Lanistes elliptus

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Lanistes elliptus
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clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
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L. elliptus
Binomial name
Lanistes elliptus

Lanistes elliptus is a species of large freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk with a gill and an operculum in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, and Mozambique.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Brown, D.S. (1996). "Lanistes elliptus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T11282A3266683. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T11282A3266683.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.