Burnupia stenochorias explained

Burnupia stenochorias is a species of small freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.

Distribution

This freshwater limpet is found in South Africa.

Ecology

Burnupia stenochorias (like all the other species in the genus Burnupia) lives in well-oxygenated freshwater habitats. Burnupia stenochorias is considered to be an ecotoxicological indicator of water quality, but it is not effectively used yet.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Davies-Coleman H. D. & Palmer C. G. (2004). "The use of a freshwater mollusc, Burnupia stenochorias (Ancylidae) as an ecotoxicological indicator in whole effluent toxicity testing". Proceedings of the 2004 Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) Biennial Conference . 309-315.