Bellamya leopoldvillensis

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

Bellamya leopoldvillensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Viviparidae
Genus: Bellamya
Species:
B. leopoldvillensis
Binomial name
Bellamya leopoldvillensis
Putzeys, 1898

This species is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was first described by S. Putzeys in 1898.

References

  1. Jørgensen, A. (2010). "Bellamya leopoldvillensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T2745A9475241. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T2745A9475241.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.


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