Tanganyicia michelae

{{Taxobox
| name = Tanganyicia michelae
| image = 
| status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="IUCN 2010">Nicayenzi F. (2004). [http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/184657/0 Tanganyicia michelae]. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 May 2011.</ref>
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Mollusca
| classis = Gastropoda
| unranked_superfamilia = clade Caenogastropodaclade Sorbeoconcha
| superfamilia = Cerithioidea
| familia = Paludomidae
| subfamilia = Hauttecoeuriinae
| tribus = Hauttecoeuriini
| genus = Tanganyicia| species = T. michelae| binomial = Tanganyicia michelae| binomial_authority = (West, 1999)
| synonyms = }}Tanganyicia michelae is a species of tropical freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.

 Distribution Tanganyicia michelae is endemic to Lake Tanganyika. It is found in only in Kala Bay, Zambia.

 Ecology 
The natural habitat of this snail is freshwater lakes. Tanganyicia rufofilosa'' lives in depths of 2–7 m on mud and sand bottoms.

It is threatened mainly by water pollution and sedimentation.

References

Category:Paludomidae
Category:Gastropods described in 1999
Category:Snails of Lake Tanganyika