Melanoides turritispira
Species of gastropod / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Melanoides turritispira is a species of gastropod in the Thiaridae family. It is endemic to Lake Malawi. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
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Melanoides turritispira | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Thiaridae |
Genus: | Melanoides |
Species: | M. turritispira |
Binomial name | |
Melanoides turritispira (E. A. Smith, 1877)[2] | |
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Original description by Edgar Albert Smith from 1877 describes a juvenile snail.[3]
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species treats the species as a synonym of Melanoides polymorpha.[1]