Margarya

Margarya
Apertural view of the shell of Margarya melanioides. Scale bar is 1 cm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

informal group Architaenioglossa

Superfamily: Viviparoidea
Family: Viviparidae
Genus: Margarya
Nevill, 1877[1]
Diversity
10 species[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Margarya (Mabillemargarya) He, 2013 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Margarya (Margarya) G. Nevill, 1877 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Margarya (Tchangmargarya) He, 2013 · accepted, alternate representation

Margarya is a genus of large operculate freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in he family Viviparidae. [3]

These snails appear to be endemic to lakes in Yunnan Province in the China.

Species

There is 6 extant species, 3 fossil species and one recently extinct species of Margarya.[2] Species within the genus Margarya include 10 species:[2]

Species brought into synonymy

Comparison of apertural views of shells of Margarya species:

Cladogram

A cladogram based on sequences of mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA and cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) genes showing the phylogenic relationships of the genus Margarya indicates that Margarya is polyphyletic:[2]

Margarya and related Viviparidae

Margarya yangtsunghaiensis


Margarya bicostata and Margarya mansuyi

Mekongia sp.

Sinotaia sp.

Cipangopaludina chinensis

Cipangopaludina longispira


Cipangopaludina dianchiensis, Margarya monodi, Margarya melanioides, Margarya bicostata

Cipangopaludina sp., Margarya bicostata, Cipangopaludina dianchiensis, Margarya melanioides

Cipangopaludina sp., Margarya melanioides, Margarya monodi, Margarya bicostata, Margarya tropidophora







References

  1. ↑ Nevill G. (1877). "List of the Mollusca brought back by Dr. Anderson from Yunnan and Upper Burma, with descriptions of new species". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 46(2): 14-41. page 30.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 Du L., Yang J., von Rintelen T., Chen X. & Aldridge D. (2013). "Molecular phylogenetic evidence that the Chinese viviparid genus Margarya (Gastropoda: Viviparidae) is polyphyletic". Chinese Science Bulletin 58(18): 2154-2162. doi:10.1007/s11434-012-5632-y
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bouchet, P. (2014). Margarya G. Nevill, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758767 on 2014-12-10
  4. ↑ Di L., Jiang Y., Aldridge D. & McIvor A. (2008). Margarya bicostata. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 September 2010.
  5. ↑ Di L., Jiang Y., Aldridge D. & McIvor A. (2008). Margarya mansuyi. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 September 2010.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Huang X.-y. & Wang L.-z. (2008). "Analysis of Cytochrome C Oxidase I Genes of Five Species of Margarya and Cipangopaludina chinensis". Journal of Hydroecology 5: 106-108. doi:CNKI:SUN:SCAN.0.2008-05-024, abstract.
  7. ↑ Di L., Jiang Y., Aldridge D. & McIvor A. (2008). Margarya monodi. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 September 2010.
  8. ↑ Di L., Jiang Y., Min W., Yeuing L., Aldridge D. & McIvor A. (2008). Margarya yangtsunghaiensis. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 September 2010.

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