Limnotrochus

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Limnotrochus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Paludomidae
Subfamily:
Hauttecoeuriinae
Tribe:
Tiphobiini [2]
Genus:
Limnotrochus

Species:
L. thomsoni
Binomial name
Limnotrochus thomsoni

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. [2] [4] It is endemic to Lake Tanganyika. [1]

Contents

The specific name thomsoni is in honor of explorer Joseph Thomson. [3]

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. [4] [3]

Description

The shell measures 14 mm in width and 19 mm in height. [4]

Ecology and threats

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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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. 1 2 Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN   0076-2997.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Smith E. A. (1880). "Diagnoses of new shells from Lake Tanganyika and East Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)6: 425-430.
  4. 1 2 3 Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   0-7484-0026-5.

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