Melanopsis letourneuxi
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| Melanopsis letourneuxi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Melanopsidae |
| Genus: | Melanopsis |
| Species: | M. letourneuxi |
| Binomial name | |
| Melanopsis letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1880 | |
Melanopsis letourneuxi is a species of freshwater gastropod[1] endemic to streams in coastal Morocco and Algeria.
Melanopsis letourneuxi is found almost exclusively in relatively shallow medium-sized streams with stony substrates, rarely occurring in stagnant sources. The species had historically been reported from several localities in north Africa, including a site in Algeria or (disputedly) Morocco - "in the source and the river Moulouya, west of Maghnia"[1] from which it has not been documented recently- and two confirmed adjacent Moroccan sites -Berguent and Ras el Ain at Aïn Beni Mathar - in which it is exceedingly rare. Remaining populations are threatened by water abstraction, pollution, and shell-collecting.[2]