Anceya terebriformis

Anceya terebriformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Sorbeoconcha

Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Paludomidae
Genus: Anceya
Species: A. terebriformis
Binomial name
Anceya terebriformis
(Smith, 1890)

Anceya terebriformis is a species of tropical freshwater snail with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.[1]

This species is found in Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. The only known threat may be sedimentation from deforestation in Tanzania.[1]

Anceya terebriformis has been considered as Endangered species in 1996.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ngereza C. (2004). Anceya terebriformis. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 May 2011.
  2. Brown D. S. (1996). Anceya terebriformis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
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