- Melanopsis trifasciata
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Melanopsis trifasciata Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea Family: Melanopsidae Genus: Melanopsis Species: M. trifasciata Binomial name Melanopsis trifasciata
Gray, 1843Synonyms Melanopsis zelandica Gould, 1843
Melanopsis strangei Reeve, 1860
Melanopsis trifasciata Suter, 1913Melanopsis trifasciata is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Melanopsidae.
This species of snail is found only in streams and brackish estuaries in New Zealand.
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- NZETC
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