Burnupia

Burnupia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Superfamily: Lymnaeoidea
Family: Burnupiidae
Albrecht, 2017
Genus: Burnupia
Walker, 1912
Synonyms
  • Ancylus (Burnupia) B. Walker, 1912

Burnupia is a genus of small freshwater snails or limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks. It was formerly placed in the family Planorbidae, but according to the molecular markers (COI, 18S rRNA), it is in a different clade than the genera of the family Planorbidae. It is now classified in the monotypic family Burnupiidae.

Distribution and habitat

Species of the genus are generally confined to Africa and Brazil. They live in well-oxygenated freshwater habitats.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Burnupia:

References

  1. ↑ Walker B. (1912). The Nautilus 25: 139.
  2. 1 2 Albrecht C., Wilke T., Kuhn K., Streit B. (2004). "Convergent evolution of shell shape in freshwater limpets: the African genus Burnupia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 140(4): 577-586. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2003.00108.x.
  3. 1 2 Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
  4. ↑ Davies-Coleman, H. D.; Palmer, C. G. (2004). "The use of a freshwater mollusc, Burnupia stenochorias (Ancylidae) as an ecotoxicological indicator in whole effluent toxicity testing". Proceedings of the 2004 Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) Biennial Conference. Cape Town: Water Institute of Southern Africa: 309–315. S2CID 86254077.
  5. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Out of scope". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 29 March 2025.