Melanoides tuberculata Müller 1774 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
Alternative combination: Nerita tuberculata
Belongs to Melanoides according to J. Peters 1990
Sister taxa: Melanoides (Melanoides), Melanoides curvicosta, Melanoides vidali, Thiara (Melanoides) calafi
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (2 collections), Mauritius (1), Niger (2), Sudan (1)
• Pliocene of Spain (2)
• Miocene of Kenya (1), Uganda (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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