Bellamya costulata

Bellamya costulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Viviparoidea
Family: Viviparidae
Genus: Bellamya
Species: B. costulata
Binomial name
Bellamya costulata
(Martens, 1892)

Bellamya costulata is a species of large operculate freshwater snail, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Viviparidae.

This species is found in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. Kyambadde, R., Lange, C.N. & Ngereza, C. 2004. Bellamya costulata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.


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