Pseudocleopatra broecki

Pseudocleopatra broecki is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Paludomidae.[3][2]

Pseudocleopatra broecki
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Paludomidae
Subfamily:
Cleopatrinae
Genus:
Pseudocleopatra
Species:
P. broecki
Binomial name
Pseudocleopatra broecki
(Putzeys, 1899)
Synonyms[2]
  • Cleopatra broecki Putzeys, 1899
  • Cleopatra broecki var. zonata Putzeys, 1899 (junior synonym)
  • Potadomoides broecki (Putzeys, 1899)
  • Pseudocleopatra bennikei Mandahl-Barth, 1974 (junior synonym)

This species is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]

Its natural habitat is rivers.[1]

References
  1. Jørgensen A. (2008). Potadomoides broecki. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 June 2011.
  2. Glaubrecht M. (2010). "The enigmatic Cleopatra broecki Putzeys, 1899 of the Congo River system in Africa – re-transfer from Potadomoides Leloup, 1953 (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea, Paludomidae)". Zoosystematics and Evolution 86(2): 283-293. doi:10.1002/zoos.201000011.
  3. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pseudocleopatra broecki (Putzeys, 1899). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1380589 on 2020-08-19
  • Mandahl-Barth G. (1974). New or little known species of freshwater Mollusca from Zaire and Angola, with remarks on the genus Sierraia Connolly. Revue fe Zoologie Africaine. 88(1): 352–362.


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