Lanistes intortus
| Lanistes intortus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda informal group Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Ampullarioidea |
| Family: | Ampullariidae |
| Subfamily: | Ampullariinae |
| Tribe: | Ampullariini |
| Genus: | Lanistes |
| Species: | L. intortus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lanistes intortus Martens, 1877 | |
Lanistes intortus is a species of large freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk with a gill and an operculum in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.
It is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1] They are one of approximately 41 species of Lanistes.[2]
They are typically found at an altitude between 0 to 490 m (1,608ft),[3] living in and around brackish water habitats.[4] They are characterised by a shell of 30 mm, light brown with small, darker spiral bands.[4]
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