Biomphalaria tchadiensis
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Biomphalaria tchadiensis (Germain, 1904)
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Planorbis tchadiensis Germain, 1904 |
Biomphalaria tchadiensis is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
This species is endemic to lake Chad in Cameroon, Chad and in Nigeria.[1]
This species has been considered Vulnerable in 1996.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Kristensen T. K. & Stensgaard A-S. (2006). Biomphalaria tchadiensis. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 September 2010.
- ^ Brown D. S. (1996) Biomphalaria tchadiensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.