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Anceya terebriformis

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Anceya terebriformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Paludomidae
Genus: Anceya
Species:
A. terebriformis
Binomial name
Anceya terebriformis
(Smith, 1890)

Anceya terebriformis is a species of tropical freshwater snail with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.[1]

This species is found in Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. The only known threat may be sedimentation from deforestation in Tanzania.[1]

Anceya terebriformis has been considered as Endangered species in 1996.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Ngereza, C. (2010). "Anceya terebriformis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T1257A3360644. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T1257A3360644.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.