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(Redirected from Limnotrochus thomsoni) Genus of mollusc

Limnotrochus
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Paludomidae
Subfamily: Hauttecoeuriinae
Tribe: Tiphobiini
Genus: Limnotrochus
E. A. Smith, 1880
Species: L. thomsoni
Binomial name
Limnotrochus thomsoni
E. A. Smith, 1880

Limnotrochus is a monotypic genus in the family Paludomidae containing the single species Limnotrochus thomsoni, a tropical freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk. It is endemic to Lake Tanganyika.

The specific name thomsoni is in honor of explorer Joseph Thomson.

Distribution

Limnotrochus thomsoni is endemic to Lake Tanganyika and is found in all countries surrounding the lake: Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. The type locality is Lake Tanganyika.

Description

The shell measures 14 mm in width and 19 mm in height.

Ecology and threats

Limnotrochus thomsoni lives in depths 4–30 m on silt and sandy bottoms of Lake Tanganyika. It is potentially threatened by sedimentation.

References

  1. ^ Nicayenzi, F. (2010). "Limnotrochus thomsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T11982A3318355. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T11982A3318355.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  3. ^ Smith E. A. (1880). "Diagnoses of new shells from Lake Tanganyika and East Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)6: 425-430.
  4. ^ Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.

Further reading

  • Strong, Ellen E. & Glaubrecht, Matthias (2010). "Anatomy of the Tiphobiini from Lake Tanganyika (Cerithioidea, Paludomidae)". Malacologia. 52 (1): 115–153. doi:10.4002/040.052.0108.
Taxon identifiers
Limnotrochus thomsoni
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