Rivomarginella
| Rivomarginella | |
|---|---|
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| Shells of Rivomarginella electrum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Subfamily: | Marginellinae |
| Genus: | Rivomarginella Brandt, 1968 |
| Type species | |
| Rivomarginella morrisoni Brandt, 1968 | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 2 freshwater species | |
Rivomarginella is a genus of freshwater snails, gastropod mollusks in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Rivomarginella is the only freshwater genus in the marine family Marginellidae.[1]
Distribution
They are native to Southeast Asia.[1]
Species
There are two species in the genus Rivomarginella:
- Rivomarginella electrum (Reeve, 1865)[2]
- Rivomarginella morrisoni Brandt, 1968 - type species of the genus Rivomarginella[2]
Ecology
Predators of Rivomarginella snails include bagrid catfish false black lancer Bagrichthys macropterus.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". Hydrobiologia 595: 149-166. hdl:10088/7390 doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9012-6.
- 1 2 Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Rivomarginella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465265 on 2016-01-02
- ↑ Tan H. H. & Ng H. H. (2000). "The catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes) of Sumatra". Journal of Natural History 34(2): 267-303. doi:10.1080/002229300299633.
- Brandt R.A.M. (1974). The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 105: i-iv, 1-423.
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