''Cleopatra'' is a
genus
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of
freshwater snails with an
operculum,
aquatic gastropod molluscs in the
family
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Paludomidae
Paludomidae, common name paludomids, is a family of freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.
Distribution
The distribution of the Paludomidae includes Asia and Africa.
Taxonomy
The following three subfamilies h ...
within the subfamily
Cleopatrinae.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cleopatra Troschel, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=739281 on 2020-08-19]
''Cleopatra'' is the
type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nominal ...
of the subfamily Cleopatrinae.
The
diploid chromosome
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number of ''
Cleopatra bulimoides'' is 2n=28.
[Amany A. Tohamy & Shaimaa M. Mohamed (2006). "Chromosomal studies on two Egyptian freshwater snails, ''Cleopatra'' and ''Bithynia'' (Mollusca-Prosobranchiata)". '' Arab J. Biotech.'' 9(1): 17-26]
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Distribution
The distribution of the species within this genus includes
Egypt
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.
Species
The genus ''Cleopatra'' includes the following species:
* † ''
Cleopatra adami''
Neiber & Glaubrecht, 2019
* ''
Cleopatra africana''
(Martens, 1878)[Brown D. S. (1994). ''Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance''. ]Taylor & Francis
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. .
* †''
Cleopatra angulata''
Williamson, 1979
* † ''
Cleopatra arambourgi''
Roger, 1944
* ''
Cleopatra athiensis''
Verdcourt, 1957
* ''
Cleopatra bulimoides''
(Olivier, 1804) - type species
* ''
Cleopatra colbeaui''
(Craven, 1880)
* ''
Cleopatra cridlandi''
Mandahl-Barth, 1954
* ''
Cleopatra cyclostomoides''
** ''Cleopatra cyclostomoides cyclostomoides''
** ''Cleopatra cyclostomoides tchadiensis''
Germain 1907
* † ''
Cleopatra dubia''
Adam, 1959
* ''
Cleopatra elata''
Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914
* ''
Cleopatra exarata''
(Martens, 1878)
* ''
Cleopatra ferruginea''
(I. & H. C. Lea, 1850)
* ''
Cleopatra grandidieri''
(Crosse & Fischer, 1872)
* ''
Cleopatra guillemei''
Bourguignat, 1885
* ''
Cleopatra hemmingi''
Verdcourt, 1956
* † ''
Cleopatra johnstoni''
Smith, 1893
* ''
Cleopatra kaisoensis''
Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
* ''
Cleopatra langi''
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
* † ''
Cleopatra lepersonnei''
(Gautier, 1970)
* ''
Cleopatra lesnei''
Germain, 1935
* ''
Cleopatra madagascariensis''
(Crosse & Fischer, 1872)
* ''
Cleopatra mweruensis''
Smith, 1893
* ''
Cleopatra nsendweensis''
Dupuis & Putzeys, 1902
* ''
Cleopatra obscura''
Mandahl-Barth, 1968
* ''
Cleopatra pilula''
Mandahl-Barth, 1967
* ''
Cleopatra poutrini''
Lamy, 1909
* ''
Cleopatra rugosa''
Connolly, 1925
* ''
Cleopatra smithi''
Ancey, 1906
* † ''
Cleopatra vanloockei''
Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
;Taxa inquirenda:
* ''Cleopatra clara''
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
* ''Cleopatra congener''
Preston, 1913
* ''Cleopatra laurenti''
Bourguignat, 1879
* ''Cleopatra lhotellerii''
Bourguignat, 1879
* ''Cleopatra mareotica''
Bourguignat, 1879
* ''Cleopatra percarinata''
Bourguignat, 1885
* ''Cleopatra raymondi''
Bourguignat, 1879
* ''Cleopatra soleilleti''
Bourguignat, 1885
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Cleopatra broecki'' P
utzeys, 1899 - synonym: ''
Potadomoides broecki'' (Putzeys, 1899)
[Glaubrecht M. (2010). "The enigmatic ''Cleopatra broecki'' Putzeys, 1899 of the Congo River system in Africa – re-transfer from ''Potadomoides'' Leloup, 1953 (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea, Paludomidae)". '']Zoosystematics and Evolution
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'' 86(2): 283-293. .
* ''Cleopatra cameroni''
Bourguignat, 1879: synonym of ''Cleopatra ferruginea''
(I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851)
* ''Cleopatra pauli''
Bourguignat, 1885: synonym of ''Cleopatra bulimoides''
(Olivier, 1804)
Ecology
The habitat of species in this genus includes slow-running freshwater streams.
Parasites of ''Cleopatra'' include:
* Serves as an intermediate host for ''
Prohemistomum vivax''.
References
* Brown D.S. (1994). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance, 2nd edition. London: Taylor and Francis, 607 p.
page(s): 129
Further reading
*Yasseen A. E. (1994). "Chromosomal studies of freshwater snail ''Cleopatra bulimoides'' common in upper Egypt". ''
Cytologia'' 59: 317-322.
External links
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