Melanoides victoriae

Melanoides victoriae is a species of a freshwater snail, a gastropod in the Thiaridae family.^[2]

Melanoides victoriae
apertural view of a shell of Melanoides victoriae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Thiaridae
Genus:	Melanoides
Species:	M. victoriae
Binomial name
Melanoides victoriae (Dohrn, 1865)[1]
Synonyms
Melania victoriae Dohrn, 1865

Distribution

The type locality is "the rapids above the Victoria Falls of the Zambezi",^[1] Zambezi River at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.^[2]

Melanoides victoriae is endemic to Southern Africa, and the species distribution includes:

• Botswana^[3]
• South Africa^[2]
• Zambezi River, Zimbabwe^[2]
• East Caprivi and Okavango River in north-eastern Namibia^[2]
• Cunene River^[2]

Description

The width of the shell is 10 mm.^[2] The height of the shell is 29 mm.^[2]