Margarya francheti is a species of large operculate freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae, the river snails.

Margarya francheti
Shell of Margarya francheti.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Viviparidae
Genus: Margarya
Species:
M. francheti
Binomial name
Margarya francheti
(Mabille, 1886)
Synonyms[1]
  • Margarya tropidophora (Mabille, 1886)
  • Margarya (Mabillemargarya) francheti (Mabille, 1886)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Margarya (Mabillemargarya) tropidophora (Mabille, 1886)– He, 2013
  • Vivipara francheti Mabille, 1886 (original combination)
  • Vivipara (Tulotoma) margeriana var. rotundata (Neumayr, 1887)
  • Vivipara tropidophora Mabille, 1886

Taxonomy

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He J.(2013) introduced a new subgenus, Mabillemargarya, for M. francheti;[2] however, this taxonomic act is not supported by comparative morphology and molecular phylogenetics. Therefore, Mabillemargarya is considered as a junior synonym of Margarya.[1]

Distribution

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The distribution of Margarya francheti includes Dian Lake, Erhai Lake, Jianhu Lake in Yunnan Province, China.[1]

Description

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Zhang et al. (2015) provided details about the shell and about the radula.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Zhang, L. J.; Chen, S. C.; Yang, L. T.; Jin, L.; Köhler, F. (2015). "Systematic revision of the freshwater snail Nevill, 1877 (Mollusca: Viviparidae) endemic to the ancient lakes of Yunnan, China, with description of new taxa". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 174 (4): 760–800. doi:10.1111/zoj.12260.
  2. ^ He, J (2013). "A conchological review of Margarya-complex (Gastropoda: Viviparidae)". Shell Discoveries. 2: 2–15.
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