Paramelania iridescens

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Paramelania iridescens
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Paludomidae
Genus: Paramelania
Species:
P. iridescens
Binomial name
Paramelania iridescens
(Moore, 1898) [2]
Synonyms

Bythoceras iridescens Moore, 1898

Paramelania iridescens is a species of tropical freshwater snail with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.

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Distribution

This species is found in Lake Tanganyika in Burundi, also in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. [1]

The type locality is towards the south shore near Sumbu, Lake Tanganyika, in depths of 182–213 m (600–700 ft). [2] [3]

Shell description

There is a spine in the upper part and in the lower part of the aperture of mature specimens. [3]

The width of the shell is 19 mm. [3] The height of the shell is 40 mm. [3]

Ecology

This snail lives in Lake Tanganyika in depths of 10–150 m. [3] It lives on a mud substrate. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Nicayenzi, F. (2010). "Paramelania iridescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T16126A8326788. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T16126A8326788.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Moore J. E. S. (1898). "Descriptions of the genera Bathanalia and Bythoceras, from Lake Tanganyika". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 3: 92-93.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   0-7484-0026-5.

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