Cleopatra (gastropod)

Cleopatra is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Paludomidae within the subfamily Cleopatrinae. [2]

Cleopatra
Shell of Cleopatra madagascariensis (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Paludomidae
Genus: Cleopatra
Troschel, 1857
Diversity[1]
about 20 freshwater species

Cleopatra is the type genus of the subfamily Cleopatrinae.[3]

The diploid chromosome number of Cleopatra bulimoides is 2n=28.[4]

Distribution

The distribution of the species within this genus includes Egypt.

Species

The genus Cleopatra includes the following species:

  • † Cleopatra adami Neiber & Glaubrecht, 2019
  • Cleopatra africana (Martens, 1878)[1]
  • †Cleopatra angulata Williamson, 1979
  • † Cleopatra arambourgi Roger, 1944
  • Cleopatra athiensis Verdcourt, 1957[1]
  • Cleopatra bulimoides (Olivier, 1804) - type species[1]
  • Cleopatra colbeaui (Craven, 1880)[1]
  • Cleopatra cridlandi Mandahl-Barth, 1954[1]
  • Cleopatra cyclostomoides
    • Cleopatra cyclostomoides cyclostomoides
    • Cleopatra cyclostomoides tchadiensis Germain 1907
  • † Cleopatra dubia Adam, 1959
  • Cleopatra elata Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914[1]
  • Cleopatra exarata (Martens, 1878)[1]
  • Cleopatra ferruginea (I. & H. C. Lea, 1850)[1]
  • Cleopatra grandidieri (Crosse & Fischer, 1872)[1]
  • Cleopatra guillemei Bourguignat, 1885[1]
  • Cleopatra hemmingi Verdcourt, 1956[1]
  • † Cleopatra johnstoni Smith, 1893[1]
  • Cleopatra kaisoensis Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
  • Cleopatra langi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927[1]
  • † Cleopatra lepersonnei (Gautier, 1970)
  • Cleopatra lesnei Germain, 1935
  • Cleopatra madagascariensis (Crosse & Fischer, 1872)[1]
  • Cleopatra mweruensis Smith, 1893[1]
  • Cleopatra nsendweensis Dupuis & Putzeys, 1902[1]
  • Cleopatra obscura Mandahl-Barth, 1968[1]
  • Cleopatra pilula Mandahl-Barth, 1967[1]
  • Cleopatra poutrini Lamy, 1909
  • Cleopatra rugosa Connolly, 1925[1]
  • Cleopatra smithi Ancey, 1906[1]
  • † Cleopatra vanloockei Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
Taxa inquirenda
  • Cleopatra clara Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
  • Cleopatra congener Preston, 1913
  • Cleopatra laurenti Bourguignat, 1879
  • Cleopatra lhotellerii Bourguignat, 1879
  • Cleopatra mareotica Bourguignat, 1879
  • Cleopatra percarinata Bourguignat, 1885
  • Cleopatra raymondi Bourguignat, 1879
  • Cleopatra soleilleti Bourguignat, 1885
Species brought into synonymy
  • Cleopatra broecki Putzeys, 1899 - synonym: Potadomoides broecki (Putzeys, 1899)[5]
  • Cleopatra cameroni Bourguignat, 1879: synonym of Cleopatra ferruginea (I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851)
  • Cleopatra pauli Bourguignat, 1885: synonym of Cleopatra bulimoides (Olivier, 1804)

Ecology

The habitat of species in this genus includes slow-running freshwater streams.[4]

Parasites of Cleopatra include:

  • Serves as an intermediate host for Prohemistomum vivax.

References
  1. Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cleopatra Troschel, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=739281 on 2020-08-19
  3. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  4. Amany A. Tohamy & Shaimaa M. Mohamed (2006). "Chromosomal studies on two Egyptian freshwater snails, Cleopatra and Bithynia (Mollusca-Prosobranchiata)". Arab J. Biotech. 9(1): 17-26. PDF. Archived July 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  5. Glaubrecht M. (2010). "The enigmatic Cleopatra broecki Putzeys, 1899 of the Congo River system in Africa – re-transfer from Potadomoides Leloup, 1953 (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea, Paludomidae)". Zoosystematics and Evolution 86(2): 283-293. doi:10.1002/zoos.201000011.
  • Brown D.S. (1994). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance, 2nd edition. London: Taylor and Francis, 607 p.

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Further reading
  • Yasseen A. E. (1994). "Chromosomal studies of freshwater snail Cleopatra bulimoides common in upper Egypt". Cytologia 59: 317-322.
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