Tanganyicia
Encyclopedia
Tanganyicia is a genus of tropical freshwater snail
s with an operculum
, aquatic
gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae
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It was prior to 2002 placed within Thiaridae
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It contains the following species:
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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It was prior to 2002 placed within Thiaridae
Thiaridae
Thiaridae, common name thiarids, is a family of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cerithioidea....
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Species
Brown (1994) has considered Tanganyicia rufofilosa as the only, but variable, species in the genus Tanganyicia. Later, in 1999, there has been described another species.It contains the following species:
- Tanganyicia michelaeTanganyicia michelaeTanganyicia michelae is a species of tropical freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.- Distribution :Tanganyicia michelae is endemic to Lake Tanganyika. It is found in only in Kala Bay, Zambia....
(West, 1999) - Tanganyicia rufofilosaTanganyicia rufofilosaTanganyicia rufofilosa is a species of tropical freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.It was prior to 2002 placed within Thiaridae.- Distribution :...
(Smith, 1880) - type species