List of non-marine molluscs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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).
A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Freshwater gastropods
Ampullariidae
- Pila ovata (Olivier, 1804)[1]
Bithyniidae
- Gabbiella humerosa (Martens, 1879)[1]
Pachychilidae
Thiaridae
- Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
Lymnaeidae
- Lymnaea natalensis Krauss, 1848[1]
Planorbidae
- Biomphalaria pfeifferi (Krauss, 1848)[1]
- Biomphalaria smithi Preston, 1910[1]
- Biomphalaria stanleyi (Smith, 1888)[1]
- Bulinus forskalii (Ehrenberg, 1831)[1]
- Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827)[1]
- Ceratophallus kigeziensis (Preston, 1912)[1]
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]
- 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]
- 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]
- Arion rufus (Linnaeus, 1758)[3]
- Cerastua upembae (van Goethem & Adam, 1978)[2]
- Cerastus bequaerti Pilsbry, 1919[3]
- Pachnodus rutshuruensis Pilsbry, 1919[3]
- Curvella bathytoma Pilsbry, 1919[3]
- Nothapalus paucispira xanthophaes (Pilsbry, [3]
- Pseudoglessula walikalensis Pilsbry, 1919[3]
- Lehmannia valentiana (Férussac, 1822)[3]
- Laevicaulis schnitzleri[3]
- Helicarion insularis (Thiele, 1911)[3]
- Theba pisana (Müller, 1774)[3]
- 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
- Coelatura stuhlmanni (Martens, 1897)[1]
- Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791)[1]
- Corbicula fluminalis (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
- Sphaerium hartmanni (Jickeli, 1874)[1]
- Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791)[1]
- Pisidium kenianum Preston, 1911[1]
- Pisidium pirothi Jickeli, 1881[1]
See also
- List of marine molluscs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:
- List of non-marine molluscs of Angola
- List of non-marine molluscs of the Republic of the Congo
- List of non-marine molluscs of the Central African Republic
- List of non-marine molluscs of South Sudan
- List of non-marine molluscs of Uganda
- List of non-marine molluscs of Rwanda
- List of non-marine molluscs of Burundi
- List of non-marine molluscs of Tanzania
- List of non-marine molluscs of Zambia
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s 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
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae 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.
