Tchangmargarya yangtsunghaiensis is a species of large operculate freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails.
| Tchangmargarya yangtsunghaiensis | |
|---|---|
| |
| Shell of Tchangmargarya yangtsunghaiensis. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| (unranked): | |
| Superfamily: | |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | |
| Species: | T. yangtsunghaiensis
|
| Binomial name | |
| Tchangmargarya yangtsunghaiensis (Tchang & Tsi, 1949)
| |
| Synonyms | |
|
Margarya yangtsunghaiensis Tchang & Tsi, 1949 | |
This species used to be assigned to Margarya, and is the type species of Tchangmargarya.[2]
Distribution edit
The distribution of Tchangmargarya yangtsunghaiensis includes Yangzong Lake in Yunnan Province, China.[1][2]
Description edit
The diploid chromosome number of Tchangmargarya yangtsunghaiensis is 2n=24.[3] Zhang et al. (2015) provided details about the shell and about the radula.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b Di L., Jiang Y., Min W., Yeuing L., Aldridge D. & McIvor A. (2008). Tchangmargarya yangtsunghaiensis. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 September 2010.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ (in Chinese) Chen Y. X., Zhang N. G., Zhang W. & Li J. K. (1996). "The karyotype study of Margarya yaungtsunghaiensis and M. melanioides (Viviparidae)". Zoological Research 17: 94-96. (In Chinese with English abstract)
 | This Viviparidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |