Melanoides admirabilis

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

Melanoides admirabilis

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. admirabilis
Binomial name
Melanoides admirabilis
Synonyms

Melania (Sermyla) admirabilis Smith, 1880[2]

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

References
  1. Nicayenzi F., Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Melanoides admirabilis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  2. 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.


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