Melanoides nodicincta
Species of gastropod
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Melanoides nodicincta is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae. It was found at a depth of 10 to 90 feet (3.0 to 27.4 m).[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Thiaridae |
| Genus: | Melanoides |
| Species: | M. nodicincta |
| Binomial name | |
| Melanoides nodicincta | |
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Melania simonsi E. A. Smith, 1877 / Melanoides simonsi (E. A. Smith, 1877) is considered as a synonym of Melanoides nodicincta (Dohrn, 1865), but it may be a separate species.[3]
Distribution
This species is endemic to Malawi. The type locality is near the southern end of the Lake Malawi and in upper part of its outlet - the Shire River.[2]
