Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774)
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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v123/i3/2023/172670 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B987E3-B662-F219-9615-EF18FAEFC146 |
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Felipe |
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Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) |
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35. Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) View in CoL
1774. Nerita tuberculata Müller, Hist. Verm. Terr. Fluv. , 2: 191.
Material examined: 1 ex. Siju Cave (~ 150-200m inside the Cave), Siju village, South Garo Hills District , Meghalaya, 25 o 21.061’N, 90 o 41.006’E, 119m, 03.i.2020, coll. I. J. Kharkongor & party, Reg. No. IV / MOL /ERS-842 GoogleMaps .
Remarks: In the 1924 report, Annandale and Chopra mentioned that a single broken shell of the aquatic species Melanoides pyramis (Hutton) was found and another was collected at 350ft from the entrance. Melanoides pyramis is a synonym of Melanoides tuberculata , one of the most widely distributed freshwater Mollusca. Resurveys of the Cave carried out from 2018-2020 yielded only a single dead/empty and highly eroded shell of this species.
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Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina |
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