List of non-marine molluscs of Nigeria
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The non-marine molluscs of Nigeria are a part of the molluscan fauna of Nigeria (wildlife of Nigeria).
A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Nigeria.
Freshwater gastropods in Nigeria include:
- Clypeolum owenianum (Wood, 1828)[1]
- Vitta cristata (Morelet, 1864)[2]
- Vitta glabrata (Sowerby, 1849)[3]
- Vitta rubricata (Morelet, 1858)[4]
- Lanistes libycus (Morelet, 1848)[5]
- Lanistes ovum Peters, 1845[5]
- Pila ovata (Olivier, 1804)[6]
- Pila wernei (Philipi, 1851)[5]
- Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[5]
- Pachymelania aurita (Müller, 1774)[7]
- Pachymelania byronensis (Wood, 1828)[8]
- Pachymelania fusca (Gmelin, 1791)[9]
- Potadoma freethi (Gray, 1831)[10]
- Potadoma liberiensis (Schepman, 1888)[11]
- Potadoma moerchi (Reeve, 1859)[5][10]
- Potamopyrgus ciliatus (Gould, 1850)[12]
- Assiminea hessei O. Boettger, 1887[13]
- Gabbiella africana (Frauenfeld, 1862)[14]
- Gabbiella tchadiensis Mandahl-Barth, 1968[15]
- Bellamya unicolor (Olivier, 1804)[16]
- Africanogyrus coretus (de Blainville, 1826)[17]
- Amerianna carinata (H. Adams, 1861)[18]
- Biomphalaria camerunensis (C.R. Boettger, 1941)[19]
- Biomphalaria pfeifferi (Krauss, 1848)[5]
- Bulinus camerunensis Mandahl-Barth, 1957[20]
- Bulinus forskalii (Ehrenberg, 1831)[5][10][20]
- Bulinus globosus (Morelet, 1866)[5][10][20]
- Bulinus jousseaumei (Dautzenberg, 1890)[21]
- Bulinus senegalensis O. F. Müller, 1781[20]
- Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827)[10] - synonym: Bulinus rohlfsi Clessin[5]
- Bulinus umbilicatus Mandahl-Barth, 1973[22]
- Ferrissia sp.[5]
- Gyraulus costulatus (Krauss, 1848)[5]
- Indoplanorbis exustus (Deshayes, 1834)[10]
- Pettancylus eburnensis (Binder, 1957)[23]
- Segmentorbis sp.[5]
- Segmentorbis angustus (Jickeli, 1874)[24]
- Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)[5][10]
- Aplexa waterloti (Germain, 1911)[5]
- Physa marmorata Guilding, 1828[25]
- Tympanotonos fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1758)[26]
- Melampus liberianus H. & A. Adams, 1854[27]
Land gastropods
Land gastropods in Nigeria include:
- Achatina achatina Linnaeus, 1758[29]
- Archachatina marginata (Swainson, 1821)[28][29][30]
- Archachatina papyracea (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)[28][29][30]
- Lignus sp.[28]
- Limicolaria aurora (Jay, 1839)[28]
- Limicolaria flammea (Müller, 1774)[28][29]
- Aillya camerunensis Odhner, 1927[29]
- Afropunctium seminium (Morelet 1873)[29]
- Costigulella mfamosingi Oke, 2013[31]
- Edentulina liberiana (I. Lea, 1840)[29]
- Ennea nigeriensis de Winter & de Gier, 2019[32]
- Gonaxis camerunensis (d'Ailly, 1896)[28][29][30]
- Gulella egborgei Oke, 2013[31]
- Gulella gemma (d'Ailly, 1896)[30]
- Gulella io Verdcourt, 1974[29][30]
- Gulella monodon (Morelet, 1873)[28][29][30]
- Gulella obani Oke, 2007[33]
- Gulella odietei Oke, 2013[31]
- Gulella ogbeifuni Oke, 2013[31]
- Gulella opoboensis H.B. Preston, 1914[28][29][30]
- Gulella pupa (Thiele, 1911)[29]
- Gulella reesi H.B. Preston, 1914[29][30]
- Ptychotrema aequatoriale Pilsbry, 1919[29]
- Ptychotrema gelegelei Oke, 2004[34]
- Ptychotrema okei de Winter, 1996[28][29]
- Ptychotrema shagamuense (O.C. Oke & Odiete, 1996)[28][29][30]
- Streptostele musaecola (Morelet, 1860)[28][29]
- Curvella feai J. Germain, 1915[28][29]
- Curvella ovata (Putzeys, 1899)[29]
- Curvella sp.[28]
- Pseudopeas sp. 1[28]
- Subulina sp. 1[28]
- Subulina sp. 2[28]
- Subulina involunta[29]
- Subulina striatella (Rang, 1831)[29]
- Subulona sp.[28]
- Subulona pattalus H.A. Pilsbry, 1906[35][29]
- Kaliella sp.[28]
- Thapsia sp.[28]
- Trochozonites talcosus (Gould, 1850)[28][29][30]
- Trochozonites sp. 1[28]
- Thapsia oscitans (M. Connolly, 1925)[29]
Freshwater bivalves
Freshwater bivalves in Nigeria include:
- Aspatharia chaiziana (Rang, 1835)[36]
- Aspatharia dahomeyensis (Lea, 1859)[37]
- Chambardia rubens (Lamarck, 1819)[38]
- Chambardia wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848)[39]
- Chambardia wissmanni (von Martens, 1883)[40]
- Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835)[41]
- Pleiodon ovatus (Swainson, 1823)[42]
- Eupera ferruginea (Krauss, 1848)[43]
- Pisidium pirothi Jickeli, 1881[44]
- Sphaerium hartmanni (Jickeli, 1874)[45]
- Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807[46]
- Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827)[47]
- Corbicula fluminalis (Müller, 1774)[48]