Margarya bicostata

Margarya bicostata
	Apertural view of the shell of Margarya bicostata. Scale bar is 1 cm.
	Abapertural view of the shell of Margarya bicostata. Scale bar is 1 cm.
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:	Viviparoidea
Family:	Viviparidae
Genus:	Margarya
Species:	M. bicostata
Binomial name
	Margarya bicostata; Tchang & Tsi, 1949

Margarya bicostata is a species of large operculate freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails.

Distribution

The distribution of Margarya bicostata includes Fuxian Lake in Yunnan Province, China.[1] Former distribution also included Dian Lake.[1]

Di L., Jiang Y., Aldridge D. & McIvor A. (2008). Margarya bicostata. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 14 September 2010.

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