Melanoides turritispira

Melanoides turritispira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Thiaridae
Genus: Melanoides
Species:
M. turritispira
Binomial name
Melanoides turritispira
Synonyms[3]
  • Melania turritispira E. A. Smith, 1877
  • M. woodwardi (Smith, 1893)
  • Melanoides polymorpha

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. ^ a b c 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.
  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. figures 14–15.
  3. ^ a b Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.


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