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Melanoides tuberculata<br />

Taxon: Gastropod<br />

Kingdom: Animalia<br />

Subkingdom: Eumetazoa Phylum: Mollusca<br />

Subphylum: Superclass: Class: Gastropoda<br />

Subclass: Caenogastropoda Infraclass: Superorder:<br />

Order: Suborder: Infraorder:<br />

Superfamily: Cerithioidea Family: Thiaridae Subfamily:<br />

Also Known As (Name - Type): Common Names:<br />

Melanoides tuberculatus Convention red-rim melania<br />

Nerita tuberculata Synonym<br />

Thiara (Melanoides) tuberculata Synonym<br />

Thiara tuberculata Synonym<br />

Type Locality: Coromandel coast of India<br />

Ecoregion-level distribution<br />

Master Classifications<br />

Date 1st record: Unknown<br />

Loc 1st record: Japan<br />

Established: Yes<br />

NWP<br />

Taxonomic Author: (Müller, 1774)<br />

Hawaii<br />

1994<br />

Oahu, Hawaii<br />

Yes<br />

Species ID: 1184<br />

Print Date: 9/9/2012 11:28:24 PM<br />

NEP<br />

1972<br />

Riverside County, California<br />

Yes<br />

VECTORS<br />

SH MS AF X ID RE AP X REC SF HR O<br />

BW SB HF S/R AE AA X IR<br />

A P<br />

AO PO<br />

X X<br />

Comments: Melanoides tuberculata is a freshwater snail though it may extend into estuarine waters. It is thought to be<br />

native to East Africa, Middle East, south-east Asian mainland, and northern Australia. It is introduced in the NEP<br />

(CANOD, 2009), Hawaii (Carlton and Eldredge, 2009), and Japan (Mito and Uesugi, 2004).<br />

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