Euglesa viridaria ( Kuiper, 1956 )

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 : 18

1. Euglesa viridaria ( Kuiper, 1956)

Distribution and year: Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta 1984 ( Appleton & Curtis 2007); Chief’s Island, Okavango Delta 2000 ( Appleton et al. 2003).

Geographic range: Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe.

Habitat: Freshwater.

Notes: The species is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa and more common in the Moremi region of the Okavango Delta ( Appleton et al. 2003; Appleton & Curtis 2007).

Type locality: In Kenya ( Kuiper 1956) .

Sources: Appleton et al. (2003: 58–68, as Pisidum spp.); Appleton & Curtis (2007: 59, as Pisidium viridarium ).

Conservation status: Least Concern.