- Melanoides turritispira
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Melanoides turritispira Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea Family: Thiaridae Genus: Melanoides Species: M. turritispira Binomial name Melanoides turritispira
(E. A. Smith, 1877)[2]Synonyms[3] - Melania turritispira E. A. Smith, 1877
- M. woodwardi (Smith, 1893)
Melanoides turritispira is a species of gastropod in the Thiaridae family. It is endemic to Malawi.[1] Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.[1] It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
Original description by Edgar Albert Smith from 1877 describes a juvenile snail.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d Kaunda E., Magombo Z., Kahwa D., Mailosa A., Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Melanoides turritispira. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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