• Source: List of non-marine molluscs of Nigeria

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)
Vitta cristata (Morelet, 1864)
Vitta glabrata (Sowerby, 1849)
Vitta rubricata (Morelet, 1858)
Ampullariidae

Lanistes libycus (Morelet, 1848)
Lanistes ovum Peters, 1845
Pila ovata (Olivier, 1804)
Pila wernei (Philipi, 1851)
Thiaridae

Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Pachymelania aurita (Müller, 1774)
Pachymelania byronensis (Wood, 1828)
Pachymelania fusca (Gmelin, 1791)
Pachychilidae

Potadoma freethi (Gray, 1831)
Potadoma liberiensis (Schepman, 1888)
Potadoma moerchi (Reeve, 1859)
Hydrobiidae

Potamopyrgus ciliatus (Gould, 1850)
Assimineidae

Assiminea hessei O. Boettger, 1887
Bithyniidae

Gabbiella africana (Frauenfeld, 1862)
Gabbiella tchadiensis Mandahl-Barth, 1968
Viviparidae

Bellamya unicolor (Olivier, 1804)
Planorbidae

Africanogyrus coretus (de Blainville, 1826)
Amerianna carinata (H. Adams, 1861)
Biomphalaria camerunensis (C.R. Boettger, 1941)
Biomphalaria pfeifferi (Krauss, 1848)
Bulinus camerunensis Mandahl-Barth, 1957
Bulinus forskalii (Ehrenberg, 1831)
Bulinus globosus (Morelet, 1866)
Bulinus jousseaumei (Dautzenberg, 1890)
Bulinus senegalensis O. F. Müller, 1781
Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827) - synonym: Bulinus rohlfsi Clessin
Bulinus umbilicatus Mandahl-Barth, 1973
Ferrissia sp.
Gyraulus costulatus (Krauss, 1848)
Indoplanorbis exustus (Deshayes, 1834)
Pettancylus eburnensis (Binder, 1957)
Segmentorbis sp.
Segmentorbis angustus (Jickeli, 1874)
Lymnaeidae

Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)
Physidae

Aplexa waterloti (Germain, 1911)
Physa marmorata Guilding, 1828
Potamididae

Tympanotonos fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ellobiidae

Melampus liberianus H. & A. Adams, 1854




Land gastropods


Land gastropods in Nigeria include:
Succineidae

Quickia sp.
Achatinidae

Achatina achatina Linnaeus, 1758
Archachatina marginata (Swainson, 1821)
Archachatina papyracea (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
Lignus sp.
Limicolaria aurora (Jay, 1839)
Limicolaria flammea (Müller, 1774)
Aillyidae

Aillya camerunensis Odhner, 1927
Euconulidae

Afropunctium seminium (Morelet 1873)
Streptaxidae

Costigulella mfamosingi Oke, 2013
Edentulina liberiana (I. Lea, 1840)
Ennea nigeriensis de Winter & de Gier, 2019
Gonaxis camerunensis (d'Ailly, 1896)
Gulella egborgei Oke, 2013
Gulella gemma (d'Ailly, 1896)
Gulella io Verdcourt, 1974
Gulella monodon (Morelet, 1873)
Gulella obani Oke, 2007
Gulella odietei Oke, 2013
Gulella ogbeifuni Oke, 2013
Gulella opoboensis H.B. Preston, 1914
Gulella pupa (Thiele, 1911)
Gulella reesi H.B. Preston, 1914
Ptychotrema aequatoriale Pilsbry, 1919
Ptychotrema gelegelei Oke, 2004
Ptychotrema okei de Winter, 1996
Ptychotrema shagamuense (O.C. Oke & Odiete, 1996)
Streptostele musaecola (Morelet, 1860)
Subulinidae

Curvella feai J. Germain, 1915
Curvella ovata (Putzeys, 1899)
Curvella sp.
Pseudopeas sp. 1
Subulina sp. 1
Subulina sp. 2
Subulina involunta
Subulina striatella (Rang, 1831)
Subulona sp.
Subulona pattalus H.A. Pilsbry, 1906
Helicarionidae

Kaliella sp.
Thapsia sp.
Trochozonites talcosus (Gould, 1850)
Trochozonites sp. 1
Urocyclidae

Thapsia oscitans (M. Connolly, 1925)




Freshwater bivalves


Freshwater bivalves in Nigeria include:
Iridinidae

Aspatharia chaiziana (Rang, 1835)
Aspatharia dahomeyensis (Lea, 1859)
Chambardia rubens (Lamarck, 1819)
Chambardia wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848)
Chambardia wissmanni (von Martens, 1883)
Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835)
Pleiodon ovatus (Swainson, 1823)
Sphaeriidae

Eupera ferruginea (Krauss, 1848)
Pisidium pirothi Jickeli, 1881
Sphaerium hartmanni (Jickeli, 1874)
Etheriidae

Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807
Unionidae

Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827)
Cyrenidae

Corbicula fluminalis (Müller, 1774)




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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