ^{[1] [7]}
• Cristataria florieni (Pallary, 1939) ^[7]
• Cristataria hedenborgi (L. Pfeiffer, 1849) ^[1]
• Cristataria porrecta (Rossmässler, 1857) ^[7]
• Cristataria staudingeri (O. Boettger, 1890) ^[7]
• Cristataria strangulata (L. Pfeiffer, 1841) ^[7]
• Cristataria vesicalis (Rossmässler, 1857) ^[7]
• Cristataria zelebori (Rossmässler, 1856) ^{[1] [7]}
• Cristataria zilchi H. Nordsieck, 1971 ^[7]
• Elia moesta (Rossmässler, 1839) ^[1]

Oxychilidae

• Eopolita protensa jebusitica (Roth, 1855) ^[1]
• Libania saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852) ^[8]
• Oxychilus renanianus (Pallary, 1939) ^[1]
• Oxychilus syriacus (Kobelt, 1879) ^[1]

Limacidae

• Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758) ^[1]

Agriolimacidae

• Deroceras berytensis (Bourguignat, 1852) ^[1]
• Deroceras libanoticum (Pollonera, 1909) ^[9]

Geomitridae

• Cochlicella acuta (O. F. Müller, 1774) ^[1]
• Xeropicta krynickii (Krynicki, 1833) ^[1]

Hygromiidae

• Metafruticicola berytensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1841) ^[1]
• Metafruticicola fourousi (Bourguignat, 1863) ^[1]
• Monacha bari Forcart 1981 ^[10]
• Monacha cf. compingtae (Pallary, 1929) ^{[10] [1]}
• Monacha crispulata (Mousson, 1861) ^[10]
• Monacha nummus (Ehrenberg, 1831) ^{[1] [10]}
• Monacha obstructa (L. Pfeiffer, 1842) ^{[10] [1]}
• Monacha solitudinis (Bourguignat, 1852) ^[10]
• Monacha syriaca (Ehrenberg, 1831) ^{[10] [1]}

Helicidae

• Cornu aspersum (O. F. Müller, 1774) ^[1]
• Eobania vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) ^[1]
• Helix engaddensis (Bourguignat, 1852) ^[1]

Sphincterochilidae

• Sphincterochila fimbriata (Bourguignat, 1852) ^[1]

Freshwater bivalves

Sphaeriidae

• Musculium lacustre (O. F. Müller, 1774) ^[1]
• Pisidium amnicum (O. F. Müller, 1774) ^[1]
• Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791) ^[1]
• Pisidium subtruncatum Malm, 1855 ^[1]
• Pisidium tenuilineatum Stelfox, 1918 ^[1]
• Pisidium personatum Malm, 1855 ^[1]

See also

• List of marine molluscs of Lebanon

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of Israel
• List of non-marine molluscs of Syria

References

1. Ulrich Bößneck (2011) New records of freshwater and land molluscs from Lebanon, Zoology in the Middle East, 54:1, 35-52, DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2011.10648879
2. Schütt, H. (1993). "Prosobranchier libanesischer Gebirgsbäche". Heldia. 2 (1/2): 3–6.
3. Schütt, H.; Şeşen, R. (1993). "Pseudamnicola species and other freshwater gastropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from East Anatolia (Turkey), the Ukraine and the Lebanon". Basteria. 57 (4–6): 161–171.
4. Peter Glöer & Ulrich Bößneck (2007). "Pseudobithynia kathrini n. sp., P. levantica n. sp. und P. amiqensis n. sp. - drei neue Arten aus dem Libanon (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Bithyniidae)". Mollusca 25(2): 113-120.
5. Peter Glöer & Aref Dia (2013). "Re-description of Gyraulus homsensis (Dautzenberg, 1894) from Lebanon (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) with an identification key of the Gyraulus spp. of the Near East". North-western Journal of Zoology 9
6. Bank, R.A.; Neubert, E. (2020). "Conchological revision of the eastern Mediterranean genus Pene Pallary, 1929, with description of a new species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata)". Basteria. 84 (4–6): 317–344.
7. Nordsieck, H. (1971). "Zur Anatomie und Systematik der Clausilien, X. Zur Kenntnis des Genus Cristataria Vest 1867, I". Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 101 (5/6): 237–261.
8. Forcart, L. (1971). "Revision der Daudebardiinae von Vorderasien (excl. Kaukasusgebiet)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 101 (1/4): 21–38.
9. Wiktor, A.; Mienis, H.K. (2006). "Redescription of Deroceras libanoticum (Pollonera, 1909) (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Agriolimacidae)". Folia Malacologica. 14 (1): 31–34.
10. Neubert E, Michel Bariche M (2013) On the Monacha species of Lebanon (Gastropoda, Hygromiidae). ZooKeys 311: 1–18. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.311.5408