Lanistes intortus

Lanistes intortus is a species of large freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk with a gill and an operculum in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

Lanistes intortus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:
Ampullarioidea
Family:
Ampullariidae
Subfamily:
Ampullariinae
Tribe:
Ampullariini
Genus:
Lanistes
Species:
L. intortus
Binomial name
Lanistes intortus
Martens, 1877

It is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1] They are one of approximately 41 species of Lanistes.[2]

They are typically found at an altitude between 0 and 490 m (1,608 ft),[3] living in and around brackish water habitats.[4] They are characterised by a shell of 30 mm, light brown with small, darker spiral bands.[4]

References
  1. Jørgensen, A. (2010). "Lanistes intortus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T11285A3267247. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T11285A3267247.en. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  2. Lanistes intortus Archived 2012-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, ZipcodeZoo.com.
  3. Data from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
  4. Family Ampullariidae:Lanistes


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