Anceya giraudi

Anceya giraudi is a species of tropical freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.[1]

Anceya giraudi

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Paludomidae
Genus:
Anceya
Species:
A. giraudi
Binomial name
Anceya giraudi

This species is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia.[1] Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.[1]

Anceya giraudi has been considered as Endangered species in 1996.[1]

References
  1. Nicayenzi F., Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Anceya giraudi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
  2. Bourguignat J. R. (1885). Notice prodromique sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis par M. Victor Giraud dans la region méridionale du lac Tanganika. Paris. page 15.


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