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Madagasikara spinosa is a species of tropical freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pachychilidae. [3]
Madagasikara spinosa is the type species of the genus Madagasikara . [3]
This species is endemic to Madagascar. [3] It was recorded in East Madagascar and in surrounding islands such as Île Sainte-Marie. [3]
The type locality is "Dans le rivières de l’ile de Madagascar", in rivers of Madagascar. [3]
The shell is elongate and large and it has 5.0-11.0 whorls. [3] The color of the shell is from brown to black. [3] The apex is truncated. [3] There are axial ribs especially on upper whorls. [3] The aperture is widely oval with palatal and basal sinus. [3]
The width of the shell is 9.9-28.3 mm. [3] The height of the shell is 25.2-69.5 mm. [3] The width of the aperture is 5.0-18.4 mm. [3] The height of the aperture is 8.0-23.1 mm. [3]
The operculum is oval and black. [3]
The color of the animal is dark grey to black with yellowish dots. [3] Tentacles are quite long. [3] Radula is taeniglossate. [3] Radula is about 16 mm long with about 127 rows of teeth. [3]
It lives in fast running streams. [3]
Sexes are separate (gonochorism). [3] Females lays eggs (oviparous). [3]
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