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)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

Bithyniidae Gabbiella humerosa (Martens, 1879)

Pachychilidae Potadoma ignobilis (Thiele, 1911) Potadoma liricincta (Smith, 1888)

Thiaridae Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Lymnaeidae Lymnaea natalensis Krauss, 1848

Planorbidae Biomphalaria pfeifferi (Krauss, 1848) Biomphalaria smithi Preston, 1910 Biomphalaria stanleyi (Smith, 1888) Bulinus forskalii (Ehrenberg, 1831) Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827) Ceratophallus kigeziensis (Preston, 1912)

Land gastropods

Cyclophoridae Cyathopoma straeleni Adam, 1987A. 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.

Vertiginidae Nesopupa griqualandica musepagii Adam, 1954 Nesopupa kanongae Adam, 1954 Nesopupa pelengeae Adam, 1954 Truncatellina obesa Adam, 1954

Streptaxidae Gulella albinus van Bruggen & van Goethem, 1999 Gulella coarti (Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914) Gullela pupa ituriensis Pilsbry, 1919 Gulella turriformis van Bruggen & van Goethem, 1999 Ptychotrema conicum Adam & van Goethem, 1978 Ptychotrema dubium Adam & van Goethem, 1978 Ptychotrema ganzae Adam & van Goethem, 1978 Ptychotrema goossensi Adam & van Goethem, 1978 Ptychotrema hifirae Adam & van Goethem, 1978 Ptychotrema jacquelinae Adam & van Goethem, 1978 Ptychotrema kazibae Adam & van Goethem, 1978 Ptychotrema kibarae Adam & van Goethem, 1978 Ptychotrema pelengeense Adam & van Goethem, 1978 Ptychotrema pseudomukulense Adam & van Goethem, 1978 Ptychotrema upembae Adam, van Bruggen & van Goethem, 1993 Ptychotrema wittei Adam & van Goethem, 1978 Tayloria moncieuxi Haas, 1934

Gymnarionidae Gymnarion aloysii-sabaudiae (Pollonera, 1906) Gymnarion apertus Binder, 1979 Gymnarion bequaerti Binder, 1979 Gymnarion cf. apertus Binder, 1979 Gymnarion chinegris Binder, 1979 Gymnarion upembae Binder, 1979 Gymnarion wittei Binder, 1979

Achatinidae Achatina achatina Linnaeus, 1758Jean 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. Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822 Achatina osborni Pilsbry, 1919 Achatina tincta Reeve, 1842 Burtoa nilotica emini Martens, 1895 Burtoa nilotica obliqua (E. von Martens, 1895) Homorus amputatus Pilsbry, 1919 Limicolaria distincta Putzeys, 1898 Limicolaria laeta medjensis Pilsbry, 1919 Perideriopsis fallsensis Dupuis & Putzeys, 1900 Subuliniscus ruwenzorensis (Pollonera, )

Arionidae Arion rufus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cerastidae Cerastua upembae (van Goethem & Adam, 1978) Cerastus bequaerti Pilsbry, 1919 Pachnodus rutshuruensis Pilsbry, 1919

Subulinidae Curvella bathytoma Pilsbry, 1919 Nothapalus paucispira xanthophaes (Pilsbry, Pseudoglessula walikalensis Pilsbry, 1919

Limacidae Lehmannia valentiana (Férussac, 1822)

Veronicellidae Laevicaulis schnitzleri

Helicarionidae Helicarion insularis (Thiele, 1911)

Helicidae Theba pisana (Müller, 1774)

Urocyclidae Atoxon faradjense Pilsbry, 1919 Bukobia cockerelli Pilsbry, 1919 Mesafricarion maculifer Pilsbry, 1919 Mesafricarion putzeysi Pilsbry, 1919 Trichotoxon maculatum perforatum Pilsbry Trichotoxon pardus Pilsbry, 1919 Trichotoxon ruwenzoriense Pilsbry, 1919 Upembella adami van Goethem, 1969

Pleuroprocta silvatica

Freshwater bivalves

Unionidae Coelatura stuhlmanni (Martens, 1897)

Iridinidae Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791)

Corbiculidae Corbicula fluminalis (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Sphaeriidae Sphaerium hartmanni (Jickeli, 1874) Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791) Pisidium kenianum Preston, 1911 Pisidium pirothi Jickeli, 1881

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