Margarya melanioides

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Margarya melanioides
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Apertural view of a shell of Margarya melanioides.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Viviparidae
Genus: Margarya
Species:
M. melanioides
Binomial name
Margarya melanioides
Nevill, 1877 [2]
Synonyms [1] [3] [4]

Margarya melanoides (spelling error) [1]
Margarya melanioides carinata Neumayr
Margarya melanoides delavayi Mabille
Vivipara delavayi Mabille, 1886 [5]
Paludina margeriana Anderson, 1878
Vivipara (Tulotoma) margeriana Neumayr,1883
Vivipara (Tulotoma) margeriana var. tuberculata Neumayr,1883

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Margarya melanioides is a species of large operculate freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae, the river snails.

Margarya melanioides is the type species of the genus Margarya. [2] [6]

Distribution

The distribution of Margarya melanioides includes Dian Lake, Erhai Lake, Jianhu Lake, Xihu Lake, and Cibi Lake in Yunnan Province, China. [1] [4] Former records in Daduitai Lake and Xingyun Lake are considered as a result of the mix-up of species name. [4]

An average population density was 36 individuals per square meter in Dianchi Lake in 1940s, [7] 0.7 individuals per square meter in 1990s [7] and 0.068 individuals per square meter in Dianchi Lake in 2012. [7]

According to the population ecology research by Song et al. (2013), [7] the population of will collapse in the Dian Lake in 2015. [7]

Description

The width of the shell is up to 64.3 mm. The height of the shell is up to 94.7 mm. [4]

Shu et al. (2010) provided details about the shell and about the radula. [3]

The diploid chromosome number of Margarya melanioides is 2n=18. [3] [8]

Ecology

Margarya melanioides is a dioecious species. [7] Females are ovoviviparous and one female lay 5-6 eggs per year. [7] The newborn shell is about 8 mm in height. [7] The snail will reach maturity in one year in a shell height about 30 mm. [7]

The lifespan is 3–4 years. [7]

Human use

This species is extensively harvested as a human food source, but harvesting is one of its threats. [7]

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References

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