Tomichia cawstoni

Tomichia cawstoni
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Pomatiopsidae
Subfamily: Pomatiopsinae
Genus: Tomichia
Species: T. cawstoni
Binomial name
Tomichia cawstoni
Connolly, 1939

Tomichia cawstoni is a species of freshwater gastropod in the Pomatiopsidae family.

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Distribution

It is endemic to South Africa.[1] The type locality is Kokstad, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.[2]

Description

The width of the shell is 2.5 mm.[2] The height of the shell is 4.6 mm.[2]

Ecology

Its natural habitat is rivers.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Kristensen T. K., Stensgaard A-S. & Appleton C. (2007). Tomichia cawstoni. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 May 2011.
  2. ^ a b c Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0 7484 0026 5.

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