Biology:Melanoides turritispira
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Short description: Species of gastropod
Melanoides turritispira | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Thiaridae |
Genus: | Melanoides |
Species: | M. turritispira
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Binomial name | |
Melanoides turritispira (E. A. Smith, 1877)[2]
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Synonyms[3] | |
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Melanoides turritispira is a species of gastropod in the Thiaridae family. It is endemic to Lake Malawi. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
Original description by Edgar Albert Smith from 1877 describes a juvenile snail.[3]
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species treats the species as a synonym of Melanoides polymorpha.[1]
References
- ↑ 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 11 October 2022.
- ↑ 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. figures 14–15.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN:0-7484-0026-5.
Wikidata ☰ Q5221870 entry
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