{{Short description|Genus of molluscs}} {{Speciesbox | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Nicayenzi, F. |date=2010 |title=''Limnotrochus thomsoni'' |volume=2010 |article-number=e.T11982A3318355 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T11982A3318355.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref> | display_parents = 3 | genus = Limnotrochus | parent_authority = E. A. Smith, 1880<ref name="Smith 1880">Smith E. A. (1880). "Diagnoses of new shells from Lake Tanganyika and East Africa". ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History'' (5)'''6''': [https://archive.org/stream/annalsmagazineof561880lond#page/424/mode/2up 425]-430.</ref> | species = thomsoni | authority = E. A. Smith, 1880<ref name="Smith 1880" /> | synonyms = '''<small>Species synonymy</small>''' {{Species list | Limnotrochus cyclostoma | Bourguignat, 1885 | Limnotrochus giraudi | Bourguignat, 1885 }} | synonyms_ref = <ref>{{cite WoRMS |title=''Limnotrochus thomsoni'' |id=1060931 |access-date=1 March 2025}}</ref> }}
'''''Limnotrochus''''' is a monotypic genus in the family Paludomidae containing the single species '''''Limnotrochus thomsoni''''', a tropical freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk.<ref name="Bouchet 2005">{{Bouchet 2005}}</ref><ref name="Brown 1994">Brown D. S. (1994). ''Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance''. Taylor & Francis. {{ISBN|0-7484-0026-5}}.</ref> It is endemic to Lake Tanganyika.<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" />
The specific name ''thomsoni'' is in honor of Scottish explorer Joseph Thomson.<ref name="Smith 1880" />
== Distribution == ''Limnotrochus thomsoni'' is endemic to Lake Tanganyika and is found in all countries surrounding the lake: Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia.<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" /> The type locality is Lake Tanganyika.<ref name="Brown 1994" /><ref name="Smith 1880" />
== Description == The shell measures {{cvt|14|mm}} in width and {{cvt|19|mm}} in height.<ref name="Brown 1994" />
== Ecology and threats== ''Limnotrochus thomsoni'' lives in depths {{cvt|4|–|30|m}} on silt and sandy bottoms of Lake Tanganyika. It is potentially threatened by sedimentation.<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" />
== References == {{Reflist}}
== Further reading == * {{cite journal |last1=Strong |first1=Ellen E. |last2=Glaubrecht |first2=Matthias |name-list-style=amp |title=Anatomy of the Tiphobiini from Lake Tanganyika (Cerithioidea, Paludomidae) |journal=Malacologia |date=2010 |volume=52 |issue=1 |pages=115–153 |doi=10.4002/040.052.0108}}
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Category:Paludomidae Category:Monotypic gastropod genera Category:Taxa described in 1880 Category:Taxa named by Edgar Albert Smith Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot