List of non-marine molluscs of Cameroon

Location of Cameroon
topography of Cameroon

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

Planorbidae

Lymnaeidae

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Cameroon include:

Streptaxidae

  • Gulella kuiperi de Winter, 2007[3]
  • Sinistrexcisa cameruniae De Winter, Gomez & Prieto, 1999 - from Southwest Cameroon[4]

See also

  • List of marine molluscs of Cameroon

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

References

  1. ↑ Brown D. S. (1996). Bulinus camerunensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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. doi:10.1093/mollus/65.2.209. page 209.
  • (in French) 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.


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