Lanistes intortus
Lanistes intortus | |
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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 | |
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.
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 (1,608ft),[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]
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