Melanoides turritispira: taxon details and analytics

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

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Melanoides turritispira

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.

Original description by Edgar Albert Smith from 1877 describes a juvenile snail.

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species treats the species as a synonym of Melanoides polymorpha.

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