Specimen Information

Melanoides tuberculata
Melanoides tuberculata
(red-rim melania)
Mollusks-Gastropods
Exotic

Specimen ID261195
GroupMollusks-Gastropods
GenusMelanoides
Speciestuberculata
Common Namered-rim melania
StateNV
CountyNye
LocalityBig Spring, Ash Meadows, near Ash Meadows Ranch in the southeast part of the Meadows
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameUpper Amargosa
HUC8 Number18090202
Map
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Collection Year1985
Year AccuracyPublication Year
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:18558
Author:Williams, J.E., and D.W. Sada
Date:1985
Title:Status of two endangered fishes, Cyprinodon nevadensis mionectes and Rhinichthys osculus nevadensis, from two springs in Ash Meadows, Nevada.
Journal:The Southwestern Naturalist
Volume:30
Issue:4
Pages:475-484
Commentsshells compose a large portion of the substrate
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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