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Anceya

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Paludomidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Cerithioidea

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Tiphobia horei, Paludomidae, Thiaridae, Melanoides

Anceya is a genus of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.

The name Anceya is in honor of César Marie Félix Ancey.

This genus is endemic to Lake Tanganyika.

Species

This genus includes the following two species:

  • Anceya giraudi Bourguignat, 1885 - type species
  • Anceya terebriformis (Smith, 1890)
  • References

    Anceya Wikipedia