List of non-marine molluscs of South Africa

Short description: freshwater and land species of the molluscan fauna 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.

## Contents

* 1 Freshwater gastropods
* 2 Land gastropods
* 3 Bivalves
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## 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 plantii – 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]

## 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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
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[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]. 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. ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 7.20 7.21 Mary L. Cole (2019). "Revision of Chondrocyclus s.l. (Mollusca: Cyclophoridae), with description of a new genus and twelve new species". European Journal of Taxonomy 569: 1-92. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.569
8. ↑ 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.
9. ↑ 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.
10. ↑ 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.
11. ↑ 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 11.12 11.13 11.14 11.15 M. L. Cole & D. G. Herbert (2009). "Description of four new species of Gulella Pfeiﬀ er, 1856 from Eastern Cape, South Africa, with additional notes on two poorly known species (Mollusca: Eupulmonata: Streptaxidae)". Zool. Med. Leiden 83(6): 547-564.
12. ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 12.12 12.13 12.14 12.15 M. L. Bursey & D. G. Herbert (2004). "Four new narrow-range endemic species of Gulella from Eastern Cape, South Africa (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Streptaxidae)". African Invertebrates 45: 249-262.
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. ↑ 17.00 17.01 17.02 17.03 17.04 17.05 17.06 17.07 17.08 17.09 17.10 17.11 17.12 17.13 17.14 17.15 17.16 17.17 17.18 17.19 17.20 17.21 17.22 17.23 17.24 17.25 17.26 17.27 17.28 17.29 17.30 17.31 17.32 17.33 17.34 17.35 17.36 17.37 17.38 17.39 17.40 17.41 17.42 17.43 17.44 17.45 17.46 17.47 17.48 17.49 17.50 17.51 17.52 17.53 17.54 17.55 17.56 17.57 17.58 17.59 17.60 17.61 17.62 17.63 17.64 17.65 17.66 17.67 17.68 17.69 17.70 17.71 17.72 17.73 Perera SJ, Herbert DG, Procheş Ş, Ramdhani S (2021) Land snail biogeography and endemism in south-eastern Africa: Implications for the Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany biodiversity hotspot. PLoS ONE 16(3): e0248040. https://doi. org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248040
18. ↑ 18.00 18.01 18.02 18.03 18.04 18.05 18.06 18.07 18.08 18.09 18.10 18.11 18.12 18.13 18.14 18.15 18.16 18.17 18.18 18.19 18.20 18.21 18.22 18.23 David G. Herbert (2017). "A new genus and eight new species of tail-wagger snails from eastern South Africa, with a key to genera within Sheldonia s.l. (Gastropoda: Urocyclidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy 309: 1-50.
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.

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