Melanoides admirabilis is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.
Melanoides admirabilis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Thiaridae |
Genus: | Melanoides |
Species: | M. admirabilis
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Binomial name | |
Melanoides admirabilis (E. A. Smith, 1880)[2]
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Synonyms | |
Melania (Sermyla) admirabilis Smith, 1880[2] |
This species is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.
References
edit- ^ Nicayenzi, F.; Ngereza, C. (2010). "Melanoides admirabilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T44261A10869389. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44261A10869389.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b Smith E. A. (1880). "Diagnoses of new shells from Lake Tanganyika and East Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)6: 425-430. page 427.