List of non-marine molluscs of Lebanon explained

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)^[1]

Melanopsidae

• Melanopsis buccinoidea (Olivier, 1801)^[1]

Cochliopidae

• Eupaludestrina longiscata (Bourguignat, 1856)^[2]

Hydrobiidae

• Belgrandiella libanica Schütt, 1993^{[2] [3]}
• Islamia gaillardoti (Germain, 1911)^[2]
• Radomaniola gaillardotii (Bourguignat, 1856)^{[1] [2]}

Tateidae

• Potamopyrgus antipodarum (J. E. Gray, 1843)^[1]

Bithyniidae

• Pseudobithynia amiqensis Glöer & Bößneck, 2007^{[1] [4]}
• Pseudobithynia kathrini Glöer & Bößneck, 2007^{[1] [4]}
• Pseudobithynia levantica Glöer & Bößneck, 2007^{[1] [4]}

Valvatidae

• Valvata saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1853)^[1]

Lymnaeidae

• Galba truncatula (O. F. Müller, 1774)^[1]
• Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)^[1]
• Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758)^[1]
• Stagnicola cf. berlani (Bourguignat, 1870)^[1]

Physidae

• Physella acuta (Draparnaud, 1805)^[1]

Planorbidae

• Ancylus fluviatilis (O. F. Müller, 1774)^[1]
• Gyraulus bekaensis Glöer & Bößneck, 2007^{[1] [5]}
• Gyraulus homsensis (Dautzenberg, 1894)^[5]
• Gyraulus piscinarum (Bourguignat, 1852)^[1]
• Planorbis carinatus O. F. Müller, 1774^[1]

Land gastropods

Succineidae

• Oxyloma cf. elegans (Risso, 1826)^[1]

Lauriidae

• Lauria cylindracea (Da Costa, 1778)^[1]

Orculidae

• Orculella sirianocoriensis libanotica (Tristram, 1865)^[1]
• Orculella mesopotamica riedeli Hausdorf, 1996^[1]

Enidae

• Buliminus damascensis (Pallary, 1929)^[1]
• Euchondrus septemdentatus (Roth, 1839)^[1]
• Euchondrus cf. ledereri (L. Pfeiffer, 1868)^[1]
• Pene bulimoides (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)^[6]
• Pene kotschyi (L. Pfeiffer, 1854)^[6]
• Pene louisi (Germain, 1911)^[6]
• Pene syriacus (L. Pfeiffer, 1864)^{[1] [6]}
• Turanena benjamitica (Benson, 1859)^[1]

Pleurodiscidae

• Pleurodiscus erdelii (Roth, 1839)^[1]

Clausiliidae

• Cristataria albersi (Charpentier, 1852)^[7]
• Cristataria boissieri (Charpentier, 1847)^[7]
• Cristataria cylindrelliformis (Bourguignat, 1855)^[7]
• Cristataria delesserti (Bourguignat, 1853)^[7]
• Cristataria dutaillyana (Bourguignat, 1868)^{[1] [7]}
• Cristataria florieni (Pallary, 1939)^[7]
• Cristataria hedenborgi (L. Pfeiffer, 1849)^[1]
• Cristataria porrecta (Rossmässler, 1857)^[7]
• Cristataria staudingeri (O. Boettger, 1890)^[7]
• Cristataria strangulata (L. Pfeiffer, 1841)^[7]
• Cristataria vesicalis (Rossmässler, 1857)^[7]
• Cristataria zelebori (Rossmässler, 1856)^{[1] [7]}
• Cristataria zilchi H. Nordsieck, 1971^[7]
• Elia moesta (Rossmässler, 1839)^[1]

Oxychilidae

• Eopolita protensa jebusitica (Roth, 1855)^[1]
• Libania saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852)^[8]
• Oxychilus renanianus (Pallary, 1939)^[1]
• Oxychilus syriacus (Kobelt, 1879)^[1]

Limacidae

• Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758)^[1]

Agriolimacidae

• Deroceras berytensis (Bourguignat, 1852)^[1]
• Deroceras libanoticum (Pollonera, 1909)^[9]

Geomitridae

• Cochlicella acuta (O. F. Müller, 1774)^[1]
• Xeropicta krynickii (Krynicki, 1833)^[1]

Hygromiidae

• Metafruticicola berytensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1841)^[1]
• Metafruticicola fourousi (Bourguignat, 1863)^[1]
• Monacha bari Forcart 1981^[10]
• Monacha cf. compingtae (Pallary, 1929)^{[10] [1]}
• Monacha crispulata (Mousson, 1861)^[10]
• Monacha nummus (Ehrenberg, 1831)^{[1] [10]}
• Monacha obstructa (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)^{[10] [1]}
• Monacha solitudinis (Bourguignat, 1852)^[10]
• Monacha syriaca (Ehrenberg, 1831)^{[10] [1]}

Helicidae

• Cornu aspersum (O. F. Müller, 1774)^[1]
• Eobania vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)^[1]
• Helix engaddensis (Bourguignat, 1852)^[1]

Sphincterochilidae

• Sphincterochila fimbriata (Bourguignat, 1852)^[1]

Freshwater bivalves

Sphaeriidae

• Musculium lacustre (O. F. Müller, 1774)^[1]
• Pisidium amnicum (O. F. Müller, 1774)^[1]
• Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791)^[1]
• Pisidium subtruncatum Malm, 1855^[1]
• Pisidium tenuilineatum Stelfox, 1918^[1]
• Pisidium personatum Malm, 1855^[1]

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

Notes and References

1. Ulrich Bößneck (2011) New records of freshwater and land molluscs from Lebanon, Zoology in the Middle East, 54:1, 35-52, DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2011.10648879
2. Schütt . H. . Prosobranchier libanesischer Gebirgsbäche . Heldia . 1993 . 2 . 1/2 . 3-6.
3. Schütt . H. . Şeşen . R. . Pseudamnicola species and other freshwater gastropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from East Anatolia (Turkey), the Ukraine and the Lebanon . Basteria . 1993 . 57 . 4-6 . 161-171.
4. Peter Glöer & Ulrich Bößneck (2007). "Pseudobithynia kathrini n. sp., P. levantica n. sp. und P. amiqensis n. sp. - drei neue Arten aus dem Libanon (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Bithyniidae)". Mollusca 25(2): 113-120.
5. Peter Glöer & Aref Dia (2013). "Re-description of Gyraulus homsensis (Dautzenberg, 1894) from Lebanon (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) with an identification key of the Gyraulus spp. of the Near East". North-western Journal of Zoology 9
6. Bank . R.A. . Neubert . E. . Conchological revision of the eastern Mediterranean genus Pene Pallary, 1929, with description of a new species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) . Basteria . 2020 . 84 . 4-6 . 317-344.
7. Nordsieck . H. . Zur Anatomie und Systematik der Clausilien, X. Zur Kenntnis des Genus Cristataria Vest 1867, I . Archiv für Molluskenkunde . 1971 . 101 . 5/6 . 237-261.
8. Forcart . L. . Revision der Daudebardiinae von Vorderasien (excl. Kaukasusgebiet) . Archiv für Molluskenkunde . 1971 . 101 . 1/4 . 21-38.
9. Wiktor . A. . Mienis . H.K. . Redescription of Deroceras libanoticum (Pollonera, 1909) (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Agriolimacidae) . Folia Malacologica . 2006 . 14 . 1 . 31-34.
10. Neubert E, Michel Bariche M (2013) On the Monacha species of Lebanon (Gastropoda, Hygromiidae). ZooKeys 311: 1–18. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.311.5408