Martelia

Martelia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Sorbeoconcha

Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Paludomidae
Genus: Martelia
Dautzenberg, 1908[1]
Diversity[2][3]
1 or 2 species

Martelia is a genus of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Paludomidae.[3]

Distribution of the genus Martelia includes the Lake Tanganyika only.[2]

Species

Species within genus Martelia include:

References

  1. Dautzenberg P. (1908). J. Conchyliol. 55: 328.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lange C. (2004). Martelia tanganyicensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 29 June 2011.
  4. Nicayenzi F. (2004). Martelia dautzenbergi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 29 June 2011.