Burnupia stenochorias

Burnupia stenochorias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Burnupia
Species:
B. stenochorias
Binomial name
Burnupia stenochorias
(Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903)
Synonyms[1]

Ancylus stenochorias Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903

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.[1]

Ecology

Burnupia stenochorias (like all the other species in the genus Burnupia) lives in well-oxygenated freshwater habitats.[2] Burnupia stenochorias is considered to be an ecotoxicological indicator of water quality, but it is not effectively used yet.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Kristensen T. K. & Appleton C. (2010). "Burnupia stenochorias". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. IUCN: e.T63419A12669344. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T63419A12669344.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b 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 ISBN 1-920017-28-3. 309-315.


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