Tanganyicia
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Tanganyicia is a genus of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.[1]
Before 2002 this genus was placed within the family Thiaridae.
Species
Brown (1994)[2] considered Tanganyicia rufofilosa a very variable species and the only species within the genus Tanganyicia.[2] Later, in 1999, another species was described.
Species within the genus Tanganyicia include:
- Tanganyicia michelae (West, 1999)[3]
- Tanganyicia rufofilosa (Smith, 1880) - type species[2]
References
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- ↑ Strong E. E. & Glaubrecht M. (2002). "Evidence for convergent evolution of brooding in a unique gastropod from Lake Tanganyika: anatomy and affinity of Tanganyicia rufofilosa (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea, Paludomidae)". Zoologica Scripta 31(2): 167-184. Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers"..
- ↑ a b c Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. Template:ISBN.
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