Margarya francheti

Margarya francheti
	Shell of Margarya francheti.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Architaenioglossa
Family:	Viviparidae
Genus:	Margarya
Species:	M. francheti
Binomial name
	Margarya francheti; (Mabille, 1886)
Synonyms
	Margarya tropidophora (Mabille, 1886); Margarya (Mabillemargarya) francheti (Mabille, 1886)· accepted, alternate representation; Margarya (Mabillemargarya) tropidophora (Mabille, 1886)– He, 2013; Vivipara francheti Mabille, 1886 (original combination); Vivipara (Tulotoma) margeriana var. rotundata (Neumayr, 1887); Vivipara tropidophora Mabille, 1886;

Margarya francheti is a species of large operculate freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae, the river snails.

Taxonomy

He J.(2013) introduced a new subgenus, Mabillemargarya, for M. francheti;^[2] however, this taxonomic act is not supported by comparative morphology and molecular phylogenetics. Therefore, Mabillemargarya is considered as a junior synonym of Margarya.^[1]

Distribution

The distribution of Margarya francheti includes Dian Lake, Erhai Lake, Jianhu Lake in Yunnan Province, China.^[1]

Description

Zhang et al. (2015) provided details about the shell and about the radula.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Zhang, L. J.; Chen, S. C.; Yang, L. T.; Jin, L.; Köhler, F. (2015). "Systematic revision of the freshwater snail Nevill, 1877 (Mollusca: Viviparidae) endemic to the ancient lakes of Yunnan, China, with description of new taxa". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 174 (4): 760–800. doi:10.1111/zoj.12260.
^ He, J (2013). "A conchological review of Margarya-complex (Gastropoda: Viviparidae)". Shell Discoveries. 2: 2–15.

External links

Zhang L.J. [Le-Jia], Chen S.C. [Shi-Chao], Yang L.T. [Li-Te], Jin L. [Lei] & Köhler F. (2015). Systematic revision of the freshwater snail Margarya Nevill, 1877 (Mollusca: Viviparidae) endemic to the ancient lakes of Yunnan, China, with description of new taxa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 174(4): 760-800

[Zhang_2015-1] Zhang, L. J.; Chen, S. C.; Yang, L. T.; Jin, L.; Köhler, F. (2015). "Systematic revision of the freshwater snail Nevill, 1877 (Mollusca: Viviparidae) endemic to the ancient lakes of Yunnan, China, with description of new taxa". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 174 (4): 760–800. doi:10.1111/zoj.12260.

[He_2013-2] He, J (2013). "A conchological review of Margarya-complex (Gastropoda: Viviparidae)". Shell Discoveries. 2: 2–15.

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