- Melanoides victoriae
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Melanoides victoriae 
apertural view of a shell of Melanoides victoriae Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea Family: Thiaridae Genus: Melanoides Species: M. victoriae Binomial name Melanoides victoriae
(Dohrn, 1865)[1]Synonyms Melania victoriae Dohrn, 1865
Melanoides victoriae is a species of a freshwater snail, a gastropod in the Thiaridae family.[2]
Distribution
The type locality is "the rapids above the Victoria Falls of the Zambezi",[1] Zambezi River at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.[2]
Distribution of Melanoides victoriae include:
- South Africa[2]
- Zambezi River, Zimbabwe[2]
- East Caprivi and Okavango River in north-eastern Namibia[2]
- Cunene River[2]
Description
The width of the shell is 10 mm.[2] The height of the shell is 29 mm.[2]
References
- ^ a b Dohrn H. (1865). "List of the land and freshwater shells of the Zambezi and Lake Nyasa, eastern tropical Africa, collected by John Kirk". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865: 231-234. page 234.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0 7484 0026 5.
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