''Mekongia'' is a genus of
Viviparidae
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, a
gastropoda
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mollusca
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in the subfamily
Bellamyinae of the family
Viviparidae
Viviparidae, sometimes known as the river snails or mystery snails, are a family of large operculate freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks.
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.
The name of this genus comes from the Mekongia river of Indochina peninsula.
Species
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recorded the following species under ''Mekongia'':
* ''
Mekongia crassa''
(Benson, 1836)
* ''
Mekongia franzhuberi''
Thach, 2021
* ''
Mekongia jullieni''
(Deshayes, 1876)
* ''
Mekongia lamarcki''
(Deshayes, 1876)
* ''
Mekongia liuiana''
(Yen, 1937)
* ''
Mekongia pongensis''
Brandt, 1968
* ''
Mekongia rattei''
(Crosse & P. Fischer, 1876)
* ''
Mekongia siamensis''
(Frauenfeld, 1865)
* ''
Mekongia smithi
''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 Mekongia river of Indochina peninsula.
Species
, WoRMS recorded the following specie ...
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(Yen, 1942)
* ''
Mekongia sphaericula''
(Deshayes, 1876)
* ''
Mekongia swainsoniana''
(I. Lea, 1856)
; ''
taxon inquirendum
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* ''
Mekongia bocourti''
(Mabille, 1889)
* ''
Mekangia rivularia'': possibly the synonym of ''
Rivularia bicarinata
''Rivularia'' is the scientific name of two genera of organisms and may refer to:
* ''Rivularia'' (cyanobacteria), a genus of cyanobacteria in the family Rivulariaceae
* ''Rivularia'' (gastropod), a genus of snails in the family Viviparidae
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* ''
Mekongia turbinata
''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 Mekongia river of Indochina peninsula.
Species
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(Deshayes, 1876)
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synonym
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* ''Mekongia eyriesi''
(Morelet, 1865): synonym of ''
Eyriesia eyriesi
''Eyriesia'' is a genus of freshwater snails in the family Viviparidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Eyriesia P. Fischer, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails& ...
''
(Morelet, 1865) (superseded combination)
* ''Mekangia hunanensis''
Yen, 1942, named after the Hunan privince of China, is now: synonym of ''
Mekongia liuiana''
(Yen, 1937), a species of the same genus discovered by the same author earlier;
* ''Mekongia moreleti''
(Deshayes, 1876): synonym of ''
Mekongia siamensis''
(Frauenfeld, 1865) (a junior synonym)
* ''Mekongia swainsoni''
(I. Lea, 1856): synonym of ''
Mekongia swainsoniana''
(I. Lea, 1856) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
* ''
Mekongia yunnanensis'': named after the Yunnan province of China.
References
* Brandt, R. A. M. (1974). The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 105: i-iv, 1-423
* Thach N.N. , 2021 New shells of South Asia and Taiwan, China, Tanzania. Seashells*Freshwater*Land snails. With 116 new species and subspecies and rejected synonyms, accepted species, p. 202 pp
External links
Crosse, H. & Fischer, P. (1876). Mollusques fluviatiles recueillis au Cambodge par la mission scientifique française de 1873. Journal de Conchyliologie. 24 (4): 313-334.*
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