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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 majority of species occur in the regions of the Okavango Delta and the Chobe–Linyanti–Kwando river system along East Caprivi.
The list follows the alphabetical rather than systematic order, and originates from the latest checklist, which summarizes 170 years (1854–2023) of malacological studies in Botswana.[1]
Common name: Tropical land snails, including Giant African land snails.
Common name: Tropical/Apple snails
Common name: Mud freshwater snails
Common name: Ram's horn snails
Common name: Pond snails
Common name: Small freshwater snails
Common name: Porcelain mussels
Common name: Blind awl snails or pin snails
Common name: Minute land snails
Common name: Typical snails or helix garden snails
Common name: Toothless River mussels
Common name: Pond snails
Common name: Trumpet freshwater snails
Common name: Ram's horn snails
Common name: Minute land snails
Common name: Orb mussels
Common name: Carnivorous land snails
Common name: Amber snails
Common name: Freshwater mussels
Common name: Leather-back land slugs
Common name: River snails
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