Stanleya neritinoides
Shell of Stanleya neritinoides (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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Stanleya

Species:
S. neritinoides
Binomial name
Stanleya neritinoides
Synonyms[3]
  • Lithoglyphus neritinoides Smith, 1880
  • Rumella giraudi Bourguignat, 1885(junior synonym)
  • Rumella milneedwardsiana Bourguignat, 1885 (junior synonym)
  • Stanleya giraudi Bourguignat, 1885 (junior synonym)
  • Stanleya smithiana Bourguignat, 1885 (junior synonym)

Stanleya neritinoides is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.[1]

Stanleya neritinoides is probably the only species in the genus Stanleya.[4] The genus Stanleya may be closely related to the genus Tanganyicia.[1]

This species was listed as Endangered in the 2006 IUCN Red List.[1]

Distribution

This species is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia.[1]

The type locality is Lake Tanganyika.[3]

Description

The width of the shell is 8.0 millimetres (0.31 in).[4] The height of the shell is 9.8 millimetres (0.39 in).[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Lange, C. (2010). "Stanleya neritinoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T20713A9218753. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T20713A9218753.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. (in French) Bourguignat J. R. (1885). Notice prodromique sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis par M. Victor Giraud dans la region méridionale du lac Tanganika. page 11, 86-87.
  3. 1 2 3 Smith E. A. (1880). "Diagnoses of new shells from Lake Tanganyika and East Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)6: 425-430. page 426.
  4. 1 2 3 Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.


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