Biology:Burnupia crassistriata

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Burnupia crassistriata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Family:
Subfamily:
Planorbinae[citation needed]
Tribe:
Genus:
Species:
B. crassistriata
Binomial name
Burnupia crassistriata
(Preston, 1911)

Burnupia crassistriata is a species of small freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic gastropod mollusk which was traditionally placed in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.[1]

It was previously listed as a vulnerable species in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2004).[1]

Distribution

This species of freshwater limpet is endemic to Kenya.[1] Its natural habitat is rivers.[1] It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5000269 entry