| Burnupia stenochorias | |
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| Species: | B. stenochorias |
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| Burnupia stenochorias (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903) | |
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Ancylus stenochoriasMelvill & Ponsonby, 1903 | |
Burnupia stenochorias is a species of small freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
This freshwater limpet is found in South Africa. [1]
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]
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