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.

Contents

1 Freshwater gastropods
2 Land gastropods
3 Freshwater bivalves
4 See also
5 References
6 Further reading

Freshwater gastropods

Freshwater gastropods in Nigeria include:

Lanistes libycus (Morelet, 1848)^[1]
Lanistes ovum Peters, 1845^[1]
Pila wernei (Philipi, 1851)^[1]

Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)^[1]

Potadoma freethi (Gray, 1831)^[2]
Potadoma moerchi (Reeve, 1859)^[2]^[1]

Biomphalaria pfeifferi (Krauss, 1848)^[1]
Bulinus globosus (Morelet, 1866)^[2]^[1]
Bulinus forskalii (Ehrenberg, 1831)^[2]^[1]
Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827)^[2] - synonym: Bulinus rohlfsi Clessin^[1]
Gyraulus costulatus (Krauss, 1848)^[1]
Indoplanorbis exustus (Deshayes, 1834)^[2]
Ferrissia sp.^[1]
Segmentorbis sp.^[1]

Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)^[2]^[1]

Aplexa waterloti (Germain, 1911)^[1]

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Nigeria include:

Quickia sp.^[3]

Archachatina marginata (Swainson, 1821)^[3]
Archachatina papyracea^[3]
Lignus sp.^[3]
Limicolaria aurora (Jay, 1839)^[3]
Limicolaria flammea (Müller, 1774)^[3]

Gonaxis camerunensis^[3]
Gulella monodon^[3]
Gulella obani Oke, 2007^[4]
Gulella opoboensis^[3]
Ptychotrema okei^[3]
Ptychotrema shagamuense^[3]
Streptostele musaecola (Morelet, 1860)^[3]

Curvella feai^[3]
Curvella sp.^[3]
Pseudopeas sp. 1^[3]
Subulina sp. 1^[3]
Subulina sp. 2^[3]
Subulona sp.^[3]

Thapsia sp.^[3]
Trochozonites talcosus^[3]
Trochozonites sp. 1^[3]
Kaliella sp.^[3]

Freshwater bivalves

Freshwater bivalves in Nigeria include:

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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Ndifon G. T. & Ukoli F. M. A. (1989). "Ecology of freshwater snails in south-western Nigeria. I: Distribution and habitat preferences". Hydrobiologia 171(3): 231-253. doi:10.1007/BF00008146.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Ofoezie I. E. (1999). "Distribution of freshwater snails in the man-made Oyan Reservoir, Ogun State, Nigeria". Hydrobiologia 416(0): 181-191. doi:10.1023/A:1003875706638.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v Oke O. C., Alohan F. I., Uzibor M. O. & Chokor J. U. (2008). "Land snail diversity and species richness in an oil palm agroforest in Egbeta, Edo State, Nigeria". Bioscience Research Communications 20(5): 249-256. PDF.
^ Oke C. O. (2007). "A new species of Streptaxidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from southeastern Nigeria". African Zoology 42(2): 286-288. doi:10.3377/1562-7020(2007)42[286:ANSOSM]2.0.CO;2.

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.