Lake Tanganyika is an African Great Lake. It is the second-largest freshwater lake by volume and the second deepest, in both cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is the world's longest freshwater lake. The lake is shared among four countries—Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and Zambia—with Tanzania (46%) and the DRC (40%) possessing the majority of the lake. It drains into the Congo River system and ultimately into the Atlantic Ocean.
The New Zealand mud snail is a species of very small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum. This aquatic gastropod mollusk is in the family Tateidae.
Bellamya constricta is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae.
Bellamya ecclesi 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 Malawi and Mozambique. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.
Bridouxia giraudi is a species of tropical freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.
Bridouxia is a genus of small tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.
Bridouxia leucoraphe is a species of tropical freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.
Bridouxia ponsonbyi is a species of tropical freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Paludomidae.
Bridouxia praeclara is a species of tropical freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.
Bridouxia rotundata is a species of tropical freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.
Bulinus nyassanus is a species of small air-breathing freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies. This species is endemic to Lake Malawi in Africa, where found both in shallow and relatively deep water. Its shell generally reached a size of up to around 14 mm × 11 mm.
Burnupia stuhlmanni is a species of small freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic gastropod mollusk which was traditionally placed in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
Ceratophallus kisumiensis is a species of freshwater air-breathing snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All species in this genus have sinistral or left-coiling shells.
Chytra kirki is a species of tropical freshwater snail with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.
Melanoides nodicincta is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae. It was found at a depth of 10 to 90 feet.
Melanoides pupiformis is a species of freshwater snail, gastropod in the Thiaridae family. It is endemic to Lake Malawi. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Melanoides turritispira is a species of gastropod in the Thiaridae family. It is endemic to Lake Malawi. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Jules René Bourguignat was a French malacologist, a scientist who studied mollusks. He served as secretary-general of the Société malacologique de France. He traveled widely, visiting, for example, Lake Tanganyika and North Africa. He reportedly defined 112 new genera and around 2540 new species of mollusks.
Paludomidae, common name paludomids, is a family of freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.
Stanleya is a genus of freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Paludomidae.
