Tricula montana
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Tricula montana Benson, 1843
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Tricula montana is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.
Tricula montana is the type species of the genus Tricula.[2]
Distribution
[edit]The distribution of Tricula montana includes Assam, Uttarakhand in India, and Nepal.[1]
Ecology
[edit]This freshwater snail lives in springs, streams and small rivers.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Budha, P.B. (2010). "Tricula montana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T22134A9361677. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T22134A9361677.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Davis G. M., Subba Rao N. V. & Hoagland K. E. (1986). "In Search of Tricula (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia): Tricula Defined, and a New Genus Described". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 138(2): 426-442. JSTOR. page 436.