Melanoides admirabilis

Summary

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

Melanoides admirabilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Thiaridae
Genus: Melanoides
Species:
M. admirabilis
Binomial name
Melanoides admirabilis
Synonyms

Melania (Sermyla) admirabilis Smith, 1880[2]

This species is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.

References edit

  1. ^ Nicayenzi, F.; Ngereza, C. (2010). "Melanoides admirabilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T44261A10869389. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44261A10869389.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Smith E. A. (1880). "Diagnoses of new shells from Lake Tanganyika and East Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)6: 425-430. page 427.