Melanoides nyassana

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Melanoides nyassana

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Thiaridae
Genus:
Melanoides
Species:
M. nyassana
Binomial name
Melanoides nyassana
Synonyms
  • Melania nyassana E. A. Smith, 1877
  • Melanoides polymorpha

Melanoides nyassana is a

mollusk in the family Thiaridae
.

It is

endemic to Lake Malawi, where it is widespread.[1]

Melania truncatelliformis Bourguignat, 1889 may be a synonym of Melanoides nyassana.

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species treats the species as a synonym of Melanoides polymorpha.[1]

References

  1. ^
    The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T134051244A134051258. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T134051244A134051258.en
    . Accessed on 11 October 2022.
  2. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 712-722. Plate 75
    . figure 3.
  3. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5
    .
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