Biomphalaria tchadiensis

Biomphalaria tchadiensis is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Biomphalaria tchadiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Planorboidea
Family:
Planorbidae
Subfamily:
Planorbinae
Tribe:
Biomphalariini
Genus:
Biomphalaria
Species:
B. tchadiensis
Binomial name
Biomphalaria tchadiensis
(Germain, 1904)
Synonyms[1]

Planorbis tchadiensis Germain, 1904

This species is endemic to lake Chad in Cameroon, Chad and in Nigeria.[1]

This species has been considered Vulnerable in 1996.[2]

References
  1. Kristensen T. K. & Stensgaard A-S. (2006). Biomphalaria tchadiensis. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 September 2010.
  2. Brown D. S. (1996) Biomphalaria tchadiensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.


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