Bellamya trochlearis

Bellamya trochlearis
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:	Viviparoidea
Family:	Viviparidae
Genus:	Bellamya
Species:	B. trochlearis
Binomial name
	Bellamya trochlearis; von Martens, 1892
Synonyms[2]
	Bellamya trochearis Martens, 1892 [orth. error]

Bellamya trochlearis is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.

It was listed as Endangered species in 1996 IUCN Red list.[3] It may be threatened by pollution, sedimentation and other human activities. Very little is known about this snail and it may be confused with Bellamya constricta.

Distribution

This species is found in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.[2]

References

Van Damme, D. & Lange, C. (2017). "Bellamya trochlearis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e. Retrieved 10 November 2017.{{cite iucn}}: error: malformed |page= identifier (help)old-form url
Lange C. (2004). Bellamya trochlearis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 August 2011.
Brown D. S. (1996). Bellamya trochearis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.

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[iucn-1] Van Damme, D. & Lange, C. (2017). "Bellamya trochlearis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e. Retrieved 10 November 2017.{{cite iucn}}: error: malformed |page= identifier (help)old-form url

[IUCN_2011-2] Lange C. (2004). Bellamya trochlearis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 August 2011.

[3] Brown D. S. (1996). Bellamya trochearis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.