Syrnolopsis
| Syrnolopsis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Paludomidae |
| Genus: | Syrnolopsis E. A. Smith, 1880[1] |
| Diversity | |
| 3 species | |
Syrnolopsis is a genus of medium-sized freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.
Syrnolopsis is the type genus of the tribe Syrnolopsini.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This genus is endemic to Lake Tanganyika,[3] which includes the countries of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia.
Species
[edit]Species in the genus Syrnolopsis include:
- Syrnolopsis gracilis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927[3]
- Syrnolopsis lacustris E. A. Smith, 1880 - type species[3]
- Syrnolopsis minuta Bourguignat, 1885[3]
- Synonyms
- Syrnolopsis anceyana Bourguignat, 1885: synonym of Syrnolopsis lacustris E. A. Smith, 1880 (junior synonym)
- Syrnolopsis carinifera E. A. Smith, 1889: synonym of Syrnolopsis minuta Bourguignat, 1885
- Syrnolopsis grandidieriana Bourguignat, 1885: synonym of Syrnolopsis lacustris E. A. Smith, 1880 (junior synonym)
- Syrnolopsis hamyana Bourguignat, 1885 : synonym of Syrnolopsis lacustris E. A. Smith, 1880 (junior synonym)
References
[edit]- ↑ Smith E. A. (1880). "Diagnoses of new shells from Lake Tanganyika and East Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)6: 425-430. page 426.
- ↑ 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.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link) - 1 2 3 4 Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
Further reading
[edit]- Mandahl-Barth G. (1954). "The anatomy and systematic position of the Tanganyikan snails Syrnolopsis and Anceya". Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge, 4°, Sciences Zoologiques 1: 217-221.