Bellamya trochlearis

Bellamya trochlearis
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

informal group Architaenioglossa

Superfamily: Viviparoidea
Family: Viviparidae
Genus: Bellamya
Species: B. trochlearis
Binomial name
Bellamya trochlearis
von Martens, 1892
Synonyms[1]

Bellamya trochearis Martens, 1892 [orth. error]

Bellamya trochlearis is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.

It was listed as Endangered species in 1996 IUCN Red list.[2]

Distribution

This species is found in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Lange C. (2004). Bellamya trochlearis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 August 2011.
  2. ^ Brown D. S. (1996). Bellamya trochearis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.