Melanoides pergracilis is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.
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 |
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 edit
- ^ 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.