Mollusques Fossiles de la Region de Sinda a L'est du Zaire

Abstract

A study of the fossil moluscs has been carried out in eastern Zaire, mainly at Sinda in the Western Rift Valley (Lake Mobutu-Semliki Valley). The 1989 inventory of the collected molluscs had five speices (Caelatura bakeri, Mutela alata, Mutela rostrata, Iridina lepersonnei, and Aspatharia wissmanni) and the 1990 inventory, four species (Caelatura bakeri, Mutela alata, Mutela rostrata, and Aspatharia wissmanni). A biostratigraphic study will be conducted on these species after the conclusion of the geological study and the confirmation of our molluscs identification. From the available data, the fossil molluscs pertain to Miocene and Pliocene fauna.