Superfamily Cerithioidea Higher classification Melanoides | Scientific name Melanoides nyassana Rank Species | |
Similar Melanoides admirabilis, Thiaridae, Melanoides, Gastropods, Molluscs | ||
Melanoides nyassana is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.
Melania truncatelliformis Bourguignat, 1889 may be a synonym of Melanoides nyassana.
This species is endemic to Malawi. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.
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