Pila occidentalis

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Pila occidentalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Ampullariidae
Genus: Pila
Species:
P. occidentalis
Binomial name
Pila occidentalis
(Mousson, 1887)
Synonyms [1]
  • Ampullaria occidentalisMousson, 1887

Pila occidentalis is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the apple snails family, Ampullariidae. This species is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and Zambia. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kristensen, T.K.; Stensgaard, A-S.; Curtis, B. (2010). "Pila occidentalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T17278A6916407. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T17278A6916407.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.