Melanoides nyassana

Melanoides nyassana
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Thiaridae
Genus:	Melanoides
Species:	M. nyassana
Binomial name
Melanoides nyassana (E. A. Smith, 1877)[2]
Synonyms
Melania nyassana E. A. Smith, 1877 Melanoides polymorpha

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

It is endemic to Lake Malawi, where it is widespread.^[1]

Melania truncatelliformis Bourguignat, 1889 may be a synonym of Melanoides nyassana.^[3] The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species treats the species as a synonym of Melanoides polymorpha.^[1]

References

1. Albrecht, C. 2018. Melanoides polymorpha. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T134051244A134051258. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T134051244A134051258.en. Accessed on 11 October 2022.
2. Smith E. A. (1877). "On the shells of Lake Nyasa, and on a few marine species from Mozambique". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 712-722. Plate 75. figure 3.
3. Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.