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Mekongia

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Mekongia
Shell of Mekongia franzhuberi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Viviparoidea
Family: Viviparidae
Subfamily: Bellamyinae
Genus: Mekongia
Crosse & P. Fischer, 1876[1]
Type species
Paludina jullieni Deshayes, 1876
Synonyms
  • Bellamya (Mekongia) Crosse & P. Fischer, 1876 (new combination)
  • Paludina (Mekongia) Crosse & P. Fischer, 1876 (original combination)

Mekongia is a genus of Viviparidae, a gastropoda mollusca in the subfamily Bellamyinae of the family Viviparidae.[1]

The name of this genus comes from the Mekongia river of Indochina peninsula.

Species

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As of 21 April 2022, WoRMS recorded the following species under Mekongia[1]:

taxon inquirendum
synonyms

References

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  1. ^ a b c Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Mekongia Crosse & P. Fischer, 1876". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  2. ^ 太平洋岛 (20 January 2014). "【万有青年养成计划】湘江中下游江段田螺科物种考察篇" [An investigation of Viviparidae species along the river of Xiang] (in Simplified Chinese). GuoKr. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  3. ^ Lu, H.-F.; Du, L.-N.; Li, Z.-Q.; Chen, X.-Y.; Yang, J.-X. (2014). "Morphological analysis of the Chinese Cipangopaludina species (Gastropoda; Caenogastropoda; Viviparidae)". Zoological Research (English Edition). 35 (6): 510–527. doi:10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2014.6.510. PMC 4790280. PMID 25465086.
  • Brandt, R. A. M. (1974). The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 105: i-iv, 1-423
  • Thach N.N. , 2021 New shells of South Asia and Taiwan, China, Tanzania. Seashells*Freshwater*Land snails. With 116 new species and subspecies and rejected synonyms, accepted species, p. 202 pp
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