Bellamya jeffreysi
| Bellamya jeffreysi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda informal group Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Viviparoidea |
| Family: | Viviparidae |
| Genus: | Bellamya |
| Species: | B. jeffreysi |
| Binomial name | |
| Bellamya jeffreysi (Frauenfeld, 1865) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bellamya jeffreysii (Frauenfeld, 1865) | |
Bellamya jeffreysi is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.
This species is found in Malawi and Mozambique, in Lake Malawi. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It is threatened by sedimentation and pollution. The only known conservation measure is that a small area of the lake is protected as a national park.
References
- ↑ Kaunda, E., Magombo, Z., Kahwa, D., Mailosa, A., Ngereza, C. & Lange, C.N. 2004. Bellamya jeffreysi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
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