Martelia

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Martelia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Paludomidae
Tribe: Syrnolopsini
Genus: Martelia
Dautzenberg, 1908 [1]
Type species
Martelia tanganyicensis
Dautzenberg, 1908 [2] - type species [3]
Other species [4]

Martelia is a genus of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Paludomidae. [2]

Distribution of the genus Martelia includes the Lake Tanganyika only. [3]

References

  1. Dautzenberg P. (1908). J. Conchyliol. 55: 328.
  2. 1 2 Lange, C. (2010). "Martelia tanganyicensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T12842A3389028. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T12842A3389028.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  3. 1 2 Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   0-7484-0026-5.
  4. Nicayenzi, F. (2010). "Martelia dautzenbergi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T184526A8286579. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T184526A8286579.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.