Martelia
Martelia | |
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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:
- Martelia dautzenbergi Dupuis, 1924[4]
- Martelia tanganyicensis Dautzenberg, 1908[3] - type species[2]
References
- ↑ Dautzenberg P. (1908). J. Conchyliol. 55: 328.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 3.0 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.
- ↑ 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.