''Cipangopaludina'' is a
genus
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of
freshwater snail
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s with a
gill
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and an
operculum,
aquatic gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the family
Viviparidae
Viviparidae, sometimes known as the river snails or mystery snails, are a family of large operculate freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks.
This family is classified in the informal group Architaenioglossa according to the taxonomy of ...
.
[Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). ''Cipangopaludina'' Hannibal, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594806 on 2014-12-10]
Distribution
There are 11 species and 2 subspecies in China.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cipangopaludina'' include:
* ''
Cipangopaludina annandalei'' Brandt, 1968
* ''
Cipangopaludina aubryana'' (Heude, 1890)
* ''
Cipangopaludina cathayensis'' (Heude, 1890)
* ''
Cipangopaludina chinensis
The Chinese mystery snail, black snail, or trapdoor snail (''Cipangopaludina chinensis''), is a large freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.
The name "trapdoor snail" refers th ...
'' (Gray, 1834) - synonym: ''Bellamya chinensis'' (Reeve 1863), ''Cipangopaludina wingatei'' -
Chinese mystery snail
The Chinese mystery snail, black snail, or trapdoor snail (''Cipangopaludina chinensis''), is a large freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.
The name "trapdoor snail" refers the ...
** ''
Cipangopaludina chinensis fluminalis'' (Heude, 1890)
* ''
Cipangopaludina haasi'' (Prashad, 1928) - synonym: ''Cipangopaludina chinensis haasi'' Prashad, 1928
* ''
Cipangopaludina hainanensis'' (Möllendorff, 1909)
* ''
Cipangopaludina japonica
''Cipangopaludina'' is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Viviparidae.Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). ''Cipangopaludina'' Hannibal, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of M ...
'' (von Martens, 1861)
* ''
Cipangopaludina latissima'' (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1905)
* ''
Cipangopaludina lecythoides'' (Benson, 1842)
* ''
Cipangopaludina lecythis'' (Benson, 1836)
[(file created 29 July 2010]
FRESH WATER MOLLUSCAN SPECIES IN INDIA
11 pp. accessed 31 July 2010. - synonym: ''Cipangopaludina ampulliformis''
[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'' 35(6): 510-527. .]
** ''
Cipangopaludina lecythis ampullacea'' (Charpentier, 1863)
* ''
Cipangopaludina malleata'' (Reeve, 1863) - type species of the genus ''Cipangopaludina''
* ''
Cipangopaludina patris'' (Kobelt, 1909)
* ''
Cipangopaludina ussuriensis'' (Gerstfeldt, 1859)
* ''
Cipangopaludina ventricosa'' (Heude, 1890)
* ''
Cipangopaludina zejaensis'' Moskvicheva, 1979
[Vinarski M. (2011)]
"''Cipangopaludina zejaensis''"
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T189518A8742690. Downloaded on 20 February 2016.
;synonyms:
* ''
Cipangopaludina dianchiensis'' Zhang, 1990 is a synonym of ''
Margarya dianchiensis'' (Zhang, 1990)
* ''
Cipangopaludina menglaensis'' Zhang, Liu & Wang, 1981 is a synonym of ''
Mekongia menglaensis'' (Zhang, Liu & Wang, 1981)
* ''
Cipangopaludina yunnanensis'' Zhang, Liu & Wang, 1981 is a synonym of ''
Mekongia yunnanensis'' (Zhang, Liu & Wang, 1981)
References
External links
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Viviparidae
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