Burnupia stenochorias is a species of small freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.

Burnupia stenochorias
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Burnupia
Species:
B. stenochorias
Binomial name
Burnupia stenochorias
(Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903)
Synonyms[1]

Ancylus stenochorias Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903

Distribution

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This freshwater limpet is found in South Africa.[1]

Ecology

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Burnupia stenochorias (like all the other species in the genus Burnupia) lives in well-oxygenated freshwater habitats.[2] Burnupia stenochorias is considered to be an ecotoxicological indicator of water quality, but it is not effectively used yet.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kristensen T. K. & Appleton C. (2010). "Burnupia stenochorias". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. IUCN: e.T63419A12669344. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T63419A12669344.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b Davies-Coleman H. D. & Palmer C. G. (2004). "The use of a freshwater mollusc, Burnupia stenochorias (Ancylidae) as an ecotoxicological indicator in whole effluent toxicity testing". Proceedings of the 2004 Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) Biennial Conference ISBN 1-920017-28-3. 309-315.