Lanistes nyassanus
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Lanistes nyassanus is a species of large freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk with a gill and an operculum in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.
The specific name nyassanus is derived from its type locality, Lake Nyassa.
Distribution
Lanistes nyassanus is found in Malawi and Mozambique.[1] Found in sand and weeds, common at 1.5 meters deep, but some have been found as low as 35 meters.[1]
Type locality is southern end of Lake Nyassa.[2]
Description
The width of the shell is 75 mm.[3] The height of the shell is 68 mm.[3]
Behavior
They will burrow into sand to hide from fish.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/184645/0
- ^ a b Dohrn H. (1865). "List of the land and freshwater shells of the Zambezi and Lake Nyasa, eastern tropical Africa, collected by John Kirk". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865: 231-234. page 233.
- ^ a b Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
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