Syrnolopsis

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Syrnolopsis
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Syrnolopsis

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3 species

Syrnolopsis is a genus of medium-sized freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.

Contents

Syrnolopsis is the type genus of the tribe Syrnolopsini. [2]

Distribution

This genus is endemic to Lake Tanganyika, [3] which includes the countries of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia.

Species

Species in the genus Syrnolopsis include:

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References

  1. Smith E. A. (1880). "Diagnoses of new shells from Lake Tanganyika and East Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)6: 425-430. page 426.
  2. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN   0076-2997.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   0-7484-0026-5.

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