Madagasikara madagascariensis

Madagasikara madagascarensis s a species of tropical freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pachychilidae.[3]

Madagasikara madagascarensis
apertural view of a shell of Madagasikara madagascariensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pachychilidae
Genus:
Madagasikara
Species:
M. madagascarensis
Binomial name
Madagasikara madagascarensis
(Grateloup, 1840)[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Melania madagascariensis Grateloup, 1840
  • Pirena madagascariensis
  • Melanatria madagascariensis
  • Melania dusabonis Grateloup, 1840
  • Melania bicarinata Grateloup, 1840
  • Pirena debeauxiana Crosse, 1862[4]
  • Melanatria debeauxiana[5]
  • Melanatria fluminea (partim)

This species is endemic to Madagascar.

Description
Drawing of apertural view of a shell (without some of top whorls) of Madagasikara madagascariensis.
Photo of shells.
Juvenile shells.

References
  1. Van Damme, D. (2016). "Madagasikara madagascarensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T13022A91353200. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T13022A91353200.en. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  2. Grateloup J.-P. S. de (1840). "Mémoire sur plusieur espèces des coquilles nouvelles ou peu connus". Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 11: 161-170. page 167, plate 4, figure 7-9.
  3. Köhler, F. & Glaubrecht, M. (2010). "Uncovering an overlooked radiation: molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Madagascar’s endemic river snails (Caenogastropoda: Pachychilidae: Madagasikara gen. nov.). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 99: 867-894. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01390.x
  4. Crosse H. (1862). "Catalogue des espèces vivantes appartenant au genre Pirena, et description d’une espèce nouvelle". Journal de Conchyliologie 10: 397-403. page 402, plate 13, figure 6.
  5. Brot A. (1879) In: Brot A. (1874-1879). Die Melaniaceen (Melanidae) in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Nürnberg, Bauer & Raspe. page 404, plate 43, figure 4.


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