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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 .
Freshwater gastropods
Ampullariidae
Pomatiopsidae
Thiaridae
Paludomidae
Lymnaeidae
Planorbidae
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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
Veronicellidae
Subulinidae
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
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
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