''Bellamya unicolor'' is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of large
freshwater snail with a
gill
A gill () is a respiratory organ that many aquatic organisms use to extract dissolved oxygen from water and to excrete carbon dioxide. The gills of some species, such as hermit crabs, have adapted to allow respiration on land provided they are ...
and an
operculum, an
aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family
Viviparidae
Viviparidae, sometimes known as the river snails or mystery snails, are a family of large operculate freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks.
This family is classified in the informal group Architaenioglossa according to the taxonomy ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bellamya unicolor (Olivier, 1804). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1290761 on 2020-06-09]
Distribution
This species is found in Africa:
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤠...
, ...
Ecology
Parasites of ''Bellamya unicolor'' include trematode ''
Aspidogaster conchicola
''Aspidogaster conchicola'' is a trematode parasite of the Aspidogastrea subclass that commonly infects freshwater clams. It has not been well studied since it is of little economic or medical importance, but ''A. conchicola'' and its fellow asp ...
''.
References
* Germain L. (1907). Les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de l'Afrique centrale française. Pp. 457-617, in: A. Chevalier, L'Afrique centrale française. Augustin Challamel, Paris.
* Brown D.S. (1994). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance, 2nd edition. London: Taylor and Francis, 607 p. page(s): 53, figs. 19a-c
* van Damme D. (1984). The freshwater mollusca of Northern Africa: Distribution, biogeography and paleoecology. Developments in Hydrobiology. 25: 1-163.
External links
Olivier, G.A. (1804). Voyage dans l'Empire Othoman, l'Égypte et la Perse, fair par ordre du Gouvernement, pendant les six premières années de la République. Tome second, ii pp. + 466 pp. + Errata (1 pp.); Atlas, 2d livraison: vii pp., pl. 18-32. Paris (H. Agasse)Jousseaume, F., 1886. Coquilles du Haut-Sénégal. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 11: 471-502Rochebrune, A.-T. de. (1882). Sur quelques espèces du Haut-Sénégal. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris, series 7, 6. 33-35Van Damme, D. & Lange, C. (2016). Bellamya unicolor. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Viviparidae
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