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
- Theodoxus jordani (Sowerby, 1832)
- Melanopsis buccinoidea (Olivier, 1801)
- Eupaludestrina longiscata (Bourguignat, 1856)
- Belgrandiella libanica Schütt, 1993
- Islamia gaillardoti (Germain, 1911)
- Radomaniola gaillardotii (Bourguignat, 1856)
- Potamopyrgus antipodarum (J. E. Gray, 1843)
- Pseudobithynia amiqensis Glöer & Bößneck, 2007
- Pseudobithynia kathrini Glöer & Bößneck, 2007
- Pseudobithynia levantica Glöer & Bößneck, 2007
- Valvata saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1853)
- Galba truncatula (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Stagnicola cf. berlani (Bourguignat, 1870)
- Physella acuta (Draparnaud, 1805)
- Ancylus fluviatilis (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Gyraulus bekaensis Glöer & Bößneck, 2007
- Gyraulus homsensis (Dautzenberg, 1894)
- Gyraulus piscinarum (Bourguignat, 1852)
- Planorbis carinatus O. F. Müller, 1774
Land gastropods
- Oxyloma cf. elegans (Risso, 1826)
- Lauria cylindracea (Da Costa, 1778)
- Orculella sirianocoriensis libanotica (Tristram, 1865)
- Orculella mesopotamica riedeli Hausdorf, 1996
- Buliminus damascensis (Pallary, 1929)
- Euchondrus septemdentatus (Roth, 1839)
- Euchondrus cf. ledereri (L. Pfeiffer, 1868)
- Pene bulimoides (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)
- Pene kotschyi (L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
- Pene louisi (Germain, 1911)
- Pene syriacus (L. Pfeiffer, 1864)
- Turanena benjamitica (Benson, 1859)
- Pleurodiscus erdelii (Roth, 1839)
- Cristataria albersi (Charpentier, 1852)
- Cristataria boissieri (Charpentier, 1847)
- Cristataria cylindrelliformis (Bourguignat, 1855)
- Cristataria delesserti (Bourguignat, 1853)
- Cristataria dutaillyana (Bourguignat, 1868)
- Cristataria florieni (Pallary, 1939)
- Cristataria hedenborgi (L. Pfeiffer, 1849)
- Cristataria porrecta (Rossmässler, 1857)
- Cristataria staudingeri (O. Boettger, 1890)
- Cristataria strangulata (L. Pfeiffer, 1841)
- Cristataria vesicalis (Rossmässler, 1857)
- Cristataria zelebori (Rossmässler, 1856)
- Cristataria zilchi H. Nordsieck, 1971
- Elia moesta (Rossmässler, 1839)
- Eopolita protensa jebusitica (Roth, 1855)
- Libania saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1852)
- Oxychilus renanianus (Pallary, 1939)
- Oxychilus syriacus (Kobelt, 1879)
- Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Deroceras berytensis (Bourguignat, 1852)
- Deroceras libanoticum (Pollonera, 1909)
- Cochlicella acuta (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Xeropicta krynickii (Krynicki, 1833)
- Metafruticicola berytensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1841)
- Metafruticicola fourousi (Bourguignat, 1863)
- Monacha bari Forcart 1981
- Monacha cf. compingtae (Pallary, 1929)
- Monacha crispulata (Mousson, 1861)
- Monacha nummus (Ehrenberg, 1831)
- Monacha obstructa (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)
- Monacha solitudinis (Bourguignat, 1852)
- Monacha syriaca (Ehrenberg, 1831)
- Cornu aspersum (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Eobania vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Helix engaddensis (Bourguignat, 1852)
- Sphincterochila fimbriata (Bourguignat, 1852)
Freshwater bivalves
- Musculium lacustre (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Pisidium amnicum (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791)
- Pisidium subtruncatum Malm, 1855
- Pisidium tenuilineatum Stelfox, 1918
- Pisidium personatum Malm, 1855
See also
Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:
References
- ^ 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
- ^ Schütt, H. (1993). "Prosobranchier libanesischer Gebirgsbäche". Heldia. 2 (1/2): 3–6.
- 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- Forcart, L. (1971). "Revision der Daudebardiinae von Vorderasien (excl. Kaukasusgebiet)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 101 (1/4): 21–38.
- Wiktor, A.; Mienis, H.K. (2006). "Redescription of Deroceras libanoticum (Pollonera, 1909) (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Agriolimacidae)". Folia Malacologica. 14 (1): 31–34.
- ^ Neubert E, Michel Bariche M (2013) On the Monacha species of Lebanon (Gastropoda, Hygromiidae). ZooKeys 311: 1–18. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.311.5408