Bellamya trochlearis

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

Bellamya trochlearis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:
Viviparoidea
Family:
Viviparidae
Genus:
Bellamya
Species:
B. trochlearis
Binomial name
Bellamya trochlearis
Synonyms[2]

Bellamya trochearis Martens, 1892 [orth. error]

It was listed as Endangered species in 1996 IUCN Red list.[3] It may be threatened by pollution, sedimentation and other human activities. Very little is known about this snail and it may be confused with Bellamya constricta.

Distribution

This species is found in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.[2]

References
  1. Van Damme, D. & Lange, C. (2017). "Bellamya trochlearis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e. Retrieved 10 November 2017.{{cite iucn}}: error: malformed |page= identifier (help)
  2. Lange C. (2004). Bellamya trochlearis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 August 2011.
  3. Brown D. S. (1996). Bellamya trochearis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.


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