Melanoides victoriae is a species of a freshwater snail, a gastropod in the Thiaridae family.[2]
| Melanoides victoriae | |
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| apertural view of a shell of Melanoides victoriae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Thiaridae |
| Genus: | Melanoides |
| Species: | M. victoriae
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanoides victoriae | |
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Melania victoriae Dohrn, 1865 | |
Distribution
editThe type locality is "the rapids above the Victoria Falls of the Zambezi",[1] Zambezi River at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.[2]
Melanoides victoriae is endemic to Southern Africa, and the species distribution includes:
- Botswana[3]
- South Africa[2]
- Zambezi River, Zimbabwe[2]
- East Caprivi and Okavango River in north-eastern Namibia[2]
- Cunene River[2]
Description
editThe width of the shell is 10 mm.[2] The height of the shell is 29 mm.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Dohrn H. (1865). "List of the land and freshwater shells of the Zambezi and Lake Nyasa, eastern tropical Africa, collected by John Kirk". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865: 231-234. page 234.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
- ^ Rapalai, B.L. (2024). "An annotated checklist of molluscs recorded from Botswana". Indago. 41: 15–44. doi:10.5281/zenodo.13132605.
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