Bellamya (gastropod)

For the supertanker of the same name, see Bellamya.

Bellamya
Bellamya unicolor shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:	Viviparoidea
Family:	Viviparidae
Genus:	Bellamya Jousseaume, 1886 [1]
Type species
Bellamya bellamya Jousseaume, 1886
Synonyms
Viviparus (Bellamya)Jousseaume, 1886

Bellamya is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Viviparidae. ^[2]

Bellamya is the type genus of the subfamily Bellamyinae. ^[3]

Distribution

The indigenous distribution of Bellamya includes Africa and Asia. ^[4]

Species

Species within the genus Bellamya include:

• Bellamya alberti (Cox, 1926) †
• Bellamya beijiangensis Yü & Zhang, 1982 †
• Bellamya campaniformis Bickel, 1976 †
• Bellamya capillata (Frauenfeld, 1865) ^[4]
• Bellamya celsispiralis Gurung, Takayasu & Matsuoka, 1997 †
• Bellamya constricta (Martens, 1889) ^[4]
• Bellamya contracta (Haas, 1934) ^[4]
• Bellamya crassispiralis Annandale, 1921 ^[5]
• Bellamya crawshayi (Smith, 1893) ^[4]
• Bellamya dagangensis Youluo, 1978 †
• Bellamya dissimilis (Mueller, 1774) ^[6]
• Bellamya ecclesi (Crowley & Pain, 1964) ^[4]
• Bellamya heudei guangdungensis (Kobelt, 1906) ^[7]
• Bellamya hilmandensis (Kobelt, 1909)
• Bellamya jeffreysi (Frauenfeld, 1865) ^[4]
• Bellamya jiangyouensis Yü, 1974 †
• Bellamya kowiayiensis (Brazier, 1886)
• Bellamya kweilinensis (Hsü, 1935) †
• Bellamya leopoldvillensis (Putzeys, 1898) ^[4]
• Bellamya liberiana (Schepman, 1888) ^[4]
• Bellamya micron Annandale, 1921 ^[8]
• Bellamya monardi (Haas, 1934) ^[4]
• Bellamya mweruensis (Smith, 1893) ^[4]
• Bellamya orlovi (Lindholm, 1932) †
• Bellamya pagodiformis (Smith, 1893) ^[4]
• Bellamya phthinotropis (Martens, 1892) ^[4]
• Bellamya retusa (Meek & Hayden, 1856) †
• Bellamya robertsoni (Frauenfeld, 1865) ^[4]
• Bellamya rubicunda (Martens, 1879) ^[4]
• Bellamya suzukii Matsuoka, 1985 †
• Bellamya tenuisculpta (von Martens, 1874) †
• Bellamya trochlearis (Martens, 1892) ^[4]
• Bellamya unicolor (Olivier, 1804) - Bellamya duponti De Rochebrune, 1882 is the type species and it is probably synonym of Bellamya unicolor ^[4]

synonyms

• Bellamya bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822): ^[4] synonym of Filopaludina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822)
• Bellamya chinensis (Reeve 1863): synonym of Cipangopaludina chinensis (Gray, 1834) - Chinese mystery snail ^[9]
• Bellamya costulata (Martens, 1892): ^[4] synonym of Bellamya constricta (von Martens, 1889) (a junior synonym)
• Bellamya crassa (Benson, 1836): ^[10] synonym of Mekongia crassa (Benson, 1836) (a junior synonym)
• Bellamya jucunda (Smith, 1892): ^[4] synonym of Bellamya constricta (von Martens, 1889) (a junior synonym)
• Bellamya manhongensisZhang, Liu & Wang, 1981: synonym of Sinotaia manhongensis (W.-Z. Zhang, Y.-F. Liu & Y.-X. Wang, 1981) (original combination)

References

1. Jousseaume (1886). Bull. Soc. zool. France 11: 478.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bellamya Jousseaume, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716177 on 2020-06-09
3. 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.
4. Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   0-7484-0026-5.
5. Budha, P.B.; Madhyastha, A. (2010). "Filopaludina crassispiralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T166769A6279338. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166769A6279338.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
6. Rintelen, T. (2011). "Idiopoma dissimilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T189775A8767138. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189775A8767138.en . Retrieved 4 July 2024.
7. Kear B. P., Hamilton-Bruce R. J., Smith B. J. & Gowlett-Holmes K. L. (2003). "Reassessment of Australia's oldest freshwater snail, Viviparus (?) albascopularis Etheridge, 1902 (Mollusca : Gastropoda : Viviparidae), from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian, Wallumbilla Formation) of White Cliffs, New South Wales". Molluscan Research 23(2): 149-158. doi : 10.1071/MR03003, PDF.
8. Budha, P.B.; Daniel, B.A. (2010). "Bellamya micron". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T166683A6258899. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166683A6258899.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
9. 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 35(6): 510-527. doi : 10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2014.6.510.
10. Budha, P.B.; Daniel, B.A. (2010). "Mekongia crassa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T166799A6286254. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166799A6286254.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.

External links

• Media related to Bellamya at Wikimedia Commons