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Bathanalia howesi
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B. howesi
Binomial name
Bathanalia howesi
( Moore, 1898) [2]

Bathanalia howesi is a species of tropical freshwater snail with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.

Bathanalia howesi is the type species of the genus Bathanalia. [3]

Distribution

This species is found in Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia. [1]

Type locality is southern shore near Mleroes, Lake Tanganyika in depth of 243 m (800 feet). [3]

Description

The shell of Bathanalia howesi is recognizable with spines. [3]

The width of the shell is 17 mm. [3] The height of the shell is 25 mm. [3]

Ecology

It was found in depths from 45 m. [3] John Edmund Sharrock Moore have thought that this species can live up to depth 300 m, but Leloup (1953) mentioned maximum depth of 150–200 m. [3]

References

  1. ^ a b Nicayenzi, F. (2010). "Bathanalia howesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T2615A9462035. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T2615A9462035.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Moore J. E. S. (1898). "The mollusks of the Great African lakes. 2. The anatomy of the Typhobias, with a description of a new genus (Batanalia) (sic)". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 41: 181-204. page 192. Plate 12, figure 29-33.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN  0-7484-0026-5.

Further reading

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bathanalia howesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Family:
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Genus:
Species:
B. howesi
Binomial name
Bathanalia howesi
( Moore, 1898) [2]

Bathanalia howesi is a species of tropical freshwater snail with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.

Bathanalia howesi is the type species of the genus Bathanalia. [3]

Distribution

This species is found in Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia. [1]

Type locality is southern shore near Mleroes, Lake Tanganyika in depth of 243 m (800 feet). [3]

Description

The shell of Bathanalia howesi is recognizable with spines. [3]

The width of the shell is 17 mm. [3] The height of the shell is 25 mm. [3]

Ecology

It was found in depths from 45 m. [3] John Edmund Sharrock Moore have thought that this species can live up to depth 300 m, but Leloup (1953) mentioned maximum depth of 150–200 m. [3]

References

  1. ^ a b Nicayenzi, F. (2010). "Bathanalia howesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T2615A9462035. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T2615A9462035.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Moore J. E. S. (1898). "The mollusks of the Great African lakes. 2. The anatomy of the Typhobias, with a description of a new genus (Batanalia) (sic)". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 41: 181-204. page 192. Plate 12, figure 29-33.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN  0-7484-0026-5.

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