Burnupia stenochorias is a species of small freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Genus: | Burnupia |
| Species: | B. stenochorias
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| Binomial name | |
| Burnupia stenochorias (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Ancylus stenochorias Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903 | |
Distribution
editThis freshwater limpet is found in South Africa.[1]
Ecology
editBurnupia stenochorias (like all the other species in the genus Burnupia) lives in well-oxygenated freshwater habitats.[2] Burnupia stenochorias is considered to be an ecotoxicological indicator of water quality, but it is not effectively used yet.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Kristensen T. K. & Appleton C. (2010). "Burnupia stenochorias". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. IUCN: e.T63419A12669344. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T63419A12669344.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ a b Davies-Coleman H. D. & Palmer C. G. (2004). "The use of a freshwater mollusc, Burnupia stenochorias (Ancylidae) as an ecotoxicological indicator in whole effluent toxicity testing". Proceedings of the 2004 Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) Biennial Conference ISBN 1-920017-28-3. 309-315.
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