List of non-marine molluscs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo



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)

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, 1987

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, 1758
 * 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