Cleopatra (gastropod)
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| Shell of Cleopatra madagascariensis (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Paludomidae |
| Genus: | Troschel, 1857 |
| Diversity[1] | |
| about 20 freshwater species | |
Cleopatra is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Paludomidae within the subfamily Cleopatrinae.[2]
Cleopatra is the type genus of the subfamily Cleopatrinae.[3]
The diploid chromosome number of Cleopatra bulimoides is 2n=28.[4]
Distribution
The distribution of the species within this genus includes Egypt.
Species
The genus Cleopatra includes the following species:
- † Cleopatra adami Neiber & Glaubrecht, 2019
- Cleopatra africana (Martens, 1878)[1]
- †Cleopatra angulata Williamson, 1979
- † Cleopatra arambourgi Roger, 1944
- Cleopatra athiensis Verdcourt, 1957[1]
- Cleopatra bulimoides (Olivier, 1804) - type species[1]
- Cleopatra colbeaui (Craven, 1880)[1]
- Cleopatra cridlandi Mandahl-Barth, 1954[1]
- Cleopatra cyclostomoides
- Cleopatra cyclostomoides cyclostomoides
- Cleopatra cyclostomoides tchadiensis Germain 1907
- † Cleopatra dubia Adam, 1959
- Cleopatra elata Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914[1]
- Cleopatra exarata (Martens, 1878)[1]
- Cleopatra ferruginea (I. & H. C. Lea, 1850)[1]
- Cleopatra grandidieri (Crosse & Fischer, 1872)[1]
- Cleopatra guillemei Bourguignat, 1885[1]
- Cleopatra hemmingi Verdcourt, 1956[1]
- † Cleopatra johnstoni Smith, 1893[1]
- Cleopatra kaisoensis Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
- Cleopatra langi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927[1]
- † Cleopatra lepersonnei (Gautier, 1970)
- Cleopatra lesnei Germain, 1935
- Cleopatra madagascariensis (Crosse & Fischer, 1872)[1]
- Cleopatra mweruensis Smith, 1893[1]
- Cleopatra nsendweensis Dupuis & Putzeys, 1902[1]
- Cleopatra obscura Mandahl-Barth, 1968[1]
- Cleopatra pilula Mandahl-Barth, 1967[1]
- Cleopatra poutrini Lamy, 1909
- Cleopatra rugosa Connolly, 1925[1]
- Cleopatra smithi Ancey, 1906[1]
- † Cleopatra vanloockei Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
- Taxa inquirenda
- Cleopatra clara Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
- Cleopatra congener Preston, 1913
- Cleopatra laurenti Bourguignat, 1879
- Cleopatra lhotellerii Bourguignat, 1879
- Cleopatra mareotica Bourguignat, 1879
- Cleopatra percarinata Bourguignat, 1885
- Cleopatra raymondi Bourguignat, 1879
- Cleopatra soleilleti Bourguignat, 1885
- Species brought into synonymy
- Cleopatra broecki Putzeys, 1899 - synonym: Potadomoides broecki (Putzeys, 1899)[5]
- Cleopatra cameroni Bourguignat, 1879: synonym of Cleopatra ferruginea (I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851)
- Cleopatra pauli Bourguignat, 1885: synonym of Cleopatra bulimoides (Olivier, 1804)
Ecology
The habitat of species in this genus includes slow-running freshwater streams.[4]
Parasites of Cleopatra include:
- Serves as an intermediate host for Prohemistomum vivax.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cleopatra Troschel, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=739281 on 2020-08-19
- ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ^ a b Amany A. Tohamy & Shaimaa M. Mohamed (2006). "Chromosomal studies on two Egyptian freshwater snails, Cleopatra and Bithynia (Mollusca-Prosobranchiata)". Arab J. Biotech. 9(1): 17-26. PDF. Archived July 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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.
- Brown D.S. (1994). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance, 2nd edition. London: Taylor and Francis, 607 p.
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Further reading
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cleopatra (Gastropoda).
- Yasseen A. E. (1994). "Chromosomal studies of freshwater snail Cleopatra bulimoides common in upper Egypt". Cytologia 59: 317-322.