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Rivomarginella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Marginellidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Muricoidea

Subfamily
  
Marginellinae

Rivomarginella

Similar
  
Glabella, Marginellidae, Volvarina, Clea, Assimineidae

Rivomarginella is a genus of freshwater snails, gastropod mollusks in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.

Contents

Rivomarginella is the only freshwater genus in the marine family Marginellidae.

Distribution

They are native to Southeast Asia.

Species

There are two species in the genus Rivomarginella:

  • Rivomarginella electrum (Reeve, 1865)
  • Rivomarginella morrisoni Brandt, 1968 - type species of the genus Rivomarginella
  • Ecology

    Predators of Rivomarginella snails include bagrid catfish false black lancer Bagrichthys macropterus.

    References

    Rivomarginella Wikipedia