Biology:Biomphalaria tchadiensis

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Biomphalaria tchadiensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Biomphalaria
Species:
B. tchadiensis
Binomial name
Biomphalaria tchadiensis
(Germain, 1904)
Synonyms[1]

Planorbis tchadiensis Germain, 1904

Biomphalaria tchadiensis is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

This species is endemic to lake Chad in Cameroon, Chad and in Nigeria.[1]

This species has been considered Vulnerable in 1996.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Van Damme, D.; Kristensen, T.K.; Stensgaard, A.-S. (2020). "Biomphalaria tchadiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T2810A151147248. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T2810A151147248.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2810/151147248. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 

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