Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Ampullarioidea Subfamily Ampullariinae Scientific name Lanistes ovum Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Family Ampullariidae Tribe Ampullariini Higher classification Lanistes | |
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Similar Lanistes, Molluscs, Gastropods, Ampullariidae, Gyraulus costulatus | ||
Lanistes ovum is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an African apple snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae.
This species of snail is widely found in Botswana, Congo, Chad, Ghana, Cameroon, Gambia, Angola, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Habitat
These snails are found at an altitude of between 0 and 920 m (3,018 feet).
References
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