Melanoides nyassana

Melanoides nyassana is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.

Melanoides nyassana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Thiaridae
Genus:
Melanoides
Species:
M. nyassana
Binomial name
Melanoides nyassana
Synonyms
  • Melania nyassana E. A. Smith, 1877
  • Melanoides polymorpha

It is endemic to Lake Malawi, where it is widespread.[1]

Melania truncatelliformis Bourguignat, 1889 may be a synonym of Melanoides nyassana.[3] The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species treats the species as a synonym of Melanoides polymorpha.[1]

References
  1. Albrecht, C. 2018. Melanoides polymorpha. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T134051244A134051258. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T134051244A134051258.en. Accessed on 11 October 2022.
  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 3.
  3. Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
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