# Limnotrochus

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{{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](/source/Edgar_Albert_Smith), 1880<ref name="Smith 1880">[Smith E. A.](/source/Edgar_Albert_Smith) (1880). "Diagnoses of new shells from Lake Tanganyika and East Africa". ''[Annals and Magazine of Natural History](/source/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](/source/Edgar_Albert_Smith), 1880<ref name="Smith 1880" />
| synonyms =
'''<small>Species synonymy</small>'''
{{Species list
| Limnotrochus cyclostoma | [Bourguignat](/source/Jules_Ren%C3%A9_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](/source/Monotypic_taxon) [genus](/source/genus) in the family [Paludomidae](/source/Paludomidae) containing the single [species](/source/species) '''''Limnotrochus thomsoni''''', a [tropical](/source/tropical) [freshwater snail](/source/freshwater_snail) with [gills](/source/gills) and an [operculum](/source/Operculum_(gastropod)), [aquatic](/source/Aquatic_animal) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/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](/source/Taylor_%26_Francis). {{ISBN|0-7484-0026-5}}.</ref> It is [endemic](/source/endemic) to [Lake Tanganyika](/source/Lake_Tanganyika).<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" />

The [specific name](/source/specific_name_(zoology)) ''thomsoni'' is in honor of Scottish explorer [Joseph Thomson](/source/Joseph_Thomson_(explorer)).<ref name="Smith 1880" />

== Distribution ==
''Limnotrochus thomsoni'' is endemic to [Lake Tanganyika](/source/Lake_Tanganyika) and is found in all countries surrounding the lake: [Burundi](/source/Burundi), the [Democratic Republic of the Congo](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo), [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania), and [Zambia](/source/Zambia).<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" /> The [type locality](/source/type_locality_(biology)) 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](/source/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}}

{{Taxonbar|from1=Q10318395|from2=Q307554}}

Category:Paludomidae
Category:Monotypic gastropod genera
Category:Taxa described in 1880
Category:Taxa named by Edgar Albert Smith
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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