Biology:Cleopatra ferruginea

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Cleopatra ferruginea
Cleopatra cameroni (MNHN-IM-2000-24256).jpeg
shell of Cleopatra ferruginea (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Family:
Subfamily:
Cleopatrinae
Genus:
Species:
C. ferruginea
Binomial name
Cleopatra ferruginea
(Lea & Lea, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Cleopatra amaena (Morelet, 1851) (junior synonym)
  • Cleopatra aurocincta E. von Martens, 1879
  • Cleopatra cameroni Bourguignat, 1879
  • Cleopatra dautzenbergi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 (junior synonym)
  • Cleopatra kynganica Bourguignat, 1879
  • Cleopatra letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1879
  • Melania amaena Morelet, 1851 (junior synonym)
  • Melania ferruginea I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851 (original combination)
  • Melania zanguebarensis Petit de la Saussaye, 1851
  • Paludomus ferrugineus (I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851) (superseded combination)

Cleopatra ferruginea is a species of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Paludomidae.

Distribution

The holotype was found in Zanzibar.

This species is also found in Burundi, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda[1] and South Africa.[2]

Its natural habitats are intermittent rivers, swamps, and freshwater marshes.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Appleton, C.; Kristensen, T.K.; Lange, C.N.; Stensgaard, A-S. (2010). "Cleopatra ferruginea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T44238A10879113. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44238A10879113.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44238/10879113. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  2. Appleton C. C., Forbes A. T.& Demetriades N. T. (2009). "The occurrence, bionomics and potential impacts of the invasive freshwater snail Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1822) (Gastropoda: Thiaridae) in South Africa". Zoologische Mededelingen 83. http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a04
  • Brown, D. S. (1980). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance. Taylor & Francis, London. 1-487
  • Connolly, M. (1925). The non-marine Mollusca of Portuguese East Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 12 (3): 105-220, pl. 4-8. Cape Town.
  • Germain, L. (1935). Contribution à l'étude de la faune du Mozambique. Voyage de M.P. Lesne (1928–29). 17e note – mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles. Memórias e Estudos do Museu Zoológico da Universidadae de Coimbra [Series1] 80: 1–72.
  • Appleton, C.C. (1977). The fresh-water Mollusca of Tongaland with a note on molluscan distribution in Lake Sibaya. Annals of the Natal Museum 23(1):129-144.
  • Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. Annals of the South African Museum 33: 1–660
  • Brown D.S. (1994). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance, 2nd edition. London: Taylor and Francis, 607 p

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5131755 entry