Syrnolopsis

Syrnolopsis is a genus of medium-sized freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.

Syrnolopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Paludomidae
Subfamily:	Hauttecoeuriinae
Tribe:	Syrnolopsini
Genus:	Syrnolopsis E. A. Smith, 1880[1]
Diversity
3 species

Syrnolopsis is the type genus of the tribe Syrnolopsini.[2]

Distribution

This genus is endemic to Lake Tanganyika,[3] which includes the countries of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia.

Species

Species in the genus Syrnolopsis include:

• Syrnolopsis gracilis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927[3]
• Syrnolopsis lacustris E. A. Smith, 1880 - type species[3]
• Syrnolopsis minuta Bourguignat, 1885[3]

References

1. Smith E. A. (1880). "Diagnoses of new shells from Lake Tanganyika and East Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)6: 425-430. page 426.
2. 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.
3. Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.

Further reading

• 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.