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Tanganyicia michelae is a species of tropical freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.
Tanganyicia michelae is endemic to Lake Tanganyika. [1] It is found in only in Kala Bay, Zambia. [1]
The natural habitat of this snail is freshwater lakes. [1] Tanganyicia rufofilosa lives in depths of 2–7 metres (6 ft 7 in–23 ft 0 in) on mud and sand bottoms. [1]
It is threatened mainly by water pollution and sedimentation. [1]
Lake Malawi, also known as Lake Nyasa in Tanzania and Lago Niassa in Mozambique, is an African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the East African Rift system, located between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.
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