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
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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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