Melanoides pupiformis

Melanoides pupiformis
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]
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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kaunda E., Magombo Z., Kahwa D., Mailosa A., Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Melanoides pupiformis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  2. Smith E. A. (1877). "On the shells of Lake Nyasa, and on a few marine species from Mozambique". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 712-722. Plate 75. figure 13.
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