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Cleopatra (gastropod)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Cerithioidea

Subfamily
  
Cleopatrinae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Paludomidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Cleopatra (gastropod)

Similar
  
Paludomidae, Bellamya, Thiaridae, Melanoides, Bulinus

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

Contents

Cleopatra is the type genus of the subfamily Cleopatrinae.

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

Distribution

The distribution of the species within this genus includes Egypt.

Species

The genus Cleopatra includes the following species:

  • Cleopatra africana (Martens, 1878)
  • Cleopatra athiensis Verdcourt, 1957
  • Cleopatra broecki Putzeys, 1899 - synonym: Potadomoides broecki (Putzeys, 1899)
  • Cleopatra bulimoides (Olivier, 1804) - type species
  • Cleopatra colbeaui (Craven, 1880)
  • Cleopatra cridlandi Mandahl-Barth, 1954
  • Cleopatra elata Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914
  • Cleopatra exarata (Martens, 1878)
  • Cleopatra ferruginea (I. & H. C. Lea, 1850)
  • Cleopatra grandidieri (Crosse & Fischer, 1872)
  • Cleopatra guillemei Bourguignat, 1885
  • Cleopatra hemmingi Verdcourt, 1956
  • Cleopatra johnstoni Smith, 1893
  • Cleopatra langi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
  • Cleopatra madagascariensis (Crosse & Fischer, 1872)
  • Cleopatra mweruensis Smith, 1893
  • Cleopatra nsendweensis Dupuis & Putzeys, 1902
  • Cleopatra obscura Mandahl-Barth, 1968
  • Cleopatra pilula Mandahl-Barth, 1967
  • Cleopatra rugosa Connolly, 1925
  • Cleopatra smithi Ancey, 1906

    • Ecology

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

    Parasites of Cleopatra include:

  • Serves as an intermediate host for Prohemistomum vivax.

    • References

    Cleopatra (gastropod) Wikipedia
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