Biomphalaria tchadiensis

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Biomphalaria tchadiensis
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B. tchadiensis
Binomial name
Biomphalaria tchadiensis
(Germain, 1904)
Synonyms [1]

Planorbis tchadiensis Germain, 1904

Biomphalaria tchadiensis is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

This species is endemic to lake Chad in Cameroon, Chad and in Nigeria. [1]

This species has been considered Vulnerable in 1996. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kristensen T. K. & Stensgaard A-S. (2006). Biomphalaria tchadiensis. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 September 2010.
  2. Brown D. S. (1996) Biomphalaria tchadiensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.