Bellamya jeffreysi

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

Bellamya jeffreysi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:
Viviparoidea
Family:
Viviparidae
Genus:
Bellamya
Species:
B. jeffreysi
Binomial name
Bellamya jeffreysi
(Frauenfeld, 1865)
Synonyms

Bellamya jeffreysii (Frauenfeld, 1865)

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.

References
  1. Albrecht, C. & Clewing, C. 2018. Bellamya jeffreysi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T2743A120118088. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T2743A120118088.en. Downloaded on 28 December 2018.


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