Syrnolopsis

Syrnolopsis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Paludomidae
Genus:	Syrnolopsis E. A. Smith, 1880 [1]
Diversity
3 species

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

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:

• Syrnolopsis gracilis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 ^[3]
• Syrnolopsis lacustris E. A. Smith, 1880 - type species ^[3]
• Syrnolopsis minuta Bourguignat, 1885 ^[3]

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 . 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN   0076-2997.
3. Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   0-7484-0026-5.

Further reading

• Mandahl-Barth G. (1954). "The anatomy and systematic position of the Tanganyikan snails Syrnolopsis and Anceya". Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge , 4°, Sciences Zoologiques 1: 217-221.