List of non-marine molluscs of Nigeria explained

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)
• Lanistes ovum Peters, 1845
• Pila ovata (Olivier, 1804)^[5]
• Pila wernei (Philipi, 1851)

Thiaridae

• Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• Pachymelania aurita (Müller, 1774)^[6]
• Pachymelania byronensis (Wood, 1828)^[7]
• Pachymelania fusca (Gmelin, 1791)^[8]

Pachychilidae

• Potadoma freethi (Gray, 1831)
• Potadoma liberiensis (Schepman, 1888)^[9]
• Potadoma moerchi (Reeve, 1859)

Hydrobiidae

• Potamopyrgus ciliatus (Gould, 1850)^[10]

Assimineidae

• Assiminea hessei O. Boettger, 1887^[11]

Bithyniidae

• Gabbiella africana (Frauenfeld, 1862)^[12]
• Gabbiella tchadiensis Mandahl-Barth, 1968^[13]

Viviparidae

• Bellamya unicolor (Olivier, 1804)^[14]

Planorbidae

• Africanogyrus coretus (de Blainville, 1826)^[15]
• Amerianna carinata (H. Adams, 1861)^[16]
• Biomphalaria camerunensis (C.R. Boettger, 1941)^[17]
• Biomphalaria pfeifferi (Krauss, 1848)^[18]
• Bulinus camerunensis Mandahl-Barth, 1957
• Bulinus forskalii (Ehrenberg, 1831)^[18]
• Bulinus globosus (Morelet, 1866)^{[18] [19] [20]}
• Bulinus jousseaumei (Dautzenberg, 1890)^[21]
• Bulinus senegalensis O. F. Müller, 1781^[20]
• Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827)^[19] - synonym: Bulinus rohlfsi Clessin^[18]
• Bulinus umbilicatus Mandahl-Barth, 1973^[22]
• Ferrissia sp.^[18]
• Gyraulus costulatus (Krauss, 1848)^[18]
• Indoplanorbis exustus (Deshayes, 1834)^[19]
• Pettancylus eburnensis (Binder, 1957)^[23]
• Segmentorbis sp.^[18]
• Segmentorbis angustus (Jickeli, 1874)^[24]

Lymnaeidae

• Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)^{[18] [19]}

Physidae

• Aplexa waterloti (Germain, 1911)^[18]
• Physa marmorata Guilding, 1828^[25]

Potamididae

• Tympanotonos fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1758)^[26]

Ellobiidae

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

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Nigeria include:

Succineidae

• Quickia sp.

Achatinidae

• Achatina achatina Linnaeus, 1758^[28]
• Archachatina marginata (Swainson, 1821)^{[29] [28]}
• Archachatina papyracea (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)^{[29] [28]}
• Lignus sp.^[29]
• Limicolaria aurora (Jay, 1839)^[29]
• Limicolaria flammea (Müller, 1774)^{[29] [28]}

Aillyidae

• Aillya camerunensis Odhner, 1927^[28]

Euconulidae

• Afropunctium seminium (Morelet 1873)^[28]

Streptaxidae

• Costigulella mfamosingi Oke, 2013^[30]
• Edentulina liberiana (I. Lea, 1840)^[28]
• Ennea nigeriensis de Winter & de Gier, 2019^[31]
• Gonaxis camerunensis (d'Ailly, 1896)^{[29] [28]}
• Gulella egborgei Oke, 2013^[30]
• Gulella gemma (d'Ailly, 1896)^[32]
• Gulella io Verdcourt, 1974^{[28] [32]}
• Gulella monodon (Morelet, 1873)^{[29] [28] [32]}
• Gulella obani Oke, 2007^[33]
• Gulella odietei Oke, 2013^[30]
• Gulella ogbeifuni Oke, 2013^[30]
• Gulella opoboensis H.B. Preston, 1914^{[29] [28] [32]}
• Gulella pupa (Thiele, 1911)^[28]
• Gulella reesi H.B. Preston, 1914^{[28] [32]}
• Ptychotrema aequatoriale Pilsbry, 1919^[28]
• Ptychotrema gelegelei Oke, 2004^[34]
• Ptychotrema okei de Winter, 1996^{[29] [28]}
• Ptychotrema shagamuense (O.C. Oke & Odiete, 1996)^{[29] [28] [32]}
• Streptostele musaecola (Morelet, 1860)^{[29] [28]}

Subulinidae

• Curvella feai J. Germain, 1915^{[29] [28]}
• Curvella ovata (Putzeys, 1899)^[28]
• Curvella sp.^[29]
• Pseudopeas sp. 1^[29]
• Subulina sp. 1^[29]
• Subulina sp. 2^[29]
• Subulina involunta^[28]
• Subulina striatella (Rang, 1831)^[28]
• Subulona sp.^[29]
• Subulona pattalus H.A. Pilsbry, 1906^{[35] [28]}

Helicarionidae

• Kaliella sp.^[29]
• Thapsia sp.^[29]
• Trochozonites talcosus (Gould, 1850)^{[29] [28] [32]}
• Trochozonites sp. 1^[29]

Urocyclidae

• Thapsia oscitans (M. Connolly, 1925)^[28]

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]

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

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.

Notes and References

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