Melanoides polymorpha

Melanoides polymorpha is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.

Melanoides polymorpha
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Thiaridae
Genus:	Melanoides
Species:	M. polymorpha
Binomial name
Melanoides polymorpha (E. A. Smith, 1877)[2]
Synonyms[3]
Melania polymorpha E. A. Smith, 1877 Melania tanganyicensis E. A. Smith, 1880[4]

This species is endemic to Lake Malawi and is found in Malawi, Tanzania, and Mozambique. It is very abundant throughout the lake in the littoral soft sediments.^[1]