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
- Theodoxus jordani (Sowerby, 1832)[1]
- Melanopsis buccinoidea (Olivier, 1801)[1]
- Radomaniola gaillardotii (Bourguignat, 1856)[1]
- Potamopyrgus antipodarum (J. E. Gray, 1843)[1]
- Pseudobithynia amiqensis Glöer & Bößneck, 2007[1][2]
- Pseudobithynia levantica Glöer & Bößneck, 2007[1][2]
- Pseudobithynia kathrini Glöer & Bößneck, 2007[1][2]
- Valvata saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1853)[1]
- Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
- Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
- Stagnicola cf. berlani (Bourguignat, 1870)[1]
- Galba truncatula (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
- Physella acuta (Draparnaud, 1805)[1]
- Planorbis carinatus O. F. Müller, 1774[1]
- Gyraulus piscinarum (Bourguignat, 1852)[1]
- Gyraulus bekaensis Glöer & Bößneck, 2007[1]
- Gyraulus homsensis (Dautzenberg, 1894)[3]
- Ancylus fluviatilis (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
Land gastropods
- Lauria cylindracea (Da Costa, 1778)[1]
- Orculella sirianocoriensis libanotica (Tristram, 1865)[1]
- Orculella mesopotamica riedeli Hausdorf, 1996[1]
Buliminidae
- Turanena benjamitica (Benson, 1859)[1]
- Pene syriacus syriacus (L. Pfeiffer, 1864)[1]
- Buliminus damascensis (Pallary, 1929)[1]
- Euchondrus septemdentatus (Roth, 1839)[1]
- Euchondrus cf. ledereri (L. Pfeiffer, 1868)[1]
- Pleurodiscus erdelii (Roth, 1839)[1]
- Cristataria dutaillyana (Bourguignat, 1868)[1]
- Cristataria cf. zelebori (Rossmässler, 1856)[1]
- Elia moesta (Rossmässler, 1839)[1]
- Albinaria hedenborgi (L. Pfeiffer, 1849)[1]
- Oxyloma cf. elegans (Risso, 1826)[1]
- Eopolita protensa jebusitica (Roth, 1855)[1]
- Oxychilus syriacus (Kobelt, 1879)[1]
- Oxychilus renanianus (Pallary, 1939)[1]
- Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
- Deroceras berytensis (Bourguignat, 1852)[1]
- Sphincterochila fimbriata (Bourguignat, 1852)[1]
- Monacha bari Forcart 1981[4]
- Monacha cf. compingtae (Pallary, 1929)[4][1]
- Monacha crispulata (Mousson, 1861)[4]
- Monacha nummus (Ehrenberg, 1831)[4]
- Monacha obstructa (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)[4][1]
- Monacha solitudinis (Bourguignat, 1852)[4]
- Monacha syriaca (Ehrenberg, 1831)[4][1]
- Platytheba nummus (Ehrenberg, 1831)[1]
- Metafruticicola fourousi (Bourguignat, 1863)[1]
- Metafruticicola berytensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1841)[1]
- Cochlicella acuta (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
- Xeropicta krynickii (Krynicki, 1833)[1]
- Eobania vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
- Cornu aspersum (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
- Helix engaddensis (Bourguignat, 1852)[1]
Freshwater bivalves
- Musculium lacustre (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
- Pisidium amnicum (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
- Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791)[1]
- Pisidium subtruncatum Malm, 1855[1]
- Pisidium tenuilineatum Stelfox, 1918[1]
- Pisidium personatum Malm, 1855[1]
See also
- List of marine molluscs of Lebanon
Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:
- List of non-marine molluscs of Israel
- List of non-marine molluscs of Syria
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
- 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
- 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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