Bellamya phthinotropis

Bellamya phthinotropis
Conservation status
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Architaenioglossa
Family:	Viviparidae
Genus:	Bellamya
Species:	B. phthinotropis
Binomial name
Bellamya phthinotropis (Martens, 1892)

Bellamya phthinotropis is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae.

This species is found in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. It was first described by Eduard von Martens in 1892.

References

1. Van Damme, D. & Lange, C. (2017). "Bellamya phthinotropis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T2750A110765380. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T2750A110765380.en .