List of non-marine molluscs of Benin
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The non-marine molluscs of Benin are a part of the molluscan fauna of Benin (wildlife of Benin).
A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Benin.
Freshwater gastropods
- Africanogyrus coretus (de Blainville, 1826)[1]
- Biomphalaria camerunensis (C. R. Boettger, 1941)[2]
- Bulinus forskalii (Ehrenberg, 1831)[3]
- Bulinus globosus (Morelet, 1866)[4]
- Bulinus senegalensis Müller, 1781[5]
- Gyraulus costulatus (Krauss, 1848)[6]
- Segmentorbis kanisaensis (Preston, 1914)[7]
- Cleopatra bulimoides (Olivier, 1804)[8]
- Pachymelania aurita (Müller, 1774)[9]
- Pachymelania byronensis (Wood, 1828)[10]
- Pachymelania fusca (Gmelin, 1791)[11]
- Potadoma freethi (Gray, 1831)[12]
- Potadoma moerchi (Reeve, 1859)[13]
- Tympanotonos fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1758) – in brackish water[14]
- Lanistes libycus (Morelet, 1848)[15]
- Hydrobia lineata Binder, 1957[16]
- Potamopyrgus ciliatus (Gould, 1850)[17]
- Neritina oweniana (Wood, 1828)[18]
- Neritina rubricata Morelet, 1858[19]
- Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)[20]
Land gastropods
Land gastropods in Cameroon include:
Freshwater bivalves
Etheria elliptica is the only freshwater oyster occurring in Africa.[21]
See also
- List of marine molluscs of Benin
Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:
- List of non-marine molluscs of Togo, Wildlife of Togo
- List of non-marine molluscs of Nigeria, Wildlife of Nigeria
- List of non-marine molluscs of Burkina Faso, Wildlife of Burkina Faso
- List of non-marine molluscs of Niger, Wildlife of Niger