List of non-marine molluscs of Lebanon

The non-marine molluscs of Lebanon are a part of the molluscan fauna of Lebanon. A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Lebanon. In addition, a number of gastropod species are reared in captivity in greenhouses, aquaria and terraria.

Freshwater gastropods

Neritidae

• Theodoxus jordani (Sowerby, 1832)

Melanopsidae

• Melanopsis buccinoidea (Olivier, 1801)

Cochliopidae

• Eupaludestrina longiscata (Bourguignat, 1856)

Hydrobiidae

• Belgrandiella libanica Schütt, 1993
• Islamia gaillardoti (Germain, 1911)
• Radomaniola gaillardotii (Bourguignat, 1856)

Tateidae

• Potamopyrgus antipodarum (J. E. Gray, 1843)

Bithyniidae

• Pseudobithynia amiqensis Glöer & Bößneck, 2007
• Pseudobithynia kathrini Glöer & Bößneck, 2007
• Pseudobithynia levantica Glöer & Bößneck, 2007

Valvatidae

• Valvata saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1853)

Lymnaeidae

• Galba truncatula (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Stagnicola cf. berlani (Bourguignat, 1870)

Physidae

• Physella acuta (Draparnaud, 1805)

Planorbidae

• Ancylus fluviatilis (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• Gyraulus bekaensis Glöer & Bößneck, 2007
• Gyraulus homsensis (Dautzenberg, 1894)
• Gyraulus piscinarum (Bourguignat, 1852)
• Planorbis carinatus O. F. Müller, 1774

Land gastropods

Succineidae

• Oxyloma cf. elegans (Risso, 1826)

Lauriidae

• Lauria cylindracea (Da Costa, 1778)

Orculidae

• Orculella sirianocoriensis libanotica (Tristram, 1865)
• Orculella mesopotamica riedeli Hausdorf, 1996

Enidae

• Buliminus damascensis (Pallary, 1929)
• Euchondrus septemdentatus (Roth, 1839)
• Euchondrus cf. ledereri (L. Pfeiffer, 1868)
• Pene bulimoides (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)
• Pene kotschyi (L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
• Pene louisi (Germain, 1911)
• Pene syriacus (L. Pfeiffer, 1864)
• Turanena benjamitica (Benson, 1859)

Pleurodiscidae

• Pleurodiscus erdelii (Roth, 1839)

Clausiliidae

• Cristataria albersi (Charpentier, 1852)
• Cristataria boissieri (Charpentier, 1847)
• Cristataria cylindrelliformis (Bourguignat, 1855)
• Cristataria delesserti (Bourguignat, 1853)
• Cristataria dutaillyana (Bourguignat, 1868)
• Cristataria florieni (Pallary, 1939)
• Cristataria hedenborgi (L. Pfeiffer, 1849)
• Cristataria porrecta (Rossmässler, 1857)
• Cristataria staudingeri (O. Boettger, 1890)
• Cristataria strangulata (L. Pfeiffer, 1841)
• Cristataria vesicalis (Rossmässler, 1857)
• Cristataria zelebori (Rossmässler, 1856)
• Cristataria zilchi H. Nordsieck, 1971
• Elia moesta (Rossmässler, 1839)

Oxychilidae

• Eopolita protensa jebusitica (Roth, 1855)
• Libania saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852)
• Oxychilus renanianus (Pallary, 1939)
• Oxychilus syriacus (Kobelt, 1879)

Limacidae

• Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Agriolimacidae

• Deroceras berytensis (Bourguignat, 1852)
• Deroceras libanoticum (Pollonera, 1909)

Geomitridae

• Cochlicella acuta (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• Xeropicta krynickii (Krynicki, 1833)

Hygromiidae

• Metafruticicola berytensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1841)
• Metafruticicola fourousi (Bourguignat, 1863)
• Monacha bari Forcart 1981
• Monacha cf. compingtae (Pallary, 1929)
• Monacha crispulata (Mousson, 1861)
• Monacha nummus (Ehrenberg, 1831)
• Monacha obstructa (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)
• Monacha solitudinis (Bourguignat, 1852)
• Monacha syriaca (Ehrenberg, 1831)

Helicidae

• Cornu aspersum (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• Eobania vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• Helix engaddensis (Bourguignat, 1852)

Sphincterochilidae

• Sphincterochila fimbriata (Bourguignat, 1852)

Freshwater bivalves

Sphaeriidae

• Musculium lacustre (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• Pisidium amnicum (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791)
• Pisidium subtruncatum Malm, 1855
• Pisidium tenuilineatum Stelfox, 1918
• Pisidium personatum Malm, 1855

See also

• List of marine molluscs of Lebanon

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of Israel
• List of non-marine molluscs of Syria

References