Tanganyicia michelae
Tanganyicia michelae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
Family: | Paludomidae |
Subfamily: | Hauttecoeuriinae |
Tribe: | Hauttecoeuriini |
Genus: | Tanganyicia |
Species: | T. michelae |
Binomial name | |
Tanganyicia michelae (West, 1999) | |
Tanganyicia michelae is a species of tropical freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.
Distribution
Tanganyicia michelae is endemic to Lake Tanganyika.[1] It is found in only in Kala Bay, Zambia.[1]
Ecology
The natural habitat of this snail is freshwater lakes.[1] Tanganyicia rufofilosa lives in depths of 2-7 m on mud and sand bottoms.[1]
It is threatened mainly by water pollution and sedimentation.[1]
References
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