Burnupia

Burnupia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superorder:	Hygrophila
Superfamily:	Lymnaeoidea
Family:	Burnupiidae Albrecht, 2017
Genus:	Burnupia Walker, 1912 [1]
Synonyms
Ancylus (Burnupia) B. Walker, 1912

Burnupia is a genus of small freshwater snails or limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks. It was formerly placed in the family Planorbidae, but according to the molecular markers (COI, 18S rRNA), it is in a different clade than the genera of the family Planorbidae. ^[2] It is now classified in the monotypic family Burnupiidae.

Distribution and habitat

Species of the genus are generally confined to Africa and Brazil. ^{[3] [2] [4]} They live in well-oxygenated freshwater habitats. ^[3]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Burnupia: ^[5]

• Burnupia alta Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
• Burnupia brunnea B. Walker, 1924
• Burnupia caffra (Krauss, 1848)
• Burnupia capensis (B. Walker, 1912)
• Burnupia crassistriata (Preston, 1911)
• Burnupia edwardiana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
• Burnupia farquhari (B. Walker, 1912)
• Burnupia gordonensis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903)
• Burnupia ingae Lanzer, 1991
• Burnupia kempi (Preston, 1912)
• Burnupia kimiloloensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
• Burnupia mooiensis (B. Walker, 1912)
• Burnupia nana (B. Walker, 1912)
• Burnupia obtusata B. Walker, 1926
• Burnupia ponsonbyi B. Walker, 1924
• Burnupia stenochorias (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903)
• Burnupia stuhlmanni (E. von Martens, 1897)
• Burnupia transvaalensis (Craven, 1881)
• Burnupia trapezoidea (O. Boettger, 1910)
• Burnupia verreauxii (Bourguignat, 1853)
• Burnupia vulcanus B. Walker, 1924
• Burnupia walkeri Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

References

1. Walker B. (1912). The Nautilus 25: 139.
2. Albrecht C., Wilke T., Kuhn K., Streit B. (2004). "Convergent evolution of shell shape in freshwater limpets: the African genus Burnupia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 140(4): 577-586. doi : 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2003.00108.x.
3. Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   0-7484-0026-5.
4. Davies-Coleman, H. D.; Palmer, C. G. (2004). "The use of a freshwater mollusc, Burnupia stenochorias (Ancylidae) as an ecotoxicological indicator in whole effluent toxicity testing". Proceedings of the 2004 Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) Biennial Conference. Cape Town: Water Institute of Southern Africa: 309–315. S2CID   86254077.
5. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Out of scope". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 29 March 2025.