Tanganyicia michelae
| Tanganyicia michelae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Paludomidae |
| Subfamily: | Hauttecoeuriinae |
| Tribe: | Hauttecoeuriini |
| Genus: | Tanganyicia |
| Species: | T. michelae |
| Binomial name | |
| Tanganyicia michelae (West, 1999) | |
Tanganyicia michelae is a species of tropical freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.
Distribution
Tanganyicia michelae is endemic to Lake Tanganyika.[1] It is found in only in Kala Bay, Zambia.[1]
Ecology
The natural habitat of this snail is freshwater lakes.[1] Tanganyicia rufofilosa lives in depths of 2-7 m on mud and sand bottoms.[1]
It is threatened mainly by water pollution and sedimentation.[1]
References
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