Biology:Ferrissia tanganyicensis

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Ferrissia tanganyicensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Ferrissia
Species:
F. tanganyicensis
Binomial name
Ferrissia tanganyicensis
(Smith, 1906)

Ferrissia tanganyicensis is a species of small freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic gastropod in the family Planorbidae.

Distribution

This species is only found in Lake Tanganyika in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia.[1]

See also

  • List of non-marine molluscs of Tanzania

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ngereza, C. (2010). "Ferrissia tanganyicensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T44235A10878045. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44235A10878045.en. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5392343 entry