Bellamya phthinotropis

Bellamya phthinotropis is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae.

Bellamya phthinotropis

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Viviparidae
Genus: Bellamya
Species:
B. phthinotropis
Binomial name
Bellamya phthinotropis
(Martens, 1892)

This species is found in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. It was first described by Eduard von Martens in 1892.

References

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  1. ^ Van Damme, D. & Lange, C. (2017). "Bellamya phthinotropis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T2750A110765380. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T2750A110765380.en.