Syrnolopsis lacustris
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Syrnolopsis lacustris E. A. Smith, 1880[2]
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Syrnolopsis lacustris is a species of medium-sized freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae. This species is found in Lake Tanganyika, which includes the countries of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. The natural habitat of this species is freshwater lakes.
Syrnolopsis lacustris is the type species of the genus Syrnolopsis.[3]
References
- ^ Nicayenzi F., Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Syrnolopsis lacustris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- ^ Smith E. A. (1880). "Diagnoses of new shells from Lake Tanganyika and East Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)6: 425–430. page 426.
- ^ Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.