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Madagasikara madagascarensis
Madagasikara madagascariensis shell.png
apertural view of a shell of Madagasikara madagascariensis
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pachychilidae
Genus:
Madagasikara
Species:
M. madagascarensis
Binomial name
Madagasikara madagascarensis
(Grateloup, 1840)
Synonyms
  • Melania madagascariensis Grateloup, 1840
  • Pirena madagascariensis
  • Melanatria madagascariensis
  • Melania dusabonis Grateloup, 1840
  • Melania bicarinata Grateloup, 1840
  • Pirena debeauxiana Crosse, 1862
  • Melanatria debeauxiana
  • 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.

This species is endemic to Madagascar.

Description

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