Bellamya contracta

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

Bellamya contracta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:
Viviparoidea
Family:
Viviparidae
Genus:
Bellamya
Species:
B. contracta
Binomial name
Bellamya contracta
(Haas, 1934)

This species is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

References
  1. Jørgensen, A. (2010). "Bellamya contracta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T2739A9474016. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T2739A9474016.en.


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