Anceya is a genus of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.
| Anceya | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Paludomidae |
| Genus: | Anceya Bourguignat, 1885[1] |
| Diversity[2] | |
| 2 species | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Burtonilla E. A. Smith, 1904[3] | |
The name Anceya is in honor of César Marie Félix Ancey.
This genus is endemic to Lake Tanganyika.[2]
Species edit
This genus includes the following two species:
- Anceya giraudi Bourguignat, 1885[4] - type species[2]
- Anceya terebriformis (Smith, 1890)[5][2]
References edit
- ^ Bourguignat J. R. (1885). Notice prodromique sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis par M. Victor Giraud dans la region méridionale du lac Tanganika. Paris. page 10.
- ^ a b c d e Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
- ^ Smith E. A. (1904). "Some remarks on the Mollusca of Lake Tanganyika". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 6: 77-104.
- ^ Ngereza, C. (2010). "Anceya giraudi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T1256A3358458. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T1256A3358458.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Ngereza, C. (2010). "Anceya terebriformis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T1257A3360644. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T1257A3360644.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
Further reading edit
- 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.
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