Mekongia
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| Mekongia | |
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| Shell of Mekongia franzhuberi (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Viviparoidea |
| Family: | Viviparidae |
| Subfamily: | Bellamyinae |
| Genus: | Mekongia Crosse & P. Fischer, 1876[1] |
| Type species | |
| Paludina jullieni Deshayes, 1876 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mekongia is a genus of Viviparidae, a gastropoda mollusca in the subfamily Bellamyinae of the family Viviparidae.[1]
The name of this genus comes from the Mekongia river of Indochina peninsula.
