Melanoides pergracilis
Appearance
Melanoides pergracilis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Thiaridae |
Genus: | Melanoides |
Species: | M. pergracilis
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Binomial name | |
Melanoides pergracilis (Von Martens, 1897)
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Synonyms | |
Melanoides polymorpha |
Melanoides pergracilis is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.
This species is endemic to Lake Malawi. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species treats the species as a synonym of Melanoides polymorpha
References
- ^ 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.