Lanistes ciliatus

Lanistes ciliatus is a species of large freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk with a gill and an operculum in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

Lanistes ciliatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:
Ampullarioidea
Family:
Ampullariidae
Subfamily:
Ampullariinae
Tribe:
Ampullariini
Genus:
Lanistes
Species:
L. ciliatus
Binomial name
Lanistes ciliatus

It is endemic to Kenya.

References
  1. Ngereza, C. (2010). "Lanistes ciliatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T11281A3266549. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T11281A3266549.en. Retrieved 10 January 2020.


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