Melanoides turritispira

Melanoides turritispira is a species of gastropod in the Thiaridae family. It is endemic to Malawi.[1] Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.[1] It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

Melanoides turritispira

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Thiaridae
Genus:
Melanoides
Species:
M. turritispira
Binomial name
Melanoides turritispira
Synonyms[3]
  • Melania turritispira E. A. Smith, 1877
  • M. woodwardi (Smith, 1893)

Original description by Edgar Albert Smith from 1877 describes a juvenile snail.[3]

References
  1. Kaunda E., Magombo Z., Kahwa D., Mailosa A., Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Melanoides turritispira. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  2. 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. figures 14-15.
  3. Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.


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