Paludomus ajanensis

Paludomus ajanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Sorbeoconcha

Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Paludomidae
Subfamily: Paludominae
Genus: Paludomus
Species: P. ajanensis
Binomial name
Paludomus ajanensis
Morelet, 1860
Synonyms

Cleopatra ajanensis (Morelet, 1860)

Paludomus ajanensis is a species of tropical freshwater snail with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae. The natural habitat of this species is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

This species lives in the Seychelles.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Seddon M. B. (2000). Paludomus ajanensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  2. Brown D. S. & Gerlach J. (1991). "On Paludomus and Cleopatra (Thiariidae) in Africa and the Seychelles islands". Journal of Molluscan Studies 57(4): 471-479. doi:10.1093/mollus/57.4.471.
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