Melanoides polymorpha: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Family
Thiaridae
Genus
Melanoides
Species
Melanoides polymorpha
Scientific Name
Melanoides polymorpha

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Melanoides polymorpha

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

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.

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