Ancylus ashangiensis

Ancylus ashangiensis is a species of very small, air-breathing, freshwater snail or limpet. It is an aquatic pulmonate gastropod in the Ancylidae family. This species is endemic to Ethiopia.

Ancylus ashangiensis

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Planorboidea
Family:
Planorbidae
Subfamily:
Planorbinae
Tribe:
Ancylini
Genus:
Ancylus
Species:
A. ashangiensis
Binomial name
Ancylus ashangiensis
Brown, 1965

References
  1. Van Damme, D. (2010). "Ancylus ashangiensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T1262A3366218. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T1262A3366218.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.


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