Stanleya neritinoides
Species of gastropod
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Stanleya neritinoides is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Paludomidae.[1]
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| Stanleya neritinoides | |
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| Shell of Stanleya neritinoides (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Paludomidae |
| Genus: | Stanleya Bourguignat, 1885[2] |
| Species: | S. neritinoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Stanleya neritinoides (E. A. Smith, 1880)[3] | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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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]
