Bellamya trochlearis

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Bellamya trochlearis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Viviparidae
Genus: Bellamya
Species:
B. trochlearis
Binomial name
Bellamya trochlearis
Synonyms [1]

Bellamya trochearis Martens, 1892 [orth. error]

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

It was listed as Endangered species in 1996 IUCN Red list. [1] It may be threatened by pollution, sedimentation and other human activities. Very little is known about this snail and it may be confused with Bellamya constricta .

Distribution

This species is found in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Van Damme, D.; Lange, C. (2017). "Bellamya trochlearis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T2753A110765622. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T2753A110765622.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.