Burnupia stenochorias
| Burnupia stenochorias | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Hygrophila |
| Superfamily: | Planorboidea |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Genus: | Burnupia |
| Species: | B. stenochorias |
| Binomial name | |
| Burnupia stenochorias (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Ancylus stenochorias Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903 | |
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.
Distribution
This freshwater limpet is found in South Africa.[1]
Ecology
Burnupia 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
- 1 2 3 Kristensen T. K. & Appleton C. (2010). "Burnupia stenochorias". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- 1 2 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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