Burnupia stenochorias

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Burnupia stenochorias
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Burnupiidae
Genus: Burnupia
Species:
B. stenochorias
Binomial name
Burnupia stenochorias
(Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903)
Synonyms [1]

Ancylus stenochoriasMelvill & Ponsonby, 1903

Burnupia stenochorias is a species of small freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the ram's horn snail family Burnupiidae.

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Distribution

This freshwater limpet is found in South Africa. [1]

Ecology

Burnupia stenochorias (like all the other species in the genus Burnupia) lives in well-oxygenated freshwater habitats. [2] Burnupia stenochorias is considered to be an ecotoxicological indicator of water quality, but it is not effectively used yet. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kristensen T. K. & Appleton C. (2010). "Burnupia stenochorias". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010. IUCN: e.T63419A12669344. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T63419A12669344.en . Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 Davies-Coleman H. D. & Palmer C. G. (2004). "The use of a freshwater mollusc, Burnupia stenochorias (Ancylidae) as an ecotoxicological indicator in whole effluent toxicity testing". Proceedings of the 2004 Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) Biennial Conference ISBN   1-920017-28-3. 309-315.


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