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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

Planorbidae

• 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]

Paludomidae

• Cleopatra bulimoides (Olivier, 1804)[8]

Thiaridae

• Pachymelania aurita (Müller, 1774)[9]
• Pachymelania byronensis (Wood, 1828)[10]
• Pachymelania fusca (Gmelin, 1791)[11]

Pachychilidae

• Potadoma freethi (Gray, 1831)[12]
• Potadoma moerchi (Reeve, 1859)[13]

Potamididae

• Tympanotonos fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1758) – in brackish water[14]

Ampullariidae

• Lanistes libycus (Morelet, 1848)[15]

Hydrobiidae

• Hydrobia lineata Binder, 1957[16]
• Potamopyrgus ciliatus (Gould, 1850)[17]

Neritidae

• Neritina oweniana (Wood, 1828)[18]
• Neritina rubricata Morelet, 1858[19]

Lymnaeidae

• Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)[20]

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Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Cameroon include:

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Freshwater bivalves

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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

References

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