5.0 CONCLUSION
This study concludes that the environmental conditions coupled with
anthropogenic activities in the dam supports the existence of ten
species of freshwater snails with varied abundance and distribution over
time across the four sampling sites. The most dominant species wasM. turbaculata followed by B. unicolar then C.
bulimuides with B. teniussumus and B. globosus having the least
distribution and abundance. M. tuberculata seemed to have out
competed all the other species especially those that are of veterinary
and medical importance. In this study, four species encountered;B. globosus, M. tuberculata, B. teniussumus and L.
natalensis are known to be of medical and veterinary importance.