Cleopatra (gastropod)

Updated on Dec 18, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Cerithioidea Subfamily Cleopatrinae Rank Genus		Class Gastropoda Family Paludomidae Phylum Mollusca

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.

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.

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

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

Parasites of Cleopatra include:

Serves as an intermediate host for Prohemistomum vivax.

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