Segmentorbis angustus ( Jickeli, 1874 )

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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.