Anceya giraudi is a species of tropical freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.[1]
Anceya giraudi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Paludomidae |
Genus: | Anceya |
Species: | A. giraudi
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Binomial name | |
Anceya giraudi Bourguignat, 1885[2]
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This species is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia.[1] Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.[1]
Anceya giraudi was considered an Endangered species in 1996.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Ngereza, C. (2010). "Anceya giraudi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T1256A3358458. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T1256A3358458.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Bourguignat J. R. (1885). Notice prodromique sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis par M. Victor Giraud dans la region méridionale du lac Tanganika. Paris. page 15.