Melanoides nodicincta

Melanoides nodicincta is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae. It was found at a depth of 10 to 90 feet (3.0 to 27.4 m).^[1]

Melanoides nodicincta
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Thiaridae
Genus:	Melanoides
Species:	M. nodicincta
Binomial name
Melanoides nodicincta (Dohrn, 1865)[2]
Synonyms[3]
Melania nodicincta Dohrn, 1865 Melania simonsi E. A. Smith, 1877 Melanoides simonsi (E. A. Smith, 1877)

Melania simonsi E. A. Smith, 1877 / Melanoides simonsi (E. A. Smith, 1877) is considered as a synonym of Melanoides nodicincta (Dohrn, 1865), but it may be a separate species.^[3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Malawi. The type locality is near the southern end of the Lake Malawi and in upper part of its outlet - the Shire River.^[2]

Ecology

Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.

References

1. Kaunda E., Magombo Z., Kahwa D., Mailosa A., Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Melanoides nodicincta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
2. 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.
3. Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.