Bellamya trochlearis

Bellamya trochlearis is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae.

Bellamya trochlearis
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Architaenioglossa
Family:	Viviparidae
Genus:	Bellamya
Species:	B. trochlearis
Binomial name
Bellamya trochlearis von Martens, 1892
Synonyms[1]
Bellamya trochearis Martens, 1892 [orth. error]

It was listed as Endangered species in 1996 IUCN Red list.^[1] It may be threatened by pollution, sedimentation and other human activities. Very little is known about this snail and it may be confused with Bellamya constricta.

Distribution

This species is found in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.^[1]