List of non-marine molluscs of Lebanon

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.

Location of Lebanon

Freshwater gastropods

Neritidae

Melanopsidae

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

Bithyniidae

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

Valvatidae

Lymnaeidae

Physidae

Planorbidae

Land gastropods

Succineidae

Lauriidae

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

Agriolimacidae

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

Geomitridae

Hygromiidae

Helicidae

Sphincterochilidae

  • Sphincterochila fimbriata (Bourguignat, 1852)[1]

Freshwater bivalves

Sphaeriidae

See also

  • List of marine molluscs of Lebanon

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

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. (1993). "Prosobranchier libanesischer Gebirgsbäche". Heldia. 2 (1/2): 3–6.
  3. Schütt, H.; Şeşen, R. (1993). "Pseudamnicola species and other freshwater gastropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from East Anatolia (Turkey), the Ukraine and the Lebanon". Basteria. 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. (2020). "Conchological revision of the eastern Mediterranean genus Pene Pallary, 1929, with description of a new species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata)". Basteria. 84 (4–6): 317–344.
  7. Nordsieck, H. (1971). "Zur Anatomie und Systematik der Clausilien, X. Zur Kenntnis des Genus Cristataria Vest 1867, I". Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 101 (5/6): 237–261.
  8. Forcart, L. (1971). "Revision der Daudebardiinae von Vorderasien (excl. Kaukasusgebiet)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 101 (1/4): 21–38.
  9. Wiktor, A.; Mienis, H.K. (2006). "Redescription of Deroceras libanoticum (Pollonera, 1909) (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Agriolimacidae)". Folia Malacologica. 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
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