Ancylus ashangiensis

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Ancylus ashangiensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Ancylus
Species:
A. ashangiensis
Binomial name
Ancylus ashangiensis
Brown, 1965 [2]

Ancylus ashangiensis is a species of small freshwater snail in the family Planorbidae. [1] [3] This species is endemic to Lake Ashangi in Ethiopia. [1] It is threatened by agrochemical pollution and declining water level. [1]

The shell measures 4.8 mm (0.19 in) in length and 2.3 mm (0.091 in) in width. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Van Damme, D. (2010). "Ancylus ashangiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T1262A3366218. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T1262A3366218.en . Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  2. 1 2 Brown, D. S. (1965). "Freshwater gastropod Mollusca from Ethiopia". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Zoology. 12: 37–94 [88].
  3. ↑ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2025). "Ancylus ashangiensis D. S. Brown, 1965". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 30 October 2025.


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