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

Data Deficient  (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. pergracilis
Binomial name
Melanoides pergracilis
(Von Martens, 1897)

This species is endemic to Malawi. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.

References
  1. Kaunda E., Magombo Z., Kahwa D., Mailosa A., Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Melanoides pergracilis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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