Melanopsis letourneuxi | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
Family: | Melanopsidae |
Genus: | Melanopsis |
Species: | M. letourneuxi
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Binomial name | |
Melanopsis letourneuxi
Bourguignat, 1880
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Melanopsis letourneuxi is a species of freshwater gastropod [1] endemic to streams in coastal Morocco and Algeria.
Melanopsis letourneuxi is found almost exclusively in relatively shallow medium-sized streams with stony substrates, rarely occurring in stagnant sources. The species had historically been reported from several localities in north Africa, including a site in Algeria or (disputedly) Morocco - "in the source and the river Moulouya, west of Maghnia" [1] from which it has not been documented recently- and two confirmed adjacent Moroccan sites -Berguent and Ras el Ain at Aïn Beni Mathar - in which it is exceedingly rare. Remaining populations are threatened by water abstraction, pollution, and shell-collecting. [2]
Historically, several varieties (excluding the nominal var.) had been identified by Pallary and Bourguignat, including: [3]
† Denotes that the variety is not mentioned by the nomenclator of Neubauer 2016
*Denotes that the variety is considered invalid by the nomenclator of Neubauer 2016
Melanopsis letourneuxi | |
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Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
Family: | Melanopsidae |
Genus: | Melanopsis |
Species: | M. letourneuxi
|
Binomial name | |
Melanopsis letourneuxi
Bourguignat, 1880
|
Melanopsis letourneuxi is a species of freshwater gastropod [1] endemic to streams in coastal Morocco and Algeria.
Melanopsis letourneuxi is found almost exclusively in relatively shallow medium-sized streams with stony substrates, rarely occurring in stagnant sources. The species had historically been reported from several localities in north Africa, including a site in Algeria or (disputedly) Morocco - "in the source and the river Moulouya, west of Maghnia" [1] from which it has not been documented recently- and two confirmed adjacent Moroccan sites -Berguent and Ras el Ain at Aïn Beni Mathar - in which it is exceedingly rare. Remaining populations are threatened by water abstraction, pollution, and shell-collecting. [2]
Historically, several varieties (excluding the nominal var.) had been identified by Pallary and Bourguignat, including: [3]
† Denotes that the variety is not mentioned by the nomenclator of Neubauer 2016
*Denotes that the variety is considered invalid by the nomenclator of Neubauer 2016