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.