Biology:Lanistes intortus

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Lanistes intortus
A museum specimen of a Lanistes intortus shell with vouchers
Lanistes intortus shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Family:
Subfamily:
Ampullariinae
Tribe:
Ampullariini
Genus:
Species:
L. intortus
Binomial name
Lanistes intortus
Martens, 1877

Lanistes intortus is a species of large freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk with a gill and an operculum in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

It is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1] They are one of approximately 41 species of Lanistes.[2]

They are typically found at an altitude between 0 and 490 m (1,608 ft),[3] living in and around brackish water habitats.[4] They are characterised by a shell of 30 mm, light brown with small, darker spiral bands.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q307389 entry