| Melanoides nyassana | |
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| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
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| Species: | M. nyassana |
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| Melanoides nyassana (E. A. Smith, 1877)[2] | |
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| Melania nyassana E. A. Smith, 1877 | |
Melanoides nyassana is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.
Melania truncatelliformis Bourguignat, 1889 may be a synonym of Melanoides nyassana.[3]
This species is endemic to Malawi. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.
References
- ^ Kaunda E., Magombo Z., Kahwa D., Mailosa A., Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Melanoides nyassana. 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. figure 3.
- ^ Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.