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Location of Botswana. Botswana molluscs [1] are represented by 63 native species (13 bivalves, 24 freshwater snails, 24 land snails and two slugs) and by four introduced species: Cornu aspersum, Lissachatina fulica, Physella acuta and Radix auricularia, which are potentially invasive and of economic concern.
The shell coiling in this species is left-handed, aka sinistral. This species of snail is widely found in Botswana , Congo , Chad , Ghana , Cameroon , Gambia , Angola , Namibia , Niger , Nigeria , Tanzania , Mozambique , Zimbabwe [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and South Africa .
From 1854 to 2023, 63 native species of molluscs (13 bivalves, 24 freshwater snails, 24 land snails and two slugs) have been recorded in 43 genera and 21 families. There are also four introduced species: Cornu aspersum , Lissachatina fulica , Physella acuta and Radix auricularia , which are potentially invasive and of economic concern.
Lissachatina fulica is a species of large land snail that belongs in the subfamily Achatininae of the family Achatinidae. [1] It is also known as the Giant African land snail. [2] It shares the common name "giant African snail" with other species of snails such as Achatina achatina and Archachatina marginata. This snail species has been ...
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Botswana. There are 170 mammal species in Botswana, of which one is critically endangered, one is endangered, six are vulnerable, and six are near threatened. [1] The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of ...
Prestonella – the genus with 3 species is endemic to South Africa. [16] Prestonella bowkeri (Sowerby, 1889) [17] Prestonella nuptialis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1894) [17] Prestonella quadingensis Connolly, 1929 [17] Rhytididae. Chlamydephorus bruggeni (L. Forcart, 1967) [17] Chlamydephorus burnupi (Smith, 1892) [17] Chlamydephorus dimidius ...
Radix natalensis is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae. This species occurs widely in Africa. It is a major intermediate host for Fasciola gigantica in Africa. [4] [5] Placement of this species in the genus Radix was confirmed by Correa et al. (2010). [6]
Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822 or giant East African snail from Eastern Africa is a serious pest in the many tropical countries where it has been introduced, and is listed as an invasive species by some governments: synonym of Lissachatina fulica (Bowdich, 1822) Achatina glaucina E. A. Smith, 1899: synonym of Lissachatina glaucina (E. A. Smith ...