List of non-marine molluscs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Location 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

• Potadoma ignobilis (Thiele, 1911)[1]
• Potadoma liricincta (Smith, 1888)[1]

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]

Streptaxidae

• 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]

Achatinidae

• 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]

Arionidae

• Arion rufus (Linnaeus, 1758)[3]

Cerastidae

• Cerastua upembae (van Goethem & Adam, 1978)[2]
• Cerastus bequaerti Pilsbry, 1919[3]
• Pachnodus rutshuruensis Pilsbry, 1919[3]

Subulinidae

• Curvella bathytoma Pilsbry, 1919[3]
• Nothapalus paucispira xanthophaes (Pilsbry, [3]
• Pseudoglessula walikalensis Pilsbry, 1919[3]

Limacidae

• Lehmannia valentiana (Férussac, 1822)[3]

Veronicellidae

• Laevicaulis schnitzleri[3]

Helicarionidae

• Helicarion insularis (Thiele, 1911)[3]

Helicidae

• Theba pisana (Müller, 1774)[3]

Urocyclidae

• 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

Unionidae

• Coelatura stuhlmanni (Martens, 1897)[1]

Iridinidae

• Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791)[1]

Corbiculidae

• Corbicula fluminalis (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]

Sphaeriidae

• 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

1. 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
2. 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.
3. 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.