Bellamya trochlearis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Architaenioglossa |
Family: | Viviparidae |
Genus: | Bellamya |
Species: | B. trochlearis |
Binomial name | |
Bellamya trochlearis von Martens, 1892 | |
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 .