Bellamya jeffreysi
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Bellamya jeffreysi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Architaenioglossa |
Family: | Viviparidae |
Genus: | Bellamya |
Species: | B. jeffreysi
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Binomial name | |
Bellamya jeffreysi (Frauenfeld, 1865)
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Synonyms | |
Bellamya jeffreysii (Frauenfeld, 1865) |
Bellamya jeffreysi is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae.
This species is found in Malawi and Mozambique, in Lake Malawi. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It is threatened by sedimentation and pollution. The only known conservation measure is that a small area of the lake is protected as a national park.
References
- ^ Albrecht, C.; Clewing, C. (2018). "Bellamya jeffreysi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T2743A120118088. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T2743A120118088.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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