Biology:Reymondia pyramidalis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Reymondia pyramidalis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Paludomidae
Genus: Reymondia
Species:
R. pyramidalis
Binomial name
Reymondia pyramidalis
Bourguignat, 1888
Synonyms

Reymondia minor Smith, 1889

Reymondia pyramidalis is a species of small freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae. This species is found in Tanzania and possibly the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.

The shells of this species are similar in appearance to, though slightly smaller than, Reymondia horei. The maximum size of the shell is 9 millimetres (0.35 in) height by 4.5 millimetres (0.18 in) width at the widest point. It also has a similar habitat preference to R. horei: shallow water, underneath cobbles and rocks.[2]

References

  1. Lange, C. (2010). "Reymondia pyramidalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T19434A8891800. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T19434A8891800.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19434/8891800. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  2. Glaubrecht, Matthias (2008). "Adaptive radiation of thalassoid gastropods in Lake Tanganyika, East Africa: morphology and systematization of a paludomid species flock in an ancient lake". Zoosystematics and Evolution 84: 71–122. doi:10.1002/zoos.200700016. 

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