Melanoides_turritispira

<i>Melanoides turritispira</i>

Melanoides turritispira

Species of gastropod

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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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]

References

  1. [1]
    Albrecht, C. 2018. Melanoides polymorpha. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T134051244A134051258. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T134051244A134051258.en. Accessed 11 October 2022.
  2. [2]
    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. figures 14–15.
  3. [3]
    Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.


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