List of non-marine molluscs of Kenya

The non-marine molluscs of Kenya are a part of the molluscan fauna of Kenya (wildlife of Kenya).

A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Kenya.

There are 514 species of land snails in Kenya.

Freshwater gastropods

Thiaridae

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

Lymnaeidae

• Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Kenya include:

Cyclophoridae

• Elgonocyclus koptaweliensis (Germain, 1934)

Maizaniidae

• Maizania elatior (Martens, 1892)
• Maizania volkensi (Martens, 1895)

Veronicellidae

• Laevicaulis stuhlmanni (Simroth, 1895)

Succineidae

• Quickia concisa (Morelet, 1849)

Valloniidae

• Pupisoma (Ptychopatula) dioscoricola (C. B. Adams, 1845)

Vertiginidae

• Nesopupa (Afripupa) bisulcata (Jickeli, 1873)
• Truncatellina ninagongensis (Pilsbry, 1935)
• Truncatellina pygmaeorum (Pilsbry & Cockerell, 1933)

Cerastidae

• Conulinus rutshuruensis Pilsbry, 1919
• Conulinus ugandae – subspecies: Conulinus ugandae costatus Verdcourt, 1985
• Edouardia metula (Martens, 1895)
• Rhachidina braunsi (Martens, 1869)

Achatinidae

• Limicolaria martensiana (E. A. Smith, 1880)
• Limicolaria saturata E. A. Smith, 1895

Ferussaciidae

• Cecilioides (Cecilioides) tribulationis (Preston, 1911)
• Cecilioides (Geostilbia) callipeplum (Connolly, 1923)

Micractaeonidae

• Micractaeon koptawelilensis (Germain, 1934)

Subulinidae

• Curvella babaulti Germain, 1923
• Euonyma curtissima Verdcourt
• Ischnoglessula elegans (Martens, 1895)
• Nothapalus paucispira (Martens, 1892)
• Nothapalus ugandanus Connolly, 1923
• Oreohomorus nitidus (Martens, 1897)
• Pseudopeas curvelliforme Pilsbry, 1919
• Pseudopeas elgonense Connolly, 1923
• Subulina entebbana Pollonera, 1907
• Subulona clara (Pilsbry, 1919)

Streptaxidae

• Gulella (Molarella) ugandensis (E. A. Smith, 1901)
• Gulella (Silvigulella) osborni Pilsbry, 1919
• Gulella (Wilmattina) disseminata (Preston, 1913)
• Stenomarconia Germain, 1934

Punctidae

• Paralaoma servilis (Shuttleworth, 1852)
• Punctum pallidum Connolly, 1922
• Punctum ugandanum (E. A. Smith, 1903)

Charopidae

• Afrodonta kempi (Connolly, 1925)
• Prositala butumbiana (Martens, 1895)
• Trachycystis iredalei Preston, 1912
• Trachycystis lamellifera (E. A. Smith, 1903)

Helicarionidae

• Kaliella barrakporensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1852)
• Kaliella iredalei Preston, 1912

Euconulidae

• Afroconulus iredalei (Preston, 1912)
• Afroguppya rumrutiensis (Preston, 1911)
• Afropunctum seminium (Morelet, 1873)

Urocyclidae

• Atoxon pallens Simroth, 1895
• Chlamydarion quentini Verdcourt, 2004
• Gymnarion aloysiisabaudiae (Pollonera, 1906)
• Trichotoxon heynemanni Simroth, 1888
• Trochozonites (Teleozonites) adansoniae (Morelet, 1848)
• Trochozonites (Zonitotrochus) medjensis Pilsbry, 1919

Freshwater bivalves

Sphaeriidae

• Pisidium artifex Kuiper, 1960

See also

• List of marine molluscs of Kenya

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of Somalia, Wildlife of Somalia
• List of non-marine molluscs of Ethiopia, Wildlife of Ethiopia
• List of non-marine molluscs of Sudan, Wildlife of Sudan
• List of non-marine molluscs of Uganda, Wildlife of Uganda
• List of non-marine molluscs of Tanzania, Wildlife of Tanzania

References

External links

• Lange C. N. (2003). "Environmental factors influencing land snail diversity patterns in Arabuko Sokoke forest, Kenya". African Journal of Ecology 41(4): 352–355.
• Tattersfield P. (1996). "Local patterns of land snail diversity in a Kenyan rain forest". Malacologia 38(1–2): 161–180.
• Tattersfield P., Warui C. M., Seddon M. B. & Kiringe J. W. (2001). "Land-snail faunas of afromontane forests of Mount Kenya, Kenya: ecology, diversity and distribution patterns". Journal of Biogeography 28(7): 843–861.
• Tattersfield P., Seddon M. B. & Lange C. N. (2001). "Land-snail faunas in indigenous rainforest and commercial forestry plantations in Kakamega Forest, western Kenya". Biodiversity and Conservation 10(11): 1809–1829. .