Burnupia stenochorias | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Superorder: | Hygrophila |
Family: | Planorbidae |
Genus: | Burnupia |
Species: | B. stenochorias
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Binomial name | |
Burnupia stenochorias (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Ancylus stenochorias Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903 |
Burnupia stenochorias is a species of small freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
This freshwater limpet is found in South Africa. [1]
Burnupia stenochorias (like all the other species in the genus Burnupia) lives in well-oxygenated freshwater habitats. [2] Burnupia stenochorias is considered to be an ecotoxicological indicator of water quality, but it is not effectively used yet. [2]
Burnupia stenochorias | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Superorder: | Hygrophila |
Family: | Planorbidae |
Genus: | Burnupia |
Species: | B. stenochorias
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Binomial name | |
Burnupia stenochorias (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Ancylus stenochorias Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903 |
Burnupia stenochorias is a species of small freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
This freshwater limpet is found in South Africa. [1]
Burnupia stenochorias (like all the other species in the genus Burnupia) lives in well-oxygenated freshwater habitats. [2] Burnupia stenochorias is considered to be an ecotoxicological indicator of water quality, but it is not effectively used yet. [2]