Bellamya jeffreysi: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Architaenioglossa
Family
Viviparidae
Genus
Bellamya
Species
Bellamya jeffreysi
Scientific Name
Bellamya jeffreysi

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Bellamya jeffreysi

Bellamya jeffreysi is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae.

This species is found in Malawi and Mozambique, in Lake Malawi. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It is threatened by sedimentation and pollution. The only known conservation measure is that a small area of the lake is protected as a national park.

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