Melanoides victoriae | |
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apertural view of a shell of Melanoides victoriae | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
Family: | Thiaridae |
Genus: | Melanoides |
Species: | M. victoriae |
Binomial name | |
Melanoides victoriae (Dohrn, 1865)[1] |
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Synonyms | |
Melania victoriae Dohrn, 1865 |
Melanoides victoriae is a species of a freshwater snail, a gastropod in the Thiaridae family.[2]
The type locality is "the rapids above the Victoria Falls of the Zambezi",[1] Zambezi River at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.[2]
Distribution of Melanoides victoriae include:
The width of the shell is 10 mm.[2] The height of the shell is 29 mm.[2]