Bellamya constricta is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Architaenioglossa |
Family: | Viviparidae |
Genus: | Bellamya |
Species: | B. constricta
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Binomial name | |
Bellamya constricta (Martens, 1889)
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This snail is found in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
edit- ^ Van Damme, D.; Lange, C. (2017). "Bellamya constricta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T99508242A110765128. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T99508242A110765128.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Kyambadde, R., Lange, C.N. & Ngereza, C. 2004. Bellamya costulata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.