Madagasikara madagascariensis

Madagasikara madagascarensis s a species of tropical freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pachychilidae.[3]

Madagasikara madagascarensis
apertural view of a shell of Madagasikara madagascariensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pachychilidae
Genus:
Madagasikara
Species:
M. madagascarensis
Binomial name
Madagasikara madagascarensis
(Grateloup, 1840)[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Melania madagascariensis Grateloup, 1840
  • Pirena madagascariensis
  • Melanatria madagascariensis
  • Melania dusabonis Grateloup, 1840
  • Melania bicarinata Grateloup, 1840
  • Pirena debeauxiana Crosse, 1862[4]
  • Melanatria debeauxiana[5]
  • Melanatria fluminea (partim)

This species is endemic to Madagascar.

Description
Drawing of apertural view of a shell (without some of top whorls) of Madagasikara madagascariensis.
Photo of shells.
Juvenile shells.
gollark: Stars?
gollark: Kerbal... Doesn't fit, annoyingly.
gollark: And Clock on a time dragon.
gollark: (The Future is most of it, though)
gollark: Soon I shall rule all of time!

References
  1. Van Damme, D. (2016). "Madagasikara madagascarensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T13022A91353200. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T13022A91353200.en. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  2. Grateloup J.-P. S. de (1840). "Mémoire sur plusieur espèces des coquilles nouvelles ou peu connus". Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 11: 161-170. page 167, plate 4, figure 7-9.
  3. Köhler, F. & Glaubrecht, M. (2010). "Uncovering an overlooked radiation: molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Madagascar’s endemic river snails (Caenogastropoda: Pachychilidae: Madagasikara gen. nov.). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 99: 867-894. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01390.x
  4. Crosse H. (1862). "Catalogue des espèces vivantes appartenant au genre Pirena, et description d’une espèce nouvelle". Journal de Conchyliologie 10: 397-403. page 402, plate 13, figure 6.
  5. Brot A. (1879) In: Brot A. (1874-1879). Die Melaniaceen (Melanidae) in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Nürnberg, Bauer & Raspe. page 404, plate 43, figure 4.


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