List of non-marine molluscs of Benin

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)
• Biomphalaria camerunensis (C. R. Boettger, 1941)
• Bulinus forskalii (Ehrenberg, 1831)
• Bulinus globosus (Morelet, 1866)
• Bulinus senegalensis Müller, 1781
• Gyraulus costulatus (Krauss, 1848)
• Segmentorbis kanisaensis (Preston, 1914)

Paludomidae

• Cleopatra bulimoides (Olivier, 1804)

Thiaridae

• Pachymelania aurita (Müller, 1774)
• Pachymelania byronensis (Wood, 1828)
• Pachymelania fusca (Gmelin, 1791)

Pachychilidae

• Potadoma freethi (Gray, 1831)
• Potadoma moerchi (Reeve, 1859)

Potamididae

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

Ampullariidae

• Lanistes libycus (Morelet, 1848)

Hydrobiidae

• Hydrobia lineata Binder, 1957
• Potamopyrgus ciliatus (Gould, 1850)

Neritidae

• Neritina oweniana (Wood, 1828)
• Neritina rubricata Morelet, 1858

Lymnaeidae

• Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Cameroon include:

Freshwater bivalves

Etheria elliptica is the only freshwater oyster occurring in Africa.

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