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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

Freshwater gastropods in Nigeria include:

Neritidae

• Clypeolum owenianum (Wood, 1828)[1]
• Vitta cristata (Morelet, 1864)[2]
• Vitta glabrata (Sowerby, 1849)[3]
• Vitta rubricata (Morelet, 1858)[4]

Ampullariidae

• Lanistes libycus (Morelet, 1848)[5]
• Lanistes ovum Peters, 1845[5]
• Pila ovata (Olivier, 1804)[6]
• Pila wernei (Philipi, 1851)[5]

Thiaridae

• Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[5]
• Pachymelania aurita (Müller, 1774)[7]
• Pachymelania byronensis (Wood, 1828)[8]
• Pachymelania fusca (Gmelin, 1791)[9]

Pachychilidae

• Potadoma freethi (Gray, 1831)[10]
• Potadoma liberiensis (Schepman, 1888)[11]
• Potadoma moerchi (Reeve, 1859)[5][10]

Hydrobiidae

• Potamopyrgus ciliatus (Gould, 1850)[12]

Assimineidae

• Assiminea hessei O. Boettger, 1887[13]

Bithyniidae

• Gabbiella africana (Frauenfeld, 1862)[14]
• Gabbiella tchadiensis Mandahl-Barth, 1968[15]

Viviparidae

• Bellamya unicolor (Olivier, 1804)[16]

Planorbidae

• 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]

Lymnaeidae

• Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)[5][10]

Physidae

• Aplexa waterloti (Germain, 1911)[5]
• Physa marmorata Guilding, 1828[25]

Potamididae

• Tympanotonos fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1758)[26]

Ellobiidae

• Melampus liberianus H. & A. Adams, 1854[27]

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Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Nigeria include:

Succineidae

• Quickia sp.[28]

Achatinidae

• 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]

Aillyidae

• Aillya camerunensis Odhner, 1927[29]

Euconulidae

• Afropunctium seminium (Morelet 1873)[29]

Streptaxidae

• 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]

Subulinidae

• 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]

Helicarionidae

• Kaliella sp.[28]
• Thapsia sp.[28]
• Trochozonites talcosus (Gould, 1850)[28][29][30]
• Trochozonites sp. 1[28]

Urocyclidae

• Thapsia oscitans (M. Connolly, 1925)[29]

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Freshwater bivalves

Freshwater bivalves in Nigeria include:

Iridinidae

• 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]

Sphaeriidae

• Eupera ferruginea (Krauss, 1848)[43]
• Pisidium pirothi Jickeli, 1881[44]
• Sphaerium hartmanni (Jickeli, 1874)[45]

Etheriidae

• Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807[46]

Unionidae

• Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827)[47]

Cyrenidae

• Corbicula fluminalis (Müller, 1774)[48]

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See also

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of Benin, Wildlife of Benin
• List of non-marine molluscs of Chad, Wildlife of Chad
• List of non-marine molluscs of Cameroon, Wildlife of Cameroon
• List of non-marine molluscs of Niger, Wildlife of Niger

References

Further reading

• Alohan F. I. & Oke O. C. (2004). "A preliminary investigation on the diversity and abundance of land molluscs in Okomu National Park, Edo State Nigeria". Journal of Applied and Basic Science 2: 77-81.
• Betterton C. (1984). "Spatiotemporal distributional patterns of Bulinus rohlfsi, B. forskalii and B. senegalensis in newly irrigated areas in northern Nigeria". Journal of Molluscan Studies 50: 137-152.
• Betterton C., Fryer S. E. & Wright C. A. (1983). "Bulinus senegalensis (Mollusca: Planorbidae) in northern Nigeria". Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 77: 143-149.
• Oke O. C. (2007). "Land snail diversity in a patch of cocoa plantation in Erin-Ijesha Hills, Osun State Nigeria". African Scientist 8: 61-68.
• Oke O. C. & Alohan F. I. (2004). "A new species of Streptaxidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from Gelegele Forest Reserve, Edo State, Nigeria". African Zoology 39: 1157-1158.
• Oke O. C. & Alohan F. I. (2004). "Land snail diversity in a patch of rainforest in Cross river National Park: high species richness abundance and heterogeneity". Nigerian Journal of Applied Science 22: 166-173.
• Oke O. C. & Alohan F. I. (2006). "The land snail diversity in a square kilometre of tropical rainforest in Okomu National Park, Edo State, Nigeria". African Scientist 7: 135-142.
• Oke O. C., Alohan F. I. & Abhulimen W. (2007). "Land snail diversity in a threatened limestone formation in Odukpani, Cross River State, Nigeria". Global Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences 13: 487-492.
• Oke O. C., Alohan F. I. & Edosomwan E. U. (2007). "Land snail diversity and abundance in a patch of secondary tropical rainforest in Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria". African Scientist 8: 55-60.
• Oke O. C., Alohan F. I. & Ejiofor A. C. (2000). "Diversity of land molluscs in the tropical rainforest of Erin-Ijesha and Oban Hills in southern Nigeria". Journal of Environment, Science & Health 3: 6-11.
• Oke O. C. & Odiete W. O. (1996). "New species of land molluscs from south western Nigeria I. A new species attributed to Ptychotrema (Mollusca, Gastropoda)". Journal of African Zoology 110: 99-104.
• Oke O. C. & Ugiagbe O. O. (2007). "Land snail diversity in a patch of cocoa plantation in Usen, Edo State, Nigeria". Global Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences 13: 481-485.
• Preston H. B. (1914). "Characters of three new species of Ennea from southern Nigeria". Proceedings of the Malacological Society, London 11: 134-136.

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