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Melanoides admirabilis

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Melanoides admirabilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Thiaridae
Genus: Melanoides
Species:
M. admirabilis
Binomial name
Melanoides admirabilis
Synonyms

Melania (Sermyla) admirabilis Smith, 1880[2]

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

This species is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.