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.[1]
Freshwater gastropods
- Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[2]
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- Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)[3]
Land gastropods
Land gastropods in Kenya include:
- Elgonocyclus koptaweliensis (Germain, 1934)[1]
- Maizania elatior (Martens, 1892)[1]
- Micromaizania volkensi (Martens, 1895)[1]
- Laevicaulis stuhlmanni (Simroth, 1895)[1]
- Quickia concisa (Morelet, 1849)[1]
- Pupisoma (Ptychopatula) dioscoricola (C. B. Adams, 1845)[1]
- Nesopupa (Afripupa) bisulcata (Jickeli, 1873)[1]
- Truncatellina ninagongensis (Pilsbry, 1935)[1]
- Truncatellina pygmaeorum (Pilsbry & Cockerell, 1933)[1]
- Conulinus rutshuruensis Pilsbry, 1919[1]
- Conulinus ugandae – subspecies: Conulinus ugandae costatus Verdcourt, 1985[4]
- Edouardia metula (Martens, 1895)[1]
- Rhachidina braunsi (Martens, 1869)[1]
- Limicolaria martensiana (E. A. Smith, 1880)[1]
- Limicolaria saturata E. A. Smith, 1895[1]
- Cecilioides (Cecilioides) tribulationis (Preston, 1911)[1]
- Cecilioides (Geostilbia) callipeplum (Connolly, 1923)[1]
- Micractaeon koptawelilensis (Germain, 1934)[1]
- Curvella babaulti Germain, 1923[1]
- Euonyma curtissima Verdcourt[5]
- Ischnoglessula elegans (Martens, 1895)[1]
- Nothapalus paucispira (Martens, 1892)[1]
- Nothapalus ugandanus Connolly, 1923[1]
- Oreohomorus nitidus (Martens, 1897)[1]
- Pseudopeas curvelliforme Pilsbry, 1919[1]
- Pseudopeas elgonense Connolly, 1923[1]
- Subulina entebbana Pollonera, 1907[1]
- Subulona clara (Pilsbry, 1919)[1]
- Gulella (Molarella) ugandensis (E. A. Smith, 1901)[1]
- Gulella (Silvigulella) osborni Pilsbry, 1919[1]
- Gulella (Wilmattina) disseminata (Preston, 1913)[1]
- Stenomarconia Germain, 1934[6]
- Paralaoma servilis (Shuttleworth, 1852)[1]
- Punctum pallidum Connolly, 1922[1]
- Punctum ugandanum (E. A. Smith, 1903)[1]
- Afrodonta kempi (Connolly, 1925)[1]
- Prositala butumbiana (Martens, 1895)[1]
- Trachycystis iredalei Preston, 1912[1]
- Trachycystis lamellifera (E. A. Smith, 1903)[1]
- Kaliella barrakporensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1852)[1]
- Kaliella iredalei Preston, 1912[1]
- Afroconulus iredalei (Preston, 1912)[1]
- Afroguppya rumrutiensis (Preston, 1911)[1]
- Afropunctum seminium (Morelet, 1873)[1]
- Atoxon pallens Simroth, 1895[1]
- Chlamydarion quentini Verdcourt, 2004[7]
- Gymnarion aloysiisabaudiae (Pollonera, 1906)[1]
- Trichotoxon heynemanni Simroth, 1888[1]
- Trochozonites (Teleozonites) adansoniae (Morelet, 1848)[1]
- Trochozonites (Zonitotrochus) medjensis Pilsbry, 1919[1]
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Freshwater bivalves
- Pisidium artifex Kuiper, 1960[8]
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See also
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
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au Wronski T. & Hausdorf B. (2010). "Diversity and body-size patterns of land snails in rain forests in Uganda". Journal of Molluscan Studies 76(1): 87–100. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyp048.
- ^ Madhyastha A. (2010). Melanoides tuberculatus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 3 December 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Verdcourt B. (1985). "A new subspecies of Conulinus ugandae (von Martens) from Kenya (Pulmonata: Enidae)". Journal of Conchology 32(1): 37–38. abstract.
- ^ Tattersfield P. (1996). Euonyma curtissima. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- ^ Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1–16. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00598.x.
- ^ Verdcourt B. (2004). "A new species of Chlamydarion (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Urocyclidae) from Kenya". Basteria 67(4–6): 141–145. abstract.
- ^ Lange C. N. & Ngereza C. (2004). Pisidium artifex. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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. doi:10.1023/A:1013167726704.