Burnupia trapezoidea
Year: 2024
Type: other
Abstract: 27. Burnupia trapezoidea (O. Boettger, 1910) Distribution and year: Matopa Pan, Ngamiland N/A (Connolly 1939). Geographic range: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa. Habitat: Freshwater. Notes: The species occurs in sufficiently oxygenated waterbodies (Kristensen & Appleton 2010). De Kock and Wolmarans (2017) further mention the potential of the molluscs as an indicator of the freshwater ecosystem health. Type locality: “Witkop in British Bechuanaland near the German border”, Limpopo Province, South Africa (Boettger 1910). The type locality of this species seems erroneously attributed to Botswana (see Discussion for suggested correction). Sources: Connolly (1939: 517, as a subfossil); van Bruggen (1966 a: 109); Brown (1994: 177); de Kock & Wolmarans (2017: 260). Conservation status: Data Deficient. The species is possibly facing threat due to habitat loss and degradation (de Kock & Wolmarans 2017).
Author: Rapalai, Boikhutso Lerato
Institution: The University of Western Australia
Language: English
Subfield: Insect Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6893321691
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