Melanoides pergracilis

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

Melanoides pergracilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Thiaridae
Genus:
Melanoides
Species:
M. pergracilis
Binomial name
Melanoides pergracilis
(Von Martens, 1897)
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
  1. 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.


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