Tomichia

Tomichia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Tomichiidae
Genus: Tomichia
Benson, 1851[1]
Diversity[2]
11 species

Tomichia is a genus of very small freshwater snails which have a gill and an operculum, gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Tomichiidae.[3]

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Tomichia includes South Africa[2] and Eastern Zaire.[4] Tomichia is the only genus of Pomatiopsidae in Africa.[4]

Ecology

This genus occurs is both freshwater and brackish water.[3] There exist halophilic species of Tomichia which live in saline lakes[2] such as Tomichia ventricosa.[4]

Species

Brown (1994)[4] recognized 10 species (7 in South Africa and 3 in Central Africa) and one undescribed species. Kameda & Kato (2011)[2] recognized 11 species of Tomichia.

Species within the genus Tomichia include:

References

  1. ^ Benson (1851). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2)7: 377.
  2. ^ a b c d Kameda Y. & Kato M. (2011). "Terrestrial invasion of pomatiopsid gastropods in the heavy-snow region of the Japanese Archipelago". BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 118. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-118.
  3. ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2010). Tomichia Benson, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405098 on 2011-04-04
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
  5. ^ WoRMS (2010). Tomichia tristis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405099 on 2011-04-04
  6. ^ Kristensen T. K., Stensgaard A-S. & Appleton C. (2007). Tomichia tristis. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 May 2011.
  • Davis G. M. (1981). "Different Modes of Evolution and Adaptive Radiation in the Pomatiopsidae (Prosobranchia: Mesogastropoda)". Malacologia 21(1-2): 209-262.
  • Verdcourt B. (1951). "The distribution of the genus Tomichia Benson in Africa". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 44: 173-174.
  • Verdcourt B. (1960). "A further collection of Tomichia hendrickxi (Verdcourt) from the Belgian Congo". Basteria 24: 3.