Margarya monodi
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| Margarya monodi | |
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| Shell of Margarya monodi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Family: | Viviparidae |
| Genus: | Margarya |
| Species: | M. monodi |
| Binomial name | |
| Margarya monodi | |
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Margarya monodi is a species of large operculate freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae, the river snails.[3]
This species appears to be endemic to Lake Dianchi, in Yunnan Province, China.
These snails are collected commercially and used as medicine and food.