List of non-marine molluscs of Nigeria

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Location of Nigeria
topography 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

Ampullariidae

Thiaridae

Pachychilidae

Hydrobiidae

Assimineidae

  • O. Boettger, 1887[13]

Bithyniidae

  • (Frauenfeld, 1862)[14]
  • Mandahl-Barth, 1968[15]

Viviparidae

Planorbidae

Lymnaeidae

Physidae

  • (Germain, 1911)[5]
  • Physa marmorata Guilding, 1828[25]

Potamididae

Ellobiidae

  • H. & A. Adams, 1854[27]

Land gastropods[]

Land gastropods in Nigeria include:

Succineidae

Achatinidae

Aillyidae

Euconulidae

Streptaxidae

Subulinidae

Helicarionidae

Urocyclidae

  • (M. Connolly, 1925)[29]

Freshwater bivalves[]

Freshwater bivalves in Nigeria include:

Iridinidae

Sphaeriidae

  • (Krauss, 1848)[43]
  • Pisidium pirothi Jickeli, 1881[44]
  • (Jickeli, 1874)[45]

Etheriidae

Unionidae

  • (Cailliaud, 1827)[47]

Cyrenidae

See also[]

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

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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". 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". 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". 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". 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". 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". 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". 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)". 110: 99-104.
  • Oke O. C. & Ugiagbe O. O. (2007). "Land snail diversity in a patch of cocoa plantation in Usen, Edo State, Nigeria". 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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