List of non-marine molluscs of Benin

Location of Benin

topography of Benin

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

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

Freshwater gastropods

Planorbidae

• Africanogyrus coretus (de Blainville, 1826)^[1]
• Biomphalaria camerunensis (C. R. Boettger, 1941)^[2]
• Bulinus forskalii (Ehrenberg, 1831)^[3]
• Bulinus globosus (Morelet, 1866)^[4]
• Bulinus senegalensis Müller, 1781^[5]
• Gyraulus costulatus (Krauss, 1848)^[6]
• Segmentorbis kanisaensis (Preston, 1914)^[7]

Paludomidae

• Cleopatra bulimoides (Olivier, 1804)^[8]

Thiaridae

• Pachymelania aurita (Müller, 1774)^[9]
• Pachymelania byronensis (Wood, 1828)^[10]
• Pachymelania fusca (Gmelin, 1791)^[11]

Pachychilidae

• Potadoma freethi (Gray, 1831)^[12]
• Potadoma moerchi (Reeve, 1859)^[13]

Potamididae

• Tympanotonos fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - in brackish water^[14]

Ampullariidae

• Lanistes libycus (Morelet, 1848)^[15]

Hydrobiidae

• Hydrobia lineata Binder, 1957^[16]
• Potamopyrgus ciliatus (Gould, 1850)^[17]

Neritidae

• Neritina oweniana (Wood, 1828)^[18]
• Neritina rubricata Morelet, 1858^[19]

Lymnaeidae

• Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)^[20]

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Cameroon include:

See also

• List of marine molluscs of Benin

Lists of molluscs of surrounding countries:

• List of non-marine molluscs of Togo, Wildlife of Togo
• List of non-marine molluscs of Nigeria, Wildlife of Nigeria
• List of non-marine molluscs of Burkina Faso, Wildlife of Burkina Faso
• List of non-marine molluscs of Niger, Wildlife of Niger

References

1. Appleton C., Curtis B., Ghamizi M., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K., Lange C. N., Stensgaard A-S. & Van Damme D. (2009). Africanogyrus coretus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 3 December 2010.
2. Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K. & Stensgaard A-S. (2009). Biomphalaria camerunensis. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 April 2011.
3. Appleton C., Ghamizi M., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K., Ngereza C., Stensgaard A-S. & Van Damme D. (2009). Bulinus forskalii. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 3 December 2010.
4. Appleton C., Curtis B., Ghamizi M., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K., Lange C. N., Stensgaard A-S. & Van Damme D. (2009). Bulinus globosus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 3 December 2010.
5. Kristensen T. K. & Stensgaard A-S. (2006). Bulinus senegalensis. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 April 2011.
6. Appleton C., Ghamizi M., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K., Lange C., Stensgaard A-S. & Van Damme D. (2009). Gyraulus costulatus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 4 December 2010.
7. Appleton C., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K., Nicayenzi F., Stensgaard A-S. & Van Damme D. (2009). Segmentorbis kanisaensis. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 3 December 2010.
8. Ghamizi M., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K., Lange C., Stensgaard A-S. & Van Damme D. (2009). Cleopatra bulimoides. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 April 2011.
9. Curtis B., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K. & Stensgaard A-S. (2009). Pachymelania aurita. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 April 2011.
10. Kristensen T. K. & Stensgaard A-S. (2006). Pachymelania byronensis. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 April 2011.
11. Curtis B., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K. & Stensgaard A-S. (2009). Pachymelania fusca. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 April 2011.
12. Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K. & Stensgaard A-S. (2009). Potadoma freethi. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 April 2011.
13. Kristensen T. K. & Stensgaard A-S. (2006). Potadoma moerchi. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 April 2011.
14. Appleton C., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T.K. & Stensgaard A-S. (2009). Tympanotonus fuscatus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 April 2011.
15. Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K. & Stensgaard A-S. (2009). Lanistes libycus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 April 2011.
16. Kristensen T. K. & Stensgaard A-S. (2006). Hydrobia lineata. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 April 2011.
17. Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K. & Stensgaard A-S. (2009). Potamopyrgus ciliatus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 April 2011.
18. Curtis B., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K. & Stensgaard A-S. (2009). Neritina oweniana. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 April 2011.
19. Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K. & Stensgaard A-S. (2009). Neritina rubricata. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 April 2011
20. Appleton C., Ghamizi M., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K., Stensgaard A-S. & Van Damme D. (2009). Lymnaea natalensis. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 4 December 2010.