 | This taxon may be invalid(unaccepted).(Jan 2019) |
| Ferrissia tanganyicensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Genus: | Ferrissia |
| Species: | F. tanganyicensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ferrissia tanganyicensis (Smith, 1906) | |
Ferrissia tanganyicensis is a species of small freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic gastropod in the family Planorbidae.
This species is only found in Lake Tanganyika in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. [1]
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Reymondia tanganyicensis is a species of freshwater snail in the family Paludomidae. It is endemic to Lake Tanganyika, where it is known from six locations within Burundi and Tanzania. It lives in shallow areas of the lake up to 3 meters (9.8 ft) deep, where it can be found under rocks. It is threatened by pollution and sedimentation in the lake.
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