Reymondia pyramidalis
Reymondia pyramidalis is a species of small freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae. This species is found in Tanzania and possibly the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.
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| Subfamily: | Hauttecoeuriinae |
| Tribe: | Spekiini |
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| Species: | R. pyramidalis |
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| Reymondia pyramidalis Bourguignat, 1888 | |
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Reymondia minor Smith, 1889 | |
The shells of this species are similar in appearance to, though slightly smaller than, Reymondia horei. The maximum size of the shell is 9 millimetres (0.35 in) height by 4.5 millimetres (0.18 in) width at the widest point. It also has a similar habitat preference to R. horei: shallow water, underneath cobbles and rocks.[2]
References
- Lange C. N. & Ngereza C. (2004). Reymondia pyramidalis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- Glaubrecht, Matthias (2008). "Adaptive radiation of thalassoid gastropods in Lake Tanganyika, East Africa: morphology and systematization of a paludomid species flock in an ancient lake". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 84: 71–122. doi:10.1002/zoos.200700016.
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