Bellamya capillata ( Frauenfeld, 1865 )

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17. Bellamya capillata ( Frauenfeld, 1865)

Distribution and year: Chobe River, Kasane [SMWN 76342] 1986 ( Brown et al. 1992), [LACM152404] 1997 ( GBIF 2023 b), [RMNH.MOL.104343] 2006 ( NBC 2015 a); Kwando River, Balelwa [SMWN 75938] 1986 ( Brown et al. 1992); Upper panhandle, Okavango Delta 2000 ( Jansen van Rensburg 2001; Appleton et al. 2003); Letter Tree, “Botletle” (Boteti) River N/A, and Kabulabula, 8 feet above floodplain of Linyanti River N/A ( Connolly 1939); Thamalakane River opposite Okavango River Lodge near Maun 1984 [ETD4272] ( Brown et al. 1992); Guma Lagoon, Okavango Delta 1999 ( Jansen van Rensburg 2001); Okavango Delta 2018 ( GBIF 2023 b).

Geographic range: Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Habitat: Freshwater.

Notes:The species is found in lakes, rivers and streams across a wide range of Southern Africa ( Brown 1994), co-existing with the congeneric B. monardi (F. Haas, 1934) at the confluence of Omatako/ Okavango River system ( Brown et al. 1992).

Type locality: Lake Malawi, Malawi ( Frauenfeld 1865) .

Sources: Connolly (1912: 260, as Vivipara passargei , 1939: 559–560, as subfossil V. passargei ); van Bruggen (1966 a: 109, as Bellamya passargei ); Brown et al. (1992: 12); Brown (1994: 156, as B. passargei ); Jansen van Rensburg (2001: 29); Appleton et al. (2003: 58–68); Appleton & Miranda (2015: 124); GBIF (2023 b).

Conservation status: Least Concern.