Melanoides polymorpha

Summary

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

Melanoides polymorpha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Thiaridae
Genus: Melanoides
Species:
M. polymorpha
Binomial name
Melanoides polymorpha
Synonyms[4]
  • Melania polymorpha E. A. Smith, 1877
  • Melania tanganyicensis E. A. Smith, 1880[3]

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.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Albrecht, C. (2018). "Melanoides polymorpha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T134051244A134051258. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T134051244A134051258.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  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. Plates 74-75. page 714, Plate 55, figure 4-10.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.