Paramelania iridescens

Paramelania iridescens is a species of tropical freshwater snail with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.

Paramelania iridescens
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P. iridescens
Binomial name
Paramelania iridescens
(Moore, 1898)[2]
Synonyms

Bythoceras iridescens Moore, 1898

Distribution

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This species is found in Lake Tanganyika in Burundi, also in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia.[1]

The type locality is towards the south shore near Sumbu, Lake Tanganyika, in depths of 182–213 m (600–700 ft).[2][3]

Shell description

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There is a spine in the upper part and in the lower part of the aperture of mature specimens.[3]

The width of the shell is 19 mm.[3] The height of the shell is 40 mm.[3]

Ecology

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This snail lives in Lake Tanganyika in depths of 10–150 m.[3] It lives on a mud substrate.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Nicayenzi, F. (2010). "Paramelania iridescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T16126A8326788. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T16126A8326788.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Moore J. E. S. (1898). "Descriptions of the genera Bathanalia and Bythoceras, from Lake Tanganyika". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 3: 92-93.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.

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