Chondrocyclus

• Chondrocyclus amathole

  The shell is very depressed, ranging from discoidal to lenticular. The aperture is circular. Dense axial costae of the periostracum expand into broad quadrangular flanges at the shell periphery. It inhabits leaf litter in Amathole Mistbelt forest and Great Fish Thicket. It occurs across the Amathole Mountains eastwards towards the Kei River in South Africa, with records at Beggars’ Bush near Grahamstown and Kap River Nature Reserve near the Great Fish River mouth.

• Chondrocyclus bathrolophodes

  The shell is depressed and lenticular, with an almost flat apex. The aperture is circular. The umbilicus is wide and deep, exposing all the whorls. It inhabits leaf litter in coastal dune strandveld, Alexandria coastal forest, Albany thicket and Eastern Cape dune forest. It is endemic to the Eastern Cape coast, South Africa, in two separated areas: Port Elizabeth to the Great Fish River, and the Great Kei to Kobonqaba rivers.

• Chondrocyclus convexiusculus

  The shell is depressed and lenticular, with a mammillate, tilted apex. The aperture is circular. The umbilicus is wide and deep, exposing all the whorls. It inhabits leaf litter in small patches of Western Cape Afrotemperate forest in sheltered ravines. It is known from the mountains of the Cape Peninsula and the north–south mountain ranges east of the Cape Flats, Western Cape, South Africa.

• Chondrocyclus cooperae

  The shell is depressed and lenticular, with an almost flat apex. The aperture is circular, and the last whorl descends strongly near it. The umbilicus is wide and deep, exposing all the whorls. It inhabits leaf litter in indigenous Scarp Forest and Eastern Cape Dune Forest. It is endemic to Eastern Cape, South Africa, from East London to Mbotyi, mainly near the coast.

• Chondrocyclus devilliersi

  The shell is depressed and lenticular, with an almost flat apex. The aperture is circular. The umbilicus is wide and deep, exposing all the whorls. It inhabits leaf litter in Transkei Mistbelt Forest. It is known only from Nqadu Forest north of Mthatha and Bele Forest to the northwest, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

• Chondrocyclus herberti

  The shell is moderately depressed, with a moderately exserted spire. The aperture is circular, with a simple, continuous and free peristome. Widely spaced axial costae of the periostracum form broad flanges with rounded tips at the shell periphery. It inhabits leaf litter in indigenous forest in narrow ravines and subtropical thicket, and also occurs under stones and among leaf litter in thicket–fynbos transition areas. It is known from the narrow Baviaanskloof valley in Eastern Cape, South Africa.

• Chondrocyclus kevincolei

  The shell is depressed and lenticular, with a large mammillate protoconch. The aperture is circular. The shell bears distinct spiral grooves corresponding to the rows of periostracal hairs. It inhabits leaf litter in various wooded and bushy habitats, including Milkwood forest, dune scrub and dry hillside bush. It occurs on the Agulhas Plain between Gansbaai and Bredasdorp, Western Cape, South Africa.

• Chondrocyclus langebergensis

  The shell is very depressed and discoidal; the spire is almost flat and sometimes concave. The aperture is circular. The umbilicus is very wide, exposing all the whorls. It inhabits leaf litter in patches of Western Cape Afrotemperate Forest and riverine fynbos. It is known from south-facing slopes of the Langeberg range and the Montagu area on its northern side, Western Cape, South Africa.

• Chondrocyclus pondoensis

  The shell is depressed and lenticular, with a non-mammillate protoconch. The aperture is circular. The umbilicus is wide and deep, exposing all the whorls. It inhabits leaf litter in indigenous Scarp Forest adjacent to rivers. It is recorded mainly near the coast from Xora in Transkei to Umtamvuna in southern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and inland in the Port Shepstone area.

• Chondrocyclus pulcherrimus

  The shell is very depressed and discoidal, with an almost flat spire. The aperture is circular. The umbilicus is very wide, exposing all the whorls. It inhabits leaf litter in south-facing indigenous Eastern Mistbelt Forest with large trees. It is known only from Ngome Forest, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

• Chondrocyclus putealis

  The shell is depressed and lenticular, with an almost flat apex. The aperture is circular, and the last whorl descends strongly near it. The umbilicus is wide and deep, exposing all the whorls. It inhabits leaf litter in indigenous Scarp Forest on riverbanks. It occurs mainly near the coast from Mtentu to Southport in southern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and is also recorded inland in the Port Shepstone area.

• Chondrocyclus silvicolus

  The shell is moderately depressed, with a mammillate, tilted protoconch. The aperture is circular. The umbilicus is wide and deep, exposing all the whorls. It inhabits leaf litter in indigenous Southern Cape Afrotemperate Forest and Western Cape Milkwood Forest. It is known from Storms River to the Touw River at Wilderness in Western Cape, South Africa.