''Stanleya'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
freshwater snail
Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks which live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs ...
s, aquatic
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
s in the family
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 have be ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Stanleya Bourguignat, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1057373 on 2022-06-21]
''Rumella'' 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 f ...
of the tribe Rumellini.
Species
Species in the genus ''Stanleya'' include:
* ''
Stanleya neritinoides
''Stanleya neritinoides'' is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.
''Stanleya neritinoides'' is probably the only species in the genus ''Stanleya''. The genus ''Stanleya'' may be closely relat ...
''
(E. A. Smith, 1880) (synonym: ''Rumella milneedwardsiana''
Bourguignat, 1885 )
;Synonyms:
* ''Stanleya giraudi'':
synonym of ''Stanleya neritinoides''
(E. A. Smith, 1880) (junior synonym)
* ''Stanleya rotundata''
E. A. Smith, 1904: synonym of ''
Bridouxia rotundata''
(E. A. Smith, 1904) (original combination)
* ''Stanleya smithiana''
Bourguignat, 1885: synonym of ''Stanleya neritinoides''
(E. A. Smith, 1880) (junior synonym)
References
* Strong, E. E.; Glaubrecht, M. (2003). Anatomy and systematic affinity of Stanleya neritinoides (Smith, 1880), an enigmatic member of the thalassoid gastropod species flock in Lake Tanganyika, East Africa (Cerithioidea, Paludomidae). Acta Zoologica. 84: 249–265.
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent freshwater/brackish Gastropoda of the World. Last update: January 24th, 2018. OpenAccess publication.
External links
Bourguignat, J.-R. (1885). Notice prodromique sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis par M. Victor Giraud dans la région méridionale du lac Tanganyika. 110 pp. Paris
Paludomidae
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