Bellamya ecclesi

Bellamya ecclesi is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae. This species is found in Malawi and Mozambique. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.

Bellamya ecclesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:
Viviparoidea
Family:
Viviparidae
Genus:
Bellamya
Species:
B. ecclesi
Binomial name
Bellamya ecclesi
(Crowley & Pain, 1964)

It was previously listed as Endangered in 1996, in 2004 it was changed to Data Deficient, and in 2018 it was changed to Critically Endangered. It is threatened by fishing of Lake Malawi and by lakeside deforestation which may cause sedimentation through soil erosion. A small portion may be protected by one national park, in which fishing is not allowed.

References
  1. Albrecht, C. & Clewing, C. 2018. Bellamya ecclesi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T2742A86915651. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T2742A86915651.en. Downloaded on 28 December 2018.


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