Lanistes intortus

Lanistes intortus
A museum specimen of a Lanistes intortus shell with vouchers
Lanistes intortus shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Ampullariidae
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 (1,608 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. ^ a b 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 November 2021.
  2. ^ Lanistes intortus Archived 2012-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, ZipcodeZoo.com.
  3. ^ Data from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
  4. ^ a b Family Ampullariidae:Lanistes


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