Stenomelania denisoniensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Thiaridae |
Genus: | Stenomelania |
Species: | S. denisoniensis
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Binomial name | |
Stenomelania denisoniensis (Brot, 1877)
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Stenomelania denisoniensis is a very variable species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.[2] Stenomelania denisoniensis has a long, slender shell and small aperture. This species has a characteristic angled shoulder just below the suture. This shoulder may be strong in some individuals and weak in others even if they are part of the same population.[3]
"On and in sediment, rocks and on water weeds in freshwater rivers, streams, lakes and dams. A detritus and algal feeder. Stenomelania denisoniensis broods larvae in a brood pouch in the head which may contain a dozen shelled juveniles and many unshelled juveniles in different embryonic stages."[3]
Distribution of Stenomelania denisoniensis is endemic to Australia and includes New South Wales and Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia[1] Is found most commonly found in tropical and subtropical Australia (the northern half of the continent).