Burnupia

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Planorboidea Phylum Mollusca		Class Gastropoda Family Planorbidae Rank Genus

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Burnupia is a genus of small freshwater snails or limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks that are traditionally placed in the family Planorbidae.

However, according to the molecular markers (COI, 18S rRNA), the genus Burnupia differs from ancylids and from Planorboidea.

Distribution

This genus is generally confined to Africa and Brazil.

Species

The number of species in the genus Burnupia is highly uncertain and there are 21 specific names recognized. Also in 2011 IUCN Red List there are recognized 21 species: 19 of them are Data Deficient, and Burnupia crassistriata and Burnupia stuhlmanni with Near Threatened status. There are probably "only few" species of Burnupia.

Species in the genus Burnupia include:

Burnupia alta Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Burnupia brunnea Walker, 1924

Burnupia caffra (Krauss, 1848) - type species

Burnupia capensis (Walker, 1912)

Burnupia crassistriata (Preston, 1911)

Burnupia edwardiana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Burnupia farquhari (Walker, 1912)

Burnupia gordonensis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903)

Burnupia ingae Lanzer, 1991

Burnupia kempi (Preston, 1912)

Burnupia kimiloloensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Burnupia mooiensis (Walker, 1912)

Burnupia nana (Walker, 1912)

Burnupia obtusata Walker, 1926

Burnupia ponsonbyi Walker, 1924

Burnupia stenochorias (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903)

Burnupia stuhlmanni (von Martens, 1897)

Burnupia transvaalensis (Craven, 1880)

Burnupia trapezoidea (Boettger, 1910)

Burnupia verreauxi (Bourguignat, 1853)

Burnupia walkeri Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Ecology

Burnupia live in well-oxygenated freshwater habitats.

References

Burnupia Wikipedia

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