Bellamya phthinotropis is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Architaenioglossa |
Family: | Viviparidae |
Genus: | Bellamya |
Species: | B. phthinotropis
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Binomial name | |
Bellamya phthinotropis (Martens, 1892)
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This species is found in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. It was first described by Eduard von Martens in 1892.
References
edit- ^ Van Damme, D. & Lange, C. (2017). "Bellamya phthinotropis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T2750A110765380. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T2750A110765380.en.