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Pachymelania aurita

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Kingdom
  
Superfamily
  
Cerithioidea

Subfamily
  
Thiarinae

Scientific name
  
Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Family
  
Genus
  
Pachymelania

Phylum
  
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Similar
  
Tympanotonos fuscatus, Tympanotonos, Stenomelania, Hemisinus, Melanoides admirabilis

Pachymelania aurita is a species of freshwater snail, a gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.

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Description

The shell of an adult Jagora asperata can be as long as 25–55 millimetres (0.98–2.17 in). These freshwater snails mainly feed on blue-green algae, diatoms and organic debris.

Distribution and habitat

This species is widespread along the Western Africa coasts, in Mauritania, Ivory Coast Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and Gabon. It lives in mangrove swamps, lagoons and brackish tidal waters.

References

Pachymelania aurita Wikipedia


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