Kingdom Animalia Family Paludomidae Tribe Nassopsini Phylum Mollusca | Superfamily Cerithioidea Subfamily Hauttecoeuriinae Scientific name Lavigeria Rank Genus | |
Lower classifications Lavigeria grandis, Lavigeria nassa, Lavigeria coronata, Lavigeria paucicostata | ||
Lavigeria is a genus of tropical freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Paludomidae.
All species are restricted to Lake Tanganyika in Africa, and share in common a strong heavy shell with sculpture more characteristic of marine gastropods.
Species
Species within genus Lavigeria include:
References
Lavigeria Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA