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 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.
- ↑ Brown D. S. (1996). Anceya terebriformis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, May 08, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.