Limnotrochus thomsoni
| Limnotrochus thomsoni | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Paludomidae |
| Subfamily: | Hauttecoeuriinae |
| Tribe: | Tiphobiini[2] |
| Genus: | Limnotrochus E. A. Smith, 1880[3] |
| Species: | L. thomsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Limnotrochus thomsoni E. A. Smith, 1880[3] | |
Limnotrochus thomsoni is a species of tropical freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.[2]
Limnotrochus thomsoni is the only species in the genus Limnotrochus.[4]
The specific name thomsoni is in honor of explorer Joseph Thomson.[3]
Distribution
Limnotrochus thomsoni is endemic to Lake Tanganyika.[1] This species is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia.[1] The type locality is Lake Tanganyika.[4][3]
Description
The width of the shell is 14 mm.[4] The height of the shell is 19 mm.[4]
Ecology
Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.[1] Limnotrochus thomsoni lives in depths 4-30 m on silt and sandy bottom.[1] It is potentially threatened by sedimentation.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Nicayennzi F. & Lange C. N. (2004). Limnotrochus thomsoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- 1 2 Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- 1 2 3 4 Smith E. A. (1880). "Diagnoses of new shells from Lake Tanganyika and East Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)6: 425-430.
- 1 2 3 4 Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
Further reading
- Strong E. E. & Glaubrecht M. (2010). "Anatomy of the Tiphobiini from Lake Tanganyika (Cerithioidea, Paludomidae)". Malacologia 52(1): 115-153. doi:10.4002/040.052.0108.
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