Paramelania iridescens
Species of gastropod
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::summary Species of gastropod ::
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Paramelania iridescens is a species of tropical freshwater snail with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.
Distribution
This species is found in Lake Tanganyika in Burundi, also in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia.
The type locality is towards the south shore near Sumbu, Lake Tanganyika, in depths of 182 -.
Shell description
There is a spine in the upper part and in the lower part of the aperture of mature specimens.
The width of the shell is 19 mm. The height of the shell is 40 mm.
Ecology
This snail lives in Lake Tanganyika in depths of 10–150 m. It lives on a mud substrate.
References
References
- Nicayenzi, F.. (2010). "''Paramelania iridescens''".
- [[John Edmund Sharrock Moore. Moore J. E. S.]] (1898). "Descriptions of the genera ''Bathanalia'' and ''Bythoceras'', from Lake Tanganyika". ''[[Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London]]'' '''3''': [https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofmal3189899malac#page/92/mode/2up 92]-93.
- Brown D. S. (1994). ''Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance''. [[Taylor & Francis]]. {{ISBN. 0-7484-0026-5.
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