Anceya

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Anceya
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Paludomidae
Genus: Anceya
Bourguignat, 1885 [1]
Diversity [2]
2 species
Synonyms [2]

Burtonilla E. A. Smith, 1904 [3]

Anceya is a genus of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.

Contents

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:

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References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   0-7484-0026-5.
  3. Smith E. A. (1904). "Some remarks on the Mollusca of Lake Tanganyika". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 6: 77-104.
  4. Ngereza, C. (2010). "Anceya giraudi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T1256A3358458. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T1256A3358458.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  5. Ngereza, C. (2010). "Anceya terebriformis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T1257A3360644. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T1257A3360644.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.

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