Cleopatra (gastropod)
Genus of gastropods
Cleopatra genus of freshwater snails with an operculum , aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Paludomidae within the subfamily Cleopatrinae .[ 2]
Cleopatra is the type genus of the subfamily Cleopatrinae.[ 3]
The diploid chromosome number of Cleopatra bulimoides [ 4]
Distribution
The distribution of the species within this genus includes Egypt .[citation needed
Species
The genus Cleopatra includes the following species:
† Cleopatra adami Neiber & Glaubrecht, 2019
Cleopatra africana (Martens, 1878) [ 1] †Cleopatra angulata Williamson, 1979
† Cleopatra arambourgi Roger, 1944
Cleopatra athiensis Verdcourt, 1957 [ 1] Cleopatra bulimoides (Olivier, 1804) - type species[ 1] Cleopatra colbeaui (Craven, 1880) [ 1] Cleopatra cridlandi Mandahl-Barth, 1954 [ 1] Cleopatra cyclostomoides Cleopatra cyclostomoides cyclostomoides Cleopatra cyclostomoides tchadiensis Germain 1907 † Cleopatra dubia Adam, 1959
Cleopatra elata Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914 [ 1] Cleopatra exarata (Martens, 1878) [ 1] Cleopatra ferruginea (I. & H. C. Lea, 1850) [ 1] Cleopatra grandidieri (Crosse & Fischer, 1872) [ 1] Cleopatra guillemei Bourguignat, 1885 [ 1] Cleopatra hemmingi Verdcourt, 1956 [ 1] † Cleopatra johnstoni Smith, 1893 [ 1]
Cleopatra kaisoensis Van Damme & Pickford, 2003 Cleopatra langi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 [ 1] † Cleopatra lepersonnei (Gautier, 1970)
Cleopatra lesnei Germain, 1935 Cleopatra madagascariensis (Crosse & Fischer, 1872) [ 1] Cleopatra mweruensis Smith, 1893 [ 1] Cleopatra nsendweensis Dupuis & Putzeys, 1902 [ 1] Cleopatra obscura Mandahl-Barth, 1968 [ 1] Cleopatra pilula Mandahl-Barth, 1967 [ 1] Cleopatra poutrini Lamy, 1909 Cleopatra rugosa Connolly, 1925 [ 1] Cleopatra smithi Ancey, 1906 [ 1] † Cleopatra vanloockei Van Damme & Pickford, 2003 Taxa inquirenda
Cleopatra clara Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 Cleopatra congener Preston, 1913 Cleopatra laurenti Bourguignat, 1879 Cleopatra lhotellerii Bourguignat, 1879 Cleopatra mareotica Bourguignat, 1879 Cleopatra percarinata Bourguignat, 1885 Cleopatra raymondi Bourguignat, 1879 Cleopatra soleilleti Bourguignat, 1885 Species brought into synonymy
Cleopatra broecki Putzeys, 1899 - synonym: Potadomoides broecki [ 5] Cleopatra cameroni Bourguignat, 1879 : synonym of Cleopatra ferruginea (I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851) Cleopatra pauli Bourguignat, 1885 : synonym of Cleopatra bulimoides (Olivier, 1804)
Ecology
The habitat of species in this genus includes slow-running freshwater streams.[ 4]
Parasites of Cleopatra include:
References
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance . Taylor & Francis . ISBN 0-7484-0026-5 .
^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cleopatra Troschel, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=739281 on 2020-08-19
^ Bouchet, Philippe ; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre ; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston ; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families ". Malacologia 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4 ISSN 0076-2997 .^ a b Amany A. Tohamy & Shaimaa M. Mohamed (2006). "Chromosomal studies on two Egyptian freshwater snails, Cleopatra and Bithynia (Mollusca-Prosobranchiata)". Arab J. Biotech. 9 (1): 17-26. PDF . Archived July 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ Glaubrecht M. (2010). "The enigmatic Cleopatra broecki Putzeys, 1899 of the Congo River system in Africa – re-transfer from Potadomoides Leloup, 1953 (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea, Paludomidae)". Zoosystematics and Evolution 86 (2): 283-293. doi :10.1002/zoos.201000011 .
Brown D.S. (1994). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance, 2nd edition. London: Taylor and Francis, 607 p. page(s): 129
Further reading
Yasseen A. E. (1994). "Chromosomal studies of freshwater snail Cleopatra bulimoides common in upper Egypt". Cytologia 59 : 317-322.
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