Pila wernei (Philippi, 1851)

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 : 22

16. Pila wernei (R.A. Philippi, 1851)

Distribution and year: Okavango “swamps” (Delta) [RMNH.MOL.5008820] 1973 ( NBC 2015 g; GBIF 2023 b); Thamalakane River, Maun [DMNH129824] N/A ( GBIF 2023 b).

Geographic range: Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Mali, Namibia, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo.

Habitat: Freshwater.

Notes: The species is common in Central Africa ( Koudenoukpo et al. 2020). In Southern Africa, it has only been recorded from north-eastern Namibia ( Brown & Kristensen 1989) and Botswana.

Type locality: White Nile, Africa (Philippi 1851) .

Sources: van Bruggen (1966 a: 109); GBIF (2023 b).

Conservation status: Least Concern.