The Malaysian Trumpet, scientific name Melanoides tuberculata, is a species of freshwater snail, a parthenogenetic, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae. They are native to subtropical and tropical northern Africa and southern Asia.

This species has an elongate, conical shell, which is usually light brown, marked with rust-colored spots. They also have an operculum, essentailly a door to their shell. They feed mainly on algae. (more…)

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