Melanoides turritispira

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Melanoides turritispira

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Thiaridae
Genus: Melanoides
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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