Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
The species is associated with clean shallow water but tends to be
absent from areas with anthropogenic
disturbances
and pollution
.
[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.5 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Superfamily:
Planorbacea
()
- Superfamily:
Planorbacea
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Ferrissia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species and subspecies in this genus:
F. beaui (Beau's Stream Limpet) · F. fragilis (Fragile Ancylid) · F. hendersoni (Blackwater Ancylid) · F. mcneili (Hood Ancylid) · F. parallela (Oblong Ancylid) · F. parallelus (Oblong Ancylid) · F. peninsulae (Spotted Snailfish) · F. rivularis (Creeping Ancylid) · F. walkeri (Cloche Ancylid)
More Info
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- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- Brown, D.S. 1994. Freshwater Snails of Africa and their medical importance. Second Edition. Taylor Francis, London.
- Danish Bilharziasis Laboratory (DBL) 1987. A field guide to African freshwater snails. 2. East African species. Second edition. DBL, Charlottenlund, Denmark.
- IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.3). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 2 September 2010).
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
- Lange, C. 2010. Ferrissia kavirondica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
Identifiers
- IUCN ID: 209680
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4750791
Footnotes
- Lange, C. 2010. Ferrissia kavirondica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
