Morphological study of some species of invertebrates in Al-Diwaniyah City, Iraq.
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https://doi.org/10.61132/obat.v3i1.900Keywords:
Gastropoda, Invertebrates, Biodiversity.Abstract
The current study has investigated the morphological identification of some snails of
Class Gastropoda in AL-Diwaniyah City in Iraq. The findings show that there are three
families of studied samples, and they are Viviparidae, Thiaridae, and Melanopsidae of the
species that are Melanoides tuberculata, Bellamya bengalensis and Melanopsis nodosa.
More studies should be conducted in this regard, for the fact that normal fauna is
important in terms of local fauna, and they should be kept under monitoring to avoid
species extinction.
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