Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Planorbidae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Planorboidea Genus Burnupia | |
Similar Burnupia, Ancylini, Ferrissia, Ancylus, Ancylus fluviatilis | ||
Burnupia stenochorias is a species of small freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
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Distribution
This freshwater limpet is found in South Africa.
Ecology
Burnupia stenochorias (like all the other species in the genus Burnupia) lives in well-oxygenated freshwater habitats. Burnupia stenochorias is considered to be an ecotoxicological indicator of water quality, but it is not effectively used yet.
References
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