Melanoides turritispira

Melanoides turritispira
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Sorbeoconcha

Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Thiaridae
Genus: Melanoides
Species: M. turritispira
Binomial name
Melanoides turritispira
(E. A. Smith, 1877)[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Melania turritispira E. A. Smith, 1877
  • M. woodwardi (Smith, 1893)

Melanoides turritispira is a species of 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]

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kaunda E., Magombo Z., Kahwa D., Mailosa A., Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Melanoides turritispira. 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. figures 14-15.
  3. 1 2 Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
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