Melanoides pupiformis | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
Family: | Thiaridae |
Genus: | Melanoides |
Species: | M. pupiformis |
Binomial name | |
Melanoides pupiformis (E. A. Smith, 1877)[2] |
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Synonyms | |
Melania pupiformis E. A. Smith, 1877 |
Melanoides pupiformis is a species of freshwater snail, gastropod in the Thiaridae family. It is endemic to Malawi.[1] Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.[1] It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]