Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Cerithioidea Subfamily Thiarinae Scientific name Pachymelania aurita Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Thiaridae Genus Pachymelania Phylum Mollusca | |
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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
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