Lanistes ovum
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L. ovum
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| Lanistes ovum Peters, 1845
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Lanistes ovum is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an African apple snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae.
This species of snail is widely found in Botswana, Congo, Chad, Ghana, Cameroon, Gambia, Angola, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe[2][3][4] and South Africa.[5]
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Habitat
These snails are found at an altitude of between 0 and 920 m (3,018 feet).[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K., Lange C. N., Stensgaard A-S. & Van Damme D. (2009). Lanistes ovum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 June 2011.
- ↑ Lanistes Ovum, Apple Snail Website.
- ↑ Freshwater Snails of Africa and Their Medical Importance Brown, D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and Their Medical Importance. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-7484-0026-3
- ↑ [1] Appleton, C. C., Curtis, B. A., Alonso, L. E. & Kipping, J. (2003). Freshwater invertebrates of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
- ↑ Appleton C. C., Forbes A. T.& Demetriades N. T. (2009). "The occurrence, bionomics and potential impacts of the invasive freshwater snail Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1822) (Gastropoda: Thiaridae) in South Africa". Zoologische Mededelingen 83. http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a04
- ↑ Lanistes Ovum, Zipcodezoo.com.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Ampullariidae
- Freshwater snails
- Animals described in 1845
- Gastropods of Africa
- Invertebrates of Angola
- Invertebrates of Botswana
- Invertebrates of Chad
- Invertebrates of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Invertebrates of Ghana
- Invertebrates of Cameroon
- Invertebrates of the Gambia
- Invertebrates of Namibia
- Invertebrates of Niger
- Invertebrates of Nigeria
- Invertebrates of Tanzania
- Invertebrates of Mozambique
- Invertebrates of Zimbabwe
