58. Oxyloma patentissimum (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)

Distribution and year: Upper panhandle, Okavango Delta 2000 (Appleton et al. 2003).

Geographic range: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lake Chad (at the conjunction of Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria and Niger), Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Habitat: Terrestrial.

Notes: The molluscs are mostly common in emergent and overhanging vegetation in streams and lagoons (Herbert & Kilburn 2004; Appleton & Miranda 2015).

Type locality: “Port Natal” ( Durban), South Africa (Pfeiffer 1853) .

Sources: Appleton (2002: 84); Appleton et al. (2003: 58–68); Appleton & Miranda (2015: 132) (all as Oxyloma patentissima); GBIF (2023 b).

Conservation status: Not Evaluated.