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)