Lavigeria coronata

Lavigeria coronata is a species of tropical freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Paludomidae.

Lavigera coronata

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Paludomidae
Subfamily:
Hauttecoeuriinae
Tribe:
Nassopsini
Genus:
Lavigeria
Species:
L. coronata
Binomial name
Lavigeria coronata

This species is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References
  1. Nicayenzi F., Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Lavigera coronata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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