Biomphalaria tchadiensis

Biomphalaria tchadiensis is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Biomphalaria tchadiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Planorboidea
Family:
Planorbidae
Subfamily:
Planorbinae
Tribe:
Biomphalariini
Genus:
Biomphalaria
Species:
B. tchadiensis
Binomial name
Biomphalaria tchadiensis
(Germain, 1904)
Synonyms[1]

Planorbis tchadiensis Germain, 1904

This species is endemic to lake Chad in Cameroon, Chad and in Nigeria.[1]

This species has been considered Vulnerable in 1996.[1]

References
  1. Van Damme, D.; Kristensen, T.K.; Stensgaard, A.-S. (2020). "Biomphalaria tchadiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T2810A151147248. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T2810A151147248.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.


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