''Lanistes neritoides'' is a species of large

freshwater snail Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks which live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs ...

, an aquatic

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk with a gill and an operculum in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails. It is endemic to the

Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...

References

Ampullariidae Invertebrates of the Republic of the Congo Endemic fauna of the Republic of the Congo Freshwater snails of Africa Gastropods described in 1990 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Ampullariidae-stub