Melanoides admirabilis
Melanoides admirabilis is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.
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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
- Nicayenzi F., Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Melanoides admirabilis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- 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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