Pettancylus tanganyicensis

Pettancylus tanganyicensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Pettancylus
Species:
P. tanganyicensis
Binomial name
Pettancylus tanganyicensis
(E. A. Smith, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Ancylus tanganyicensis E. A. Smith, 1906
  • Ferrissia tanganyicensis (E. A. Smith, 1906)

Pettancylus tanganyicensis is a species of small freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic gastropod in the family Planorbidae.[2]

Distribution

This species is only found in Lake Tanganyika in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Ngereza, C. (2010). "Ferrissia tanganyicensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T44235A10878045. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44235A10878045.en.
  2. ^ "Pettancylus tanganyicensis". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 December 2025.


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