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

Cleopatra ferruginea
Shell of Cleopatra ferruginea (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Paludomidae
Genus: Cleopatra
Species:
C. ferruginea
Binomial name
Cleopatra ferruginea
(Lea & Lea, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Cleopatra amaena (Morelet, 1851) (junior synonym)
  • Cleopatra aurocincta E. von Martens, 1879
  • Cleopatra cameroni Bourguignat, 1879
  • Cleopatra dautzenbergi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 (junior synonym)
  • Cleopatra kynganica Bourguignat, 1879
  • Cleopatra letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1879
  • Melania amaena Morelet, 1851 (junior synonym)
  • Melania ferruginea I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851 (original combination)
  • Melania zanguebarensis Petit de la Saussaye, 1851
  • Paludomus ferrugineus (I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851) (superseded combination)

Distribution

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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 Mededelingen 83. http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a04 Archived 2017-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  • Brown, D. S. (1980). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance. Taylor & Francis, London. 1-487
  • Connolly, M. (1925). The non-marine Mollusca of Portuguese East Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 12 (3): 105-220, pl. 4-8. Cape Town.
  • Germain, L. (1935). Contribution à l'étude de la faune du Mozambique. Voyage de M.P. Lesne (1928–29). 17e note – mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles. Memórias e Estudos do Museu Zoológico da Universidadae de Coimbra [Series1] 80: 1–72.
  • Appleton, C.C. (1977). The fresh-water Mollusca of Tongaland with a note on molluscan distribution in Lake Sibaya. Annals of the Natal Museum 23(1):129-144.
  • Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. Annals of the South African Museum 33: 1–660
  • Brown D.S. (1994). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance, 2nd edition. London: Taylor and Francis, 607 p
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