''Melanopsis mourebeyensis'' is a species of small freshwater gastropod endemic to the Oued Oum Rbi (Oued Oum er Rbia),
in
Morocco. ''M. mourebeyensis'' is distinct from other
Melanopsis
''Melanopsis'' is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Melanopsidae.Rosenberg, G. (2014). Melanopsis Férussac, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http:/ ...
species due to its distinctive nodular carena and inflated body whorl- the shell grows to 20 mm in length. The species occupies the lower section of the river, in which it has an abundant population despite issues with pollution, abstraction and divergence caused by irrigation which disturbs the natural shallow-riverine habitat of melanopsids. It is also vulnerable to the collection of shells. The species is classified as
Endangered by the
IUCN
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natu ...
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References
Melanopsidae
Molluscs of Africa
Gastropods described in 1901
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