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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Thiaridae |
| Genus: | Stenomelania |
| Species: | S. denisoniensis
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| Stenomelania denisoniensis (Brot, 1877)
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Biology and ecology
edit"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
editDistribution 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).
References
edit- ^ a b c Clark S. (2011). "Stenomelania denisoniensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T188945A8665967. Downloaded on 11 January 2016.
- ^ Australian Faunal Directory: Stenomelania denisoniensis
- ^ a b "Stenomelania denisoniensis - fact sheet". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
- Brot, A. 1877. Die Melaniaceen (Melanidae). pp. 193–352 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Bd 9 Tl 3.
- Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230
- Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Non-marine Mollusca. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 xii 408 pp.
- Glaubrecht, M., Brinkmann, N. & Pöppe, J. 2009. Diversity and disparity ‘down under’: Systematics, biogeography and reproductive modes of the ‘marsupial’ freshwater Thiaridae (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea) in Australia. Zoosystematics and Evolution 85(2): 199-275
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