Madagasikara madagascariensis

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Madagasikara madagascarensis
Madagasikara madagascariensis shell.png
apertural view of a shell of Madagasikara madagascariensis
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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)

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

This species is endemic to Madagascar.

Description

Drawing of apertural view of a shell (without some of top whorls) of Madagasikara madagascariensis. Madagasikara madagascariensis shell 2.png
Drawing of apertural view of a shell (without some of top whorls) of Madagasikara madagascariensis.
Photo of shells. Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.171597 - Madagasikara madagascariensis (Grateloup, 1839) - Pachychilidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Photo of shells.
Juvenile shells. Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.172305 - Madagasikara madagascariensis (Grateloup, 1839) - Pachychilidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Juvenile shells.

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References

  1. Van Damme, D. (2016). "Madagasikara madagascarensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T13022A91353200. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T13022A91353200.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Grateloup J.-P. S. de (1840). "Mémoire sur plusieur espèces des coquilles nouvelles ou peu connus". Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux  [ fr ]11: 161-170. page 167, plate 4, figure 7–9.
  3. 1 2 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.