Biology:Cleopatra (gastropod)

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Cleopatra
Cleopatra madagascariensis (MNHN-IM-2000-4606).jpeg
Shell of Cleopatra madagascariensis (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Paludomidae
Genus: Cleopatra
Troschel, 1857
Diversity[1]
about 20 freshwater species

Cleopatra is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Paludomidae within the subfamily Cleopatrinae.[2]

Cleopatra is the type genus of the subfamily Cleopatrinae.[3]

The diploid chromosome number of Cleopatra bulimoides is 2n=28.[4]

Distribution

The distribution of the species within this genus includes Egypt.[citation needed]

Species

The genus Cleopatra includes the following species:

  • Cleopatra adami Neiber & Glaubrecht, 2019
  • Cleopatra africana (Martens, 1878)[1]
  • Cleopatra angulata Williamson, 1979
  • Cleopatra arambourgi Roger, 1944
  • Cleopatra athiensis Verdcourt, 1957[1]
  • Cleopatra bulimoides (Olivier, 1804) - type species[1]
  • Cleopatra colbeaui (Craven, 1880)[1]
  • Cleopatra cridlandi Mandahl-Barth, 1954[1]
  • Cleopatra cyclostomoides
    • Cleopatra cyclostomoides cyclostomoides
    • Cleopatra cyclostomoides tchadiensis Germain 1907
  • Cleopatra dubia Adam, 1959
  • Cleopatra elata Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914[1]
  • Cleopatra exarata (Martens, 1878)[1]
  • Cleopatra ferruginea (I. & H. C. Lea, 1850)[1]
  • Cleopatra grandidieri (Crosse & Fischer, 1872)[1]
  • Cleopatra guillemei Bourguignat, 1885[1]
  • Cleopatra hemmingi Verdcourt, 1956[1]
  • Cleopatra johnstoni Smith, 1893[1]
  • Cleopatra kaisoensis Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
  • Cleopatra langi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927[1]
  • Cleopatra lepersonnei (Gautier, 1970)
  • Cleopatra lesnei Germain, 1935
  • Cleopatra madagascariensis (Crosse & Fischer, 1872)[1]
  • Cleopatra mweruensis Smith, 1893[1]
  • Cleopatra nsendweensis Dupuis & Putzeys, 1902[1]
  • Cleopatra obscura Mandahl-Barth, 1968[1]
  • Cleopatra pilula Mandahl-Barth, 1967[1]
  • Cleopatra poutrini Lamy, 1909
  • Cleopatra rugosa Connolly, 1925[1]
  • Cleopatra smithi Ancey, 1906[1]
  • Cleopatra vanloockei Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
Taxa inquirenda
  • Cleopatra clara Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
  • Cleopatra congener Preston, 1913
  • Cleopatra laurenti Bourguignat, 1879
  • Cleopatra lhotellerii Bourguignat, 1879
  • Cleopatra mareotica Bourguignat, 1879
  • Cleopatra percarinata Bourguignat, 1885
  • Cleopatra raymondi Bourguignat, 1879
  • Cleopatra soleilleti Bourguignat, 1885
Species brought into synonymy
  • Cleopatra broecki Putzeys, 1899 - synonym: Potadomoides broecki (Putzeys, 1899)[5]
  • Cleopatra cameroni Bourguignat, 1879: synonym of Cleopatra ferruginea (I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851)
  • Cleopatra pauli Bourguignat, 1885: synonym of Cleopatra bulimoides (Olivier, 1804)

Ecology

The habitat of species in this genus includes slow-running freshwater streams.[4]

Parasites of Cleopatra include:

  • Serves as an intermediate host for Prohemistomum vivax.

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN:0-7484-0026-5.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cleopatra Troschel, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=739281 on 2020-08-19
  3. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel; Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Amany A. Tohamy & Shaimaa M. Mohamed (2006). "Chromosomal studies on two Egyptian freshwater snails, Cleopatra and Bithynia (Mollusca-Prosobranchiata)". Arab J. Biotech. 9(1): 17-26. PDF.
  5. Glaubrecht M. (2010). "The enigmatic Cleopatra broecki Putzeys, 1899 of the Congo River system in Africa – re-transfer from Potadomoides Leloup, 1953 (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea, Paludomidae)". Zoosystematics and Evolution 86(2): 283-293. doi:10.1002/zoos.201000011.
  • Brown D.S. (1994). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance, 2nd edition. London: Taylor and Francis, 607 p.

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Further reading

  • Yasseen A. E. (1994). "Chromosomal studies of freshwater snail Cleopatra bulimoides common in upper Egypt". Cytologia 59: 317-322.

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