Biology:Tanganyicia

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Short description: Genus of gastropods


Tanganyicia
Scientific classification
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Subfamily:
Hauttecoeuriinae
Tribe:
Hauttecoeuriini
Genus:
Tanganyicia

Crosse, 1881[1]
Diversity
2 species
Synonyms[3]

Hauttecoeuria Bourguignat, 1885[2]

Tanganyicia is a genus of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.[4]

Before 2002 this genus was placed within the family Thiaridae.

Species

Brown (1994)[5] considered Tanganyicia rufofilosa a very variable species and the only species within the genus Tanganyicia.[5] Later, in 1999, another species was described.

Species within the genus Tanganyicia include:

References

  1. Crosse (1881). J. Conchyliol. 29: 123.
  2. Bourguignat J. R. (1885). Notice prodromique sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis par M. Victor Giraud dans la region méridionale du lac Tanganika page 10, 46-47.
  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. Strong E. E. & Glaubrecht M. (2002). "Evidence for convergent evolution of brooding in a unique gastropod from Lake Tanganyika: anatomy and affinity of Tanganyicia rufofilosa (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea, Paludomidae)". Zoologica Scripta 31(2): 167-184. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.2002.00072.x.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN:0-7484-0026-5.
  6. Nicayenzi, F. (2010). "Tanganyicia michelae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T184657A8308480. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T184657A8308480.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/184657/8308480. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 

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