Mysorelloides multisulcata
| Mysorelloides multisulcata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Paludomidae |
| Subfamily: | Hauttecoeuriinae |
| Tribe: | Tiphobiini[2] |
| Genus: | Mysorelloides Leloup, 1953[3] |
| Species: | M. multisulcata |
| Binomial name | |
| Mysorelloides multisulcata (Bourguignat, 1888) | |
Mysorelloides multisulcata is a species of tropical freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.[2]
Mysorelloides multisulcata is the only species in the genus Mysorelloides.[4]
It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia.[1] Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.
References
- 1 2 Nicayenzi F., Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Mysorelloides multisulcata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ Leloup E. (1953). Exploration hydrobiologique du Lac Tanganika (1946–1947). Volume 3, Fascicule 4, Gastéropodes. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 273 pp. page 87.
- ↑ Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
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