Neritilia manoeli
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Neritilia manoeli | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Neritimorpha clade Cycloneritimorpha |
Superfamily: | Helicinoidea |
Family: | Neritiliidae |
Genus: | Neritilia |
Species: | N. manoeli |
Binomial name | |
Neritilia manoeli (Dohrn, 1866) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Neritina manoeli (Dohrn, 1866) | |
Neritilia manoeli is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Neritiliidae.
The survival of this species is threatened by habitat loss. The width of the adult shell is 4 mm.[2]
Ecology
Distribution
This species is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe and Cameroon.[1]
Habitat
This nerite lives in rivers.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jørgensen A. (2008). Neritilia manoeli. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 June 2011.
- ↑ Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
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