Xerocerastus burchelli (J.E. Gray, 1834 )

Rapalai, Boikhutso Lerato, 2024, An annotated checklist of molluscs recorded from Botswana, Indago: Investigating nature and humanity in Africa (Oxford, England) 41 (10), pp. 15-44 : 29

48. Xerocerastus burchelli (J.E. Gray, 1834)

Distribution and year: Kalahari N/A ( Connolly 1912); Dekar, Ghanzi 1961 (van Bruggen 1963); Tshane Pan 1961 (van Bruggen 1963).

Geographic range: Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa.

Habitat: Terrestrial.

Notes: The molluscs tend to be variable in terms of their size and proportions; the shell length increases while the shell width decreases along the southnorth gradient (van Bruggen 1966 b). The species is endemic to Southern Africa , occurring in drier arid regions west of the Limpopo River, and also in the tropical regions east of the Limpopo River (van Bruggen 1966 b) .

Type locality: near “Lattakoo” (Dithakong), east of Kuruman , Northern Cape, South Africa ( Gray 1834) .

Sources: Connolly (1912: 166, as Ena (Xerocerastus) burchelli ); van Bruggen (1963: 264; 1966 a: 109; 1966 b: 367); Govender (2007: 189).

Conservation status: Not Evaluated.