Segmentorbis angustus
Year: 2024
Type: other
Abstract: 35. Segmentorbis angustus (Jickeli, 1874) Distribution and year: Pools in Kwando flood plain near Sitwa [SWMN76522] 1986 (Brown et al. 1992); “Botletle” (Boteti) River at “Chinoko” (Chanoga) [ETD4295] 1984 (Brown et al. 1992); Boro River, Nxaraga Lagoon, Chief’s Island [ETD4295] 1984 (Brown et al. 1992); Okavango Delta 2000 (Appleton et al. 2003). Geographic range: Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Habitat: Freshwater. Notes: This species is widespread, mainly in permanent waterbodies, across Africa (Brown 1994). Type locality: “ Mekerka [Mek’erka] in Toquor, Hamaszen province ”, Eritrea, “ White Nile ”, South Sudan, “and the Gazelle River ”, Kenia (Jickeli 1874). Sources: Brown et al. (1992: 29); Appleton et al. (2003: 58–68); GBIF (2023 b). Conservation status: Least Concern.
Author: Rapalai, Boikhutso Lerato
Institution: The University of Western Australia
Language: English
Subfield: Ecology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6893184757
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