Bellamya phthinotropis

Bellamya phthinotropis is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.

Bellamya phthinotropis

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:
Viviparoidea
Family:
Viviparidae
Genus:
Bellamya
Species:
B. phthinotropis
Binomial name
Bellamya phthinotropis
(Martens, 1892)

This species is found in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. It was first described by Eduard von Martens in 1892.

References
  1. Van Damme, D. & Lange, C. (2017). "Bellamya phthinotropis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T2750A110765380. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T2750A110765380.en.


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