Biology:Melanoides nyassana

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Melanoides nyassana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Thiaridae
Genus: Melanoides
Species:
M. nyassana
Binomial name
Melanoides nyassana
(E. A. Smith, 1877)[2]
Synonyms
  • Melania nyassana E. A. Smith, 1877
  • Melanoides polymorpha

Melanoides nyassana is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.

It is endemic to Lake Malawi, where it is widespread.[1]

Melania truncatelliformis Bourguignat, 1889 may be a synonym of Melanoides nyassana.[3] The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species treats the species as a synonym of Melanoides polymorpha.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Albrecht, C. 2018. Melanoides polymorpha. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T134051244A134051258. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T134051244A134051258.en. Accessed on 11 October 2022.
  2. Smith E. A. (1877). "On the shells of Lake Nyasa, and on a few marine species from Mozambique". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 712-722. Plate 75. figure 3.
  3. Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN:0-7484-0026-5.

Wikidata ☰ Q5500231 entry