Ferrissia tanganyicensis

Ferrissia tanganyicensis
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily: Planorboidea
Family: Planorbidae
Subfamily: Bulininae
Tribe: Miratestini
Genus: Ferrissia
Species: F. tanganyicensis
Binomial name
Ferrissia tanganyicensis
(Smith, 1906)

Ferrissia tanganyicensis is a species of small freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic gastropod in the family Planorbidae.

Distribution

This species is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes and inland deltas.

References

  1. ^ Ngereza C., Lange C. N. & Nicayenzi F. (2004). Ferrissia tanganyicensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.