Burnupia
Genus of gastropods
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Burnupia is a genus of small freshwater snails or limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks. It was formerly placed in the family Planorbidae, but according to the molecular markers (COI, 18S rRNA), it is in a different clade than the genera of the family Planorbidae.[2] It is now classified in the monotypic family Burnupiidae.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Superfamily: | Lymnaeoidea |
| Family: | Burnupiidae Albrecht, 2017 |
| Genus: | Burnupia Walker, 1912[1] |
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Distribution and habitat
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Burnupia:[5]
- Burnupia alta Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
- Burnupia brunnea B. Walker, 1924
- Burnupia caffra (Krauss, 1848)
- Burnupia capensis (B. Walker, 1912)
- Burnupia crassistriata (Preston, 1911)
- Burnupia edwardiana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
- Burnupia farquhari (B. Walker, 1912)
- Burnupia gordonensis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903)
- Burnupia ingae Lanzer, 1991
- Burnupia kempi (Preston, 1912)
- Burnupia kimiloloensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
- Burnupia mooiensis (B. Walker, 1912)
- Burnupia nana (B. Walker, 1912)
- Burnupia obtusata B. Walker, 1926
- Burnupia ponsonbyi B. Walker, 1924
- Burnupia stenochorias (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903)
- Burnupia stuhlmanni (E. von Martens, 1897)
- Burnupia transvaalensis (Craven, 1881)
- Burnupia trapezoidea (O. Boettger, 1910)
- Burnupia verreauxii (Bourguignat, 1853)
- Burnupia vulcanus B. Walker, 1924
- Burnupia walkeri Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927