Lavigeria nassa
| Lavigeria nassa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Paludomidae |
| Subfamily: | Hauttecoeuriinae |
| Tribe: | Nassopsini |
| Genus: | Lavigeria |
| Species: | L. nassa |
| Binomial name | |
| Lavigeria nassa (Woodward, 1859) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
|
Tiphobia (Paramelania) nassa Woodward var. paucicostata E. A. Smith, 1881[3] | |
Lavigeria nassa is a species of tropical freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Paludomidae.
This species is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.
References
- ↑ Nicayenzi F., Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Lavigera nassa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- ↑ Verdcourt B. (1983). "Collectors in East Africa – 6. Joseph Thomson 1858–1895". The Conchologists' Newsletter 84: 67-70.
- ↑ Smith E. A. (1881). "Descriptions of two new species of shells from Lake Tanganyika". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 558-561.
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