Melanoides nyassana is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Thiaridae |
| Genus: | Melanoides |
| Species: | M. nyassana
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| Melanoides nyassana (E. A. Smith, 1877)[2]
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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 edit
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
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