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Tanganyicia michelae

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Kingdom
  
Class
  
Family
  
Scientific name
  
Tanganyicia michelae

Phylum
  
Superfamily
  
Cerithioidea

Subfamily
  
Hauttecoeuriinae

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Species

Tanganyicia michelae is a species of tropical freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.

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Distribution

Tanganyicia michelae is endemic to Lake Tanganyika. It is found in only in Kala Bay, Zambia.

Ecology

The natural habitat of this snail is freshwater lakes. Tanganyicia rufofilosa lives in depths of 2-7 m on mud and sand bottoms.

It is threatened mainly by water pollution and sedimentation.

References

Tanganyicia michelae Wikipedia


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