List of non-marine molluscs 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

Pomatiopsidae Tomichia cawstoni Connolly, 1939 – endemicBrown, D.S. 2000. Tomichia cawstoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007. Tomichia natalensis Connolly, 1939 – endemicBrown D. S. (1996). Tomichia natalensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007. Tomichia rogersi (Connolly, 1929) – endemicBrown D. S. (1996). Tomichia rogersi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.

Thiaridae Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1822) – non-indigenousAppleton 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 Thiara amarula (Linnaeus, 1758) Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Paludomidae Cleopatra ferruginea (Lea & Lea, 1850)

Lymnaeidae Pseudosuccinea columella (Say, 1817) – non-indigenous Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)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.

Planorbidae Lentorbis carringtoni (de Azevedo et al., 1961)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.

Land gastropods

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

Succineidae Oxyloma patentissima (Pfeiffer, 1853)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. , PDF. p. 26, Fig. 20.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.

Veronicellidae Laevicaulis haroldi Dundee, 1980 – endemic

Subulinidae Euonyma laeocochlis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1896)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. .

Streptaxidae Gulella appletoni Bruggen, 1975M. 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. Gulella aprosdoketa Connolly, 1939 – endemic Gulella arnoldi (Sturany, 1898) Gulella bomvana Cole & Herbert, 2009 Gulella bruggeni Cole & Herbert, 2009 Gulella chi Burnup, 1926 Gulella claustralis Connolly, 1939 – endemic Gulella dejae Bursey & Herbert, 2004M. 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. Gulella farquhari (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895) Gulella fraudator Connolly, 1939 Gulella hamerae Bursey & Herbert, 2004 Gulella hodgkinsonae Gulella incurvidens Bruggen, 1972 Gulella latimerae Bursey & Herbert 2004 Gulella mariae (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892) Gulella munita (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893) Gulella ndibo Cole & Herbert, 2009 Gulella newmani Bursey & Herbert, 2004 Gulella peakei continentalis Bruggen, 1975 Gulella pentheri (Sturany, 1898) Gulella phyllisae Burnup, 1914 Gulella planti – Plant's gulella snail, endemicMollusc Specialist Group (1996). Gulella plantii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007. Gulella pondoensis Connolly, 1939 Gulella puzeyi Connolly, 1939 – endemicHerbert D. G. (2004). Gulella puzeyi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007. Gulella salpinx Herbert, 2002 – endemicHerbert 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. Gulella sylvia (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903) Gulella tharfieldensis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893) Gulella tietzae Cole & Herbert, 2009 Gulella wendalinae Bruggen, 1975

Bothriembryontidae Prestonella – the genus with 3 species is endemic to South Africa.Breure B. (23 February 2008) "The extended family". Bram's Snail Site, accessed 7 April 2011. Prestonella bowkeri (Sowerby, 1889)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 Prestonella nuptialis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1894) Prestonella quadingensis Connolly, 1929

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

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

Charopidae Trachycystis clifdeni Connolly, 1932 – endemicHerbert D. G. (2004). Trachycystis clifdeni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007. Trachycystis haygarthi (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899) – endemicHerbert D. G. (2004). Trachycystis haygarthi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007. Trachycystis placenta (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899) – endemicHerbert D. G. (2004). Trachycystis placenta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007. 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

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): . , 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. , 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. . PDF.