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List of non-marine molluscs of Sierra Leone

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Location of Sierra Leone

The non-marine molluscs of Sierra Leone are a part of the molluscan fauna of Sierra Leone.

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

Freshwater gastropods

Freshwater gastropods in Sierra Leone include: Ampullariidae

Saulea vitrea (Born, 1778)

Sierraia leonensis Connolly, 1929
Sierraia whitei D.S. Brown, 1988

Pachymelania byronensis (W. Wood, 1828)

Bulinus forskalii (Ehrenberg, 1831)
Bulinus globosus (Morelet, 1866)
Bulinus senegalensis O.F. Müller, 1781

Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)

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Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Sierra Leone include:

Maizaniella leonensis (Morelet, 1873)

Granularion atromaculatus Van Mol, 1970
Granularion lomaensis Van Mol, 1970
Granularion marmoratus Van Mol, 1970
Granularion paratenuis Van Mol, 1970
Granularion tenuis Van Mol, 1970
Verrucarion demeryi de Winter, 1987

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Freshwater bivalves

Freshwater bivalves in Sierra Leone include:

Galatea paradoxa (Born, 1778)

Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807

Pleiodon ovatus (Swainson, 1823)

Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827)

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See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

References

^ Nagel, K.-O. (1991). "On some freshwater molluscs (Gastropoda and Bivalvia) from Sierra Leone". Journal of Conchology. 34 (1): 31–36.
^ Seidl, F. (1998). "Erstnachweis von Pachymelania byronensis (Wood 1828) für und Vorkommen von Galatea paradoxa (Born 1778) in Sierra Leone". Mitteilungen der zoologischen Gesellschaft Braunau. 7 (2): 115–119.
^ Fashuyi, S.A. (1981). "Observations on the ecology of Bulinus (Physopsis) globosus (Morelet), B. (Bulinus) forskalii (Ehrenberg) and Lymnaea natalensis (Krauss) in rice swamps in Sierra Leone". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 47 (3): 328–333.
De Winter, A.J. (1996). "Miscellaneous notes on West African Maizaniella (Prosobranchia: Maizaniidae)". Basteria. 59 (4–6): 65–83.
^ Van Mol, J.-J. (1970). "Révision des Urocyclidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pulmonata) - Anatomie - Systématique - Zoogéographie. Première partie". Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren . 180: 1–234.
De Winter, A.J. (1987). "Verrucarion demeryi, a new semi-slug from Sierra Leone (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Urocyclidae)". Basteria. 51: 87–93.