Bellamya leopoldvillensis

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

Bellamya leopoldvillensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:
Viviparoidea
Family:
Viviparidae
Genus:
Bellamya
Species:
B. leopoldvillensis
Binomial name
Bellamya leopoldvillensis
Putzeys, 1898

This species is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was first described by S. Putzeys in 1898.

References
  1. Jørgensen, A. (2010). "Bellamya leopoldvillensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T2745A9475241. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T2745A9475241.en.


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