Cleopatra ferruginea

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Cleopatra ferruginea
Cleopatra cameroni (MNHN-IM-2000-24256).jpeg
shell of Cleopatra ferruginea (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Paludomidae
Subfamily:
Cleopatrinae
Genus:
Cleopatra
Species:
C. ferruginea
Binomial name
Cleopatra ferruginea
(Lea & Lea, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Cleopatra amaena(Morelet, 1851) (junior synonym)
  • Cleopatra aurocinctaE. von Martens, 1879
  • Cleopatra cameroniBourguignat, 1879
  • Cleopatra dautzenbergiPilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 (junior synonym)
  • Cleopatra kynganicaBourguignat, 1879
  • Cleopatra letourneuxiBourguignat, 1879
  • Melania amaenaMorelet, 1851 (junior synonym)
  • Melania ferrugineaI. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851 (original combination)
  • Melania zanguebarensisPetit de la Saussaye, 1851
  • Paludomus ferrugineus(I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851) (superseded combination)

Cleopatra ferruginea is a species of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Paludomidae.

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Distribution

The holotype was found in Zanzibar.

This species is also found in Burundi, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda [1] and South Africa. [2]

Its natural habitats are intermittent rivers, swamps, and freshwater marshes. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Appleton, C.; Kristensen, T.K.; Lange, C.N.; Stensgaard, A-S. (2010). "Cleopatra ferruginea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T44238A10879113. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44238A10879113.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Appleton C. C., Forbes A. T.& Demetriades N. T. (2009). "The occurrence, bionomics and potential impacts of the invasive freshwater snail Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1822) (Gastropoda: Thiaridae) in South Africa". Zoologische Mededelingen83. http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a04 Archived 2017-09-27 at the Wayback Machine


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