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) 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)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>. Retrieved 10 April 2011. Neritina rubricata Morelet, 1858
Lymnaeidae Radix natalensis (Krauss, 1848)
Land gastropods Land gastropods in Cameroon include:
Freshwater bivalves Etheria elliptica is the only freshwater oyster occurring in Africa.
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
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