Melanoides turritispira

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Melanoides turritispira

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
M. turritispira
Binomial name
Melanoides turritispira
Synonyms[3]
  • Melania turritispira E. A. Smith, 1877
  • M. woodwardi (Smith, 1893)
  • Melanoides polymorpha

Melanoides turritispira is a species of

habitat loss.[1]

Original description by Edgar Albert Smith from 1877 describes a juvenile snail.[3]

The

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

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