Lanistes elliptus

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Lanistes elliptus

Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
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Class:
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
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Species:
L. elliptus
Binomial name
Lanistes elliptus
Martens

Lanistes elliptus 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 found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, and Mozambique.

References[]

  1. ^ Brown, D.S. (1996). "Lanistes elliptus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T11282A3266683. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T11282A3266683.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.


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