Melanoides victoriae
Encyclopedia
Melanoides victoriae is a species of a freshwater snail
, a gastropod in the Thiaridae
family.
River at Victoria Falls
, Zimbabwe.
Distribution of Melanoides victoriae include:
Freshwater snail
A freshwater snail is one kind of freshwater mollusc, the other kind being freshwater clams and mussels, i.e. freshwater bivalves. Specifically a freshwater snail is a gastropod that lives in a watery non-marine habitat. The majority of freshwater gastropods have a shell, with very few exceptions....
, a gastropod in the Thiaridae
Thiaridae
Thiaridae, common name thiarids, is a family of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cerithioidea....
family.
Distribution
The type locality is "the rapids above the Victoria Falls of the Zambezi", ZambeziZambezi
The Zambezi is the fourth-longest river in Africa, and the largest flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa. The area of its basin is , slightly less than half that of the Nile...
River at Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls
The Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya is a waterfall located in southern Africa on the Zambezi River between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe.-Introduction:...
, Zimbabwe.
Distribution of Melanoides victoriae include:
- South Africa
- Zambezi River, Zimbabwe
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