Biology:Lanistes ovum
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Drawing of apertural view of the shell of Lanistes ovum | |
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| Class: | Gastropoda
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| Subfamily: | Ampullariinae
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| Tribe: | Ampullariini
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| Species: | L. ovum
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| Lanistes ovum Peters, 1845
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Lanistes ovum is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an African apple snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae.
The shell coiling in this species is left-handed, aka sinistral.
This species of snail is widely found in Botswana, Congo, Chad, Ghana, Cameroon, Gambia, Angola, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe[2][3][4] and South Africa.[5]
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Habitat
These snails are found at an altitude of between 0 and 920 m (3,018 feet).[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Albrecht, C.; Clewing, C.; Jørgensen, A.; Kristensen, T.K.; Lange, C.; Stensgaard, A.-S. (2018). "Lanistes ovum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T165799A120111809. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T165799A120111809.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/165799/120111809. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ Lanistes Ovum, Apple Snail Website.
- ↑ Freshwater Snails of Africa and Their Medical Importance Brown, D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and Their Medical Importance. CRC Press. ISBN:978-0-7484-0026-3
- ↑ [1] Appleton, C. C., Curtis, B. A., Alonso, L. E. & Kipping, J. (2003). Freshwater invertebrates of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
- ↑ Appleton C. C., Forbes A. T.& Demetriades N. T. (2009). "The occurrence, bionomics and potential impacts of the invasive freshwater snail Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1822) (Gastropoda: Thiaridae) in South Africa". Zoologische Mededelingen 83. http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a04
- ↑ Lanistes Ovum , Zipcodezoo.com.
Wikidata ☰ Q5400018 entry
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