Limnotrochus

Limnotrochus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Paludomidae
Genus:	Limnotrochus E. A. Smith, 1880 [2]
Species:	L. thomsoni
Binomial name
Limnotrochus thomsoni E. A. Smith, 1880 [2]
Synonyms [3]
Species synonymy Limnotrochus cyclostoma Bourguignat, 1885 Limnotrochus giraudi Bourguignat, 1885

Limnotrochus is a monotypic genus in the family Paludomidae containing the single species Limnotrochus thomsoni, a tropical freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk. ^{[4] [5]} It is endemic to Lake Tanganyika. ^[1]

The specific name thomsoni is in honor of Scottish explorer Joseph Thomson. ^[2]

Distribution

Limnotrochus thomsoni is endemic to Lake Tanganyika and is found in all countries surrounding the lake: Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. ^[1] The type locality is Lake Tanganyika. ^{[5] [2]}

Description

The shell measures 14 mm (0.55 in) in width and 19 mm (0.75 in) in height. ^[5]

Ecology and threats

Limnotrochus thomsoni lives in depths 4–30 m (13–98 ft) on silt and sandy bottoms of Lake Tanganyika. It is potentially threatened by sedimentation. ^[1]

References

1. Nicayenzi, F. (2010). "Limnotrochus thomsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T11982A3318355. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T11982A3318355.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. Smith E. A. (1880). "Diagnoses of new shells from Lake Tanganyika and East Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)6: 425-430.
3. "Limnotrochus thomsoni". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 1 March 2025.
4. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN   0076-2997.
5. Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   0-7484-0026-5.

Further reading

• Strong, Ellen E. & Glaubrecht, Matthias (2010). "Anatomy of the Tiphobiini from Lake Tanganyika (Cerithioidea, Paludomidae)". Malacologia. 52 (1): 115–153. doi:10.4002/040.052.0108.