| Melanoides admirabilis | |
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| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
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| Species: | M. admirabilis |
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| Melanoides admirabilis (E. A. Smith, 1880)[2] | |
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| Melania (Sermyla) admirabilis Smith, 1880[2] | |
Melanoides admirabilis is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.
This species is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.
References
- ^ Nicayenzi F., Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Melanoides admirabilis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- ^ a b Smith E. A. (1880). "Diagnoses of new shells from Lake Tanganyika and East Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)6: 425-430. page 427.