List of non-marine molluscs of South Africa

Location 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.

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 (Linnaeus, 1758) ^[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

Cyclophoridae

• Afrocyclus bhaca Cole, 2019 ^[7]
• Afrocyclus exsertus (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903) ^[7]
• Afrocyclus isipingoensis (Sturany, 1898) ^[7]
• Afrocyclus oxygala Cole, 2019 ^[7]
• Afrocyclus potteri Cole, 2019 ^[7]
• Chondrocyclus alabastris (Craven, 1880) ^[7]
• Chondrocyclus amathole Cole, 2019 ^[7]
• Chondrocyclus bathrolophodes Connolly, 1929 ^[7]
• Chondrocyclus convexiusculus (Pfeiffer, 1855) ^[7]
• Chondrocyclus cooperae Cole, 2019 ^[7]
• Chondrocyclus devilliersi Cole, 2019 ^[7]
• Chondrocyclus herberti Cole, 2019 ^[7]
• Chondrocyclus kevincolei Cole, 2019 ^[7]
• Chondrocyclus langebergensis Cole, 2019 ^[7]
• Chondrocyclus pondoensis Cole, 2019 ^[7]
• Chondrocyclus pulcherrimus Cole, 2019 ^[7]
• Chondrocyclus putealis Connolly, 1939 ^[7]
• Chondrocyclus silvicolus Cole, 2019 ^[7]
• Chondrocyclus trifimbriatus Connolly, 1929 ^[7]
• Cyathopoma chirindae (van Bruggen, 1986) ^[7]
• Cyathopoma meredithae (van Bruggen, 1983) ^[7]

Succineidae

• Oxyloma patentissima (Pfeiffer, 1853) ^{[8] [9]}

Veronicellidae

• Laevicaulis haroldi Dundee, 1980 – endemic

Subulinidae

• Euonyma laeocochlis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1896) ^[10]

Streptaxidae

• Gulella appletoni Bruggen, 1975 ^[11]
• Gulella aprosdoketa Connolly, 1939 – endemic ^{[12] [11]}
• Gulella arnoldi (Sturany, 1898) ^[12]
• Gulella bomvana Cole & Herbert, 2009 ^[11]
• Gulella bruggeni Cole & Herbert, 2009 ^[11]
• Gulella chi Burnup, 1926 ^[11]
• Gulella claustralis Connolly, 1939 – endemic ^{[12] [7]}
• Gulella dejae Bursey & Herbert, 2004 ^[12]
• Gulella farquhari (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895) ^[11]
• Gulella fraudator Connolly, 1939 ^[11]
• Gulella hamerae Bursey & Herbert, 2004 ^[12]
• Gulella hodgkinsonae ^[12]
• Gulella incurvidens Bruggen, 1972 ^[12]
• Gulella latimerae Bursey & Herbert 2004 ^{[11] [12]}
• Gulella mariae (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892) ^[11]
• Gulella munita (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893) ^[12]
• Gulella ndibo Cole & Herbert, 2009 ^[11]
• Gulella newmani Bursey & Herbert, 2004 ^[12]
• Gulella peakei continentalis Bruggen, 1975 ^[12]
• Gulella pentheri (Sturany, 1898) ^[11]
• Gulella phyllisae Burnup, 1914 ^[12]
• Gulella planti – Plant's gulella snail, endemic ^[13]
• Gulella pondoensis Connolly, 1939 ^[12]
• Gulella puzeyi Connolly, 1939 – endemic ^[14]
• Gulella salpinx Herbert, 2002 – endemic ^{[15] [12]}
• Gulella sylvia (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903) ^[11]
• Gulella tharfieldensis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893) ^[12]
• Gulella tietzae Cole & Herbert, 2009 ^[11]
• Gulella wendalinae Bruggen, 1975 ^[11]

Bothriembryontidae

• Prestonella – the genus with 3 species is endemic to South Africa. ^[16]
• Prestonella bowkeri (Sowerby, 1889) ^[17]
• Prestonella nuptialis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1894) ^[17]
• Prestonella quadingensis Connolly, 1929 ^[17]

Rhytididae

• Chlamydephorus bruggeni (L. Forcart, 1967) ^[17]
• Chlamydephorus burnupi (Smith, 1892) ^[17]
• Chlamydephorus dimidius (Watson, 1915) ^[17]
• Chlamydephorus gibbonsi W.G. Binney, 1879 ^[17]
• Chlamydephorus lawrencei (L. Forcart, 1963) ^[17]
• Chlamydephorus parva (H. Watson, 1915) ^[17]
• Chlamydephorus purcelli (Collinge, 1901) – Purcell's hunter slug, endemic ^[17]
• Chlamydephorus sexangulus (H. Watson, 1915) ^[17]
• Chlamydephorus watsoni (L. Forcart, 1967) ^[17]
• Afrorhytida burseyae D.G. Herbert & A. Moussalli, 2010 ^[17]
• Afrorhytida knysnaensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) ^[17]
• Afrorhytida kraussi (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) ^[17]
• Afrorhytida trimeni (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892) ^[17]
• Capitina calcicola Herbert & Moussalli, 2010 ^[17]
• Capitina schaerfiae (Pfeiffer, 1861) ^[17]
• Nata aequiplicata Herbert & Moussali, 2016 ^[17]
• Nata dumeticola Benson 1851 ^[17]
• Nata tarachodes (Connolly, 1912) ^[17]
• Nata vernicosa-erugata ^[17]
• Nata watsoni Herbert & Moussali, 2016 ^[17]
• Natalina beyrichi (Von Martens, 1890) – Pondoland cannibal snail, endemic ^{[12] [11] [17]}
• Natalina cafra (Férussac, 1821) ^[17]
• Natalina inhluzana (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1894) ^[17]
• Natalina quekettiana (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893) ^[17]
• Natalina reenenensis Connolly, 1939 ^[17]
• Natalina wesseliana Kobelt, 1876 – Tongaland cannibal snail, endemic ^[17]
• Natella viridescens (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1891) ^[17]

Urocyclidae

• Kerkophorus ampliatus (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899) ^[17]
• Kerkophorus bicolor Godwin-Austen, 1914 ^[17]
• Kerkophorus cingulatus (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1890) ^[17]
• Kerkophorus corneus (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) ^[17]
• Kerkophorus inunctus (Connolly 1939) ^{[18] [17]}
• Kerkophorus knysnaensis (Pretson, 1912) ^[17]
• Kerkophorus melvilli Godwin-Austen, 1912 ^[17]
• Kerkophorus perfragilis Connolly, 1922 ^[17]
• Kerkophorus perlevis (Preston, 1912) ^[17]
• Kerkophorus piperatus-vittarubra ^[17]
• Kerkophorus poeppigii (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) ^[17]
• Kerkophorus pumilio (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1909) ^[17]
• Kerkophorus phaedimus (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892) ^[18]
• Kerkophorus piperatus Herbert, 2017 ^[18]
• Kerkophorus puzeyi (Connolly, 1939) ^{[18] [17]}
• Kerkophorus russofulgens (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1909) ^[17]
• Kerkophorus scrobicolus Herbert, 2017 ^{[18] [17]}
• Kerkophorus terrestris Herbert, 2017 ^{[18] [17]}
• Kerkophorus vandenbroeckii (Craven, 1881) ^[17]
• Kerkophorus vitalis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1908) ^{[18] [17]}
• Kerkophorus vittarubra Herbert, 2017 ^[18]
• Kerkophorus zonamydrus (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1890) ^[17]
• Microkerkus arnotti (Benson, 1864) ^[17]
• Microkerkus burnupi (Godwin-Austen, 1914) ^[17]
• Microkerkus chrysoprasinus (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892) ^[17]
• Microkerkus fuscicolor (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892) ^[17]
• Microkerkus leucospira (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) ^{[18] [17]}
• Microkerkus maseruensis Connolly, 1929 ^[17]
• Microkerkus pondoensis (Godwin-Austen, 1912) ^{[18] [17]}
• Microkerkus sibaya Herbert, 2017 ^{[18] [17]}
• Microkerkus symmetricus (Craven, 1881) ^[17]
• Microkerkus transvaalensis (Craven, 1881) ^[17]
• Ptilototheca soutpansbergensis Herbert 2016 ^[17]
• Selatodryas luteosoma-roseosoma ^[17]
• Selatodryas luteosoma Herbert, 2017 ^[18]
• Selatodryas roseosoma Herbert, 2017 ^[18]
• Sheldonia aloicola (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1890) ^{[18] [17]}
• Sheldonia asthenes (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1907) ^[17]
• Sheldonia caledonensis (Godwin-Austen, 1912) ^[17]
• Sheldonia capsula (Benson, 1864) ^{[18] [17]}
• Sheldonia cotyledonis (Benson, 1850) ^{[18] [17]}
• Sheldonia crawfordi (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1890) ^{[18] [17]}
• Sheldonia fingolandensis Herbert, 2017 ^{[18] [17]}
• Sheldonia hudsoniae (Benson, 1864) ^[17]
• Sheldonia monsmaripi Herbert, 2016 ^{[18] [17]}
• Sheldonia natalensis (Pfeiffer, 1846) ^{[18] [17]}
• Sheldonia phytostylus (Benson, 1864) ^{[18] [17]}
• Sheldonia puzeyi (Connolly, 1939) ^[11]
• Sheldonia transvaalensis (Craven, 1880) ^[18]
• Sheldonia trotteriana (Benson, 1848) ^{[18] [17]}
• Sheldonia wolkbergensis (Herbert, 2016) ^{[18] [17]}

Charopidae

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

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

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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.