Pila ovata. (picture not licenced under creative commons)	Pila ovata. (picture not licenced under creative commons)
Pila ovata.	Pila ovata, operculum.

Shell: The shell of the medium sized (55-59 mm wide, 43-47 mm high) African species has a relatively high spire (about 1/2 of the aperture hight) and a round shell opening (aperture). The umbilicus is small, but deep and the lip somewhat thickened.
The colour varies from light brown to reddish olive with faint, non-contineous, spiral bands.
Operculum: 1.5 to 1.7 higher than wide and calcified.
Body: ?
Eggs: The eggs calcareous, white eggs are deposited above the waterline.

Food: Various water plants.
Behaviour: Prefers stagnant water (swamps, flood-planes).
Distribution: Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, eastern Congo, Nile from the Victoria lake to Egypt, isolated populations in Sudan.

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