Anceya
Anceya is a genus of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.
| Anceya | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| (unranked): | |
| Superfamily: | |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | Anceya Bourguignat, 1885[1] |
| Diversity[2] | |
| 2 species | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
|
Burtonilla E. A. Smith, 1904[3] | |
The name Anceya is in honor of César Marie Félix Ancey.
This genus is endemic to Lake Tanganyika.[2]
Species
This genus includes the following two species:
- Anceya giraudi Bourguignat, 1885[4] - type species[2]
- Anceya terebriformis (Smith, 1890)[5][2]
References
- Bourguignat J. R. (1885). Notice prodromique sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis par M. Victor Giraud dans la region méridionale du lac Tanganika. Paris. page 10.
- Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
- Smith E. A. (1904). "Some remarks on the Mollusca of Lake Tanganyika". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 6: 77-104.
- Nicayenzi F., Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Anceya giraudi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
- Ngereza C. (2004). Anceya terebriformis. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 May 2011.
Further reading
- Mandahl-Barth G. (1954). "The anatomy and systematic position of the Tanganyikan snails Syrnolopsis and Anceya". Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge, 4°, Sciences Zoologiques 1: 217-221.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.