Melanoides turritispira

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = Albrecht, C. 2018. Melanoides polymorpha. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T134051244A134051258. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T134051244A134051258.en. Accessed 11 October 2022.

| taxon = Melanoides turritispira

| authority = (E. A. Smith, 1877)Smith E. A. (1877). "On the shells of Lake Nyasa, and on a few marine species from Mozambique". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: [https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen772zool#page/712/mode/2up 712]-722. [https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen772zool#page/n424/mode/1up Plate 75]. figures 14–15.

| synonyms_ref = Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. {{ISBN|0-7484-0026-5}}.

| synonyms =

• Melania turritispira E. A. Smith, 1877
• M. woodwardi (Smith, 1893)
• Melanoides polymorpha

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Melanoides turritispira is a species of gastropod in the Thiaridae family. It is endemic to Lake Malawi. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Original description by Edgar Albert Smith from 1877 describes a juvenile snail.

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species treats the species as a synonym of Melanoides polymorpha.