| Lanistes intortus | |
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| Lanistes intortus shell | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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
- 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.
- Lanistes intortus Archived 2012-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, ZipcodeZoo.com.
- Data from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
- Family Ampullariidae:Lanistes