Melanoides tuberculata (Mueller, 1774)
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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v120/i4/2020/143316 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C4743E-FFEB-2A05-FF4F-FB5CFE49F903 |
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Felipe |
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Melanoides tuberculata (Mueller, 1774) |
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6. Melanoides tuberculata (Mueller, 1774) View in CoL
Material examined: FBRC /ZSI/INV/1535, 07 ex, Indravati river , Jagdalpur, 17.i.2018 FBRC /ZSI/INV/1587, 02 ex, Chitrakote , Jagdalpur, 19.i.2018 ; FBRC /ZSI/INV/1594, 02 ex, Dankani river , Bastar, 20.i.2018 .
Shell characters: Shell sculptured with vertical ribs and spiral striations; 10-14 whorls; height of the spire 5 times that of aperture; central teeth of radula usually with 11 cusps; shell covered with brownish spots and longitudinal stripes.
Distribution in India: Common throughout India.
Genus Tarebia Adams, 1854
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