Stanleya neritinoides explained

Stanleya neritinoides is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Paludomidae.

Stanleya neritinoides is probably the only species in the genus Stanleya. The genus Stanleya may be closely related to the genus Tanganyicia.

This species was listed as Endangered in the 2006 IUCN Red List.

Distribution

This species is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia.

The type locality is Lake Tanganyika.

Description

The width of the shell is . The height of the shell is .^[1]

External links

• Smith E. A. (1881). "On a collection of shells from lakes Tanganyika and Nyassa and other localities in East Africa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 276-300. Plate 33, figure 19.
• Strong E. E. & Glaubrecht M. (2003). "Anatomy and systematic affinity of Stanleya neritinoides (Smith, 1880), an enigmatic member of the thalassoid gastropod species flock in Lake Tanganyika, East Africa (Cerithioidea, Paludomidae)". Acta Zoologica 84(4): 249–265. .
• Bourguignat, J.-R. (1885). Notice prodromique sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis par M. Victor Giraud dans la région méridionale du lac Tanganyika. 110 pp. Paris

Notes and References

1. Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. .