Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Cerithioidea Subfamily Hauttecoeuriinae Scientific name Tiphobia horei Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Paludomidae Tribe Tiphobiini Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Paludomidae, Paramelania damoni, Hemisinus, Neothauma, Stenomelania | ||
Tiphobia horei is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.
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Tiphobia horei is the only species in the genus Tiphobia. Tiphobia is the type genus of the tribe Tiphobiini.
The specific name horei is in honor of Reverend Edward Coode Hore (1848-1912) from the UK.
Distribution
Tiphobia horei is endemic to Lake Tanganyika. It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. The type locality is Lake Tanganyika at Ujiji.
Description
Tiphobia horei has a large shell with spines, so it is easily to determine.
The width of the shell is 26 mm. The height of the shell is 36 mm.
Ecology
The natural habitat for this species is freshwater lakes. Tiphobia horei lives in depths of 0-150 m on mud bottoms, mainly in river estuaries.
This snail was given Endangered species status in 1996, but in 2006 this was revised to Least Concern. Its survival is threatened mainly by sedimentation, dredging and shell trading.