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List of non marine molluscs of Benin

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List of non-marine molluscs of Benin

The non-marine molluscs of Benin are a part of the molluscan fauna of Benin (wildlife of Benin).

Contents

A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Benin.

Freshwater gastropods

Planorbidae

  • Africanogyrus coretus (de Blainville, 1826)
  • Biomphalaria camerunensis (C. R. Boettger, 1941)
  • Bulinus forskalii (Ehrenberg, 1831)
  • Bulinus globosus (Morelet, 1866)
  • Bulinus senegalensis Müller, 1781
  • Gyraulus costulatus (Krauss, 1848)
  • Segmentorbis kanisaensis (Preston, 1914)

    • Paludomidae

  • Cleopatra bulimoides (Olivier, 1804)

    • Thiaridae

  • Pachymelania aurita (Müller, 1774)
  • Pachymelania byronensis (Wood, 1828)
  • Pachymelania fusca (Gmelin, 1791)

    • Pachychilidae

  • Potadoma freethi (Gray, 1831)
  • Potadoma moerchi (Reeve, 1859)

    • Potamididae

  • Tympanotonos fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - in brackish water

    • Ampullariidae

  • Lanistes libycus (Morelet, 1848)

    • Hydrobiidae

  • Hydrobia lineata Binder, 1957
  • Potamopyrgus ciliatus (Gould, 1850)

    • Neritidae

  • Neritina oweniana (Wood, 1828)
  • Neritina rubricata Morelet, 1858

    • Lymnaeidae

  • Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)

    • Land gastropods

    Land gastropods in Cameroon include:

    References

    List of non-marine molluscs of Benin Wikipedia
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