Margarya monodi: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Architaenioglossa
Family
Viviparidae
Genus
Margarya
Species
Margarya monodi
Scientific Name
Margarya monodi

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Margarya monodi

Margarya monodi is a species of large operculate freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae, the river snails.

This species appears to be endemic to Lake Dianchi, in Yunnan Province, China.

These snails are collected commercially and used as medicine and food.

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