Mekongia

Mekongia
Shell of Mekongia franzhuberi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Viviparoidea
Family: Viviparidae
Subfamily: Bellamyinae
Genus: Mekongia
Crosse & P. Fischer, 1876
Type species
Paludina jullieni Deshayes, 1876
Synonyms
  • Bellamya (Mekongia) Crosse & P. Fischer, 1876 (new combination)
  • Paludina (Mekongia) Crosse & P. Fischer, 1876 (original combination)

Mekongia is a genus of Viviparidae, a gastropoda mollusca in the subfamily Bellamyinae of the family Viviparidae.

The name of this genus comes from the Mekong river of Indochina peninsula.

Species

As of 21 April 2022, WoRMS recorded the following species under Mekongia:

taxon inquirendum
synonyms

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Mekongia Crosse & P. Fischer, 1876". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  2. ↑ 太平洋岛 (20 January 2014). "【万有青年养成计划】湘江中下游江段田螺科物种考察篇" [An investigation of Viviparidae species along the river of Xiang] (in Simplified Chinese). GuoKr. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  3. ↑ Lu, H.-F.; Du, L.-N.; Li, Z.-Q.; Chen, X.-Y.; Yang, J.-X. (2014). "Morphological analysis of the Chinese Cipangopaludina species (Gastropoda; Caenogastropoda; Viviparidae)". Zoological Research (English Edition). 35 (6): 510–527. doi:10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2014.6.510. PMC 4790280. PMID 25465086.