Paramelania
Encyclopedia
Paramelania is a genus
of tropical freshwater snail
s with an operculum
, aquatic
gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae
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(1881) reads as follows:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of tropical freshwater snail
Freshwater snail
A freshwater snail is one kind of freshwater mollusc, the other kind being freshwater clams and mussels, i.e. freshwater bivalves. Specifically a freshwater snail is a gastropod that lives in a watery non-marine habitat. The majority of freshwater gastropods have a shell, with very few exceptions....
s with an operculum
Operculum (gastropod)
The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...
, aquatic
Aquatic animal
An aquatic animal is an animal, either vertebrate or invertebrate, which lives in water for most or all of its life. It may breathe air or extract its oxygen from that dissolved in water through specialised organs called gills, or directly through its skin. Natural environments and the animals that...
gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae
Paludomidae
Paludomidae, common name paludomids, is a family of freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.- Taxonomy :The following three subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi :...
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Species
There are two described species within the genus Paramelania and there may be more:- Paramelania damoniParamelania damoniParamelania damoni is a species of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.Specific name damoni is in honor of Mr...
(Smith, 1881) - type species, it is a species or an aggregate species - Paramelania iridescensParamelania iridescensParamelania iridescens is a species of tropical freshwater snail with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.- Distribution :...
(Moore, 1898)
Description
The type description of the genus Paramelania by Edgar Albert SmithEdgar Albert Smith
Edgar Albert Smith was a British zoologist, a malacologist.His father was the Frederick Smith, a well-known entomologist, and Assistant Keeper of Zoology in the British Museum, Bloomsbury...
(1881) reads as follows: