Spekia coheni

Spekia coheni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Sorbeoconcha

Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Paludomidae
Subfamily: Hauttecoeuriinae
Tribe: Spekiini
Genus: Spekia
Species: S. coheni
Binomial name
Spekia coheni
West, 1999

Spekia coheni is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae. This species is found in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. Nicayenzi F., Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Spekia coheni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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