List of non-marine molluscs of Cameroon explained

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

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

Freshwater gastropods

Thiaridae

• Cleopatra bulimoides (Olivier, 1804)
• Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774)

Ampullariidae

• Lanistes ovum Peters, 1845
• Pila wernei (Philippi, 1851)

Planorbidae

• Biomphalaria camerunensis (C.R. Boettger, 1941)^[1]
• Biomphalaria pfeifferi (Krauss, 1848)^{[1] [2]}
• Bulinus camerunensis Mandahl-Barth, 1957^[3]
• Bulinus forskalii (Ehrenberg, 1831)^[2]
• Bulinus globosus (Morelet, 1866)^[2]
• Bulinus senegalensis Müller, 1781^[2]
• Ceratophallus natalensis (Krauss, 1848)^[2]

Lymnaeidae

• Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)^{[4] [2]}

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Cameroon include:

Punctidae

• Punctum camerunense de Winter, 2017^[5]

Streptaxidae

• Avakubia fruticicola de Winter & Vastenhout, 2013^[6]
• Avakubia semenguei de Winter & Vastenhout, 2013^[6]
• Avakubia subacuminata de Winter & Vastenhout, 2013^[6]
• Costigulella primennilus de Winter, 2008^[7]
• Gulella kuiperi de Winter, 2007^[8]
• Sinistrexcisa cameruniae De Winter, Gomez & Prieto, 1999 - from Southwest Cameroon^[9]

See also

• List of marine molluscs of Cameroon

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of Nigeria, Wildlife of Nigeria
• List of non-marine molluscs of Chad, Wildlife of Chad
• List of non-marine molluscs of the Central African Republic, Wildlife of the Central African Republic
• List of non-marine molluscs of Equatorial Guinea, Wildlife of Equatorial Guinea
• List of non-marine molluscs of Gabon, Wildlife of Gabon
• List of non-marine molluscs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wildlife of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

External links

• Ailly A. d' (1896). Contributions a la connaissance des mollusques terrestres et d'eau douce de Kaméroun. P.A. Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm. With 5 plates of drawings by Georg Liljevall (1848-1928). scan at Internet Archive.

Notes and References

1. Alvine C. Kengne-Fokam, Hugues C. Nana-Djeunga, Félicité F. Djuikwo-Teukeng & Flobert Njiokou (2016). "Analysis of mating system, fecundity, hatching and survival rates in two Schistosoma mansoni intermediate hosts (Biomphalaria pfeifferi and Biomphalaria camerunensis) in Cameroon.". Parasites Vectors 9(10): 2-9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1285-4
2. A. Ndassa & R. Mimpfoundi (2005). "The Mollusca inhabiting rice fields in northern Cameroon and their role as intermediate hosts for schistosomes". African Zoology 40(2): 223-232. DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2005.11407321
3. Brown D. S. (1996). Bulinus camerunensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
4. 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. . Downloaded on 4 December 2010.
5. de Winter, A.J. (2017). ""Dwarfs among pygmies": the genus Punctum in western Africa and the Congo Basin, with descriptions of two new species and notes on other Afrotropical punctoids (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Punctidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde Band 146 Heft 2 (2017), pp. 203–211.
6. A. J. de Winter, N. Vastenhout (2013). "Revision of the Afrotropical Land Snail Genus Avakubia Pilsbry, 1919, with Description of Pseudavakubia Gen. n. and Eleven New Species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Streptaxidae)". African Invertebrates 54(2): 605-663. https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.054.0215
7. de Winter, A.J. (2008). "Costigulella primennilus spec. nov., a new minute western African terrestrial snail, with remarks on the genus Costigulella (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Streptaxidae).". Zoologische Mededelingen 82(23): 245-251.
8. de Winter A. J. (2007). "Gulella (Silvigulella) kuiperi spec. nov., a new minute land snail from Cameroon (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Streptaxidae)". Basteria suppl 3: 69-72.
9. De Winter A. J., Gomez B. J. & Prieto C. E.(1999). "Sinistrexcisa, a New Genus of Land Snail from Central West Africa with Four New Species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Streptaxidae)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 65(2): 209-221. . page 209.