Paludomidae

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Phylum:Mollusca
Superfamily:Cerithioidea
Paludomidae
Drawing of an apertural view of a shell of Cleopatra ferruginea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Paludomidae
Stoliczka, 1868[1]
Diversity[2]
about 100 freshwater species
Synonyms

Lavigeriidae Thiele, 1925

Paludomidae, common name paludomids, is a family of freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.[3]

The distribution of the Paludomidae includes Asia and Africa.

Taxonomy

The following three subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

  • Paludominae Stoliczka, 1868 - synonym: Philopotamidinae Stache, 1889
  • Cleopatrinae Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927[4]
  • Hauttecoeuriinae Bourguignat, 1885[5]
    • tribe Hauttecoeuriini Bourguignat, 1885 - synonym: Tanganyiciinae Bandel, 1998
    • tribe Nassopsini Kesteven, 1903[6] - synonym: Lavigeriidae Thile, 1925
    • tribe Rumellini Ancey, 1906[7]
    • tribe Spekiini Ancey, 1906[7] - synonyms: Giraudiidae Bourguignat, 1885 (inv.); Reymondiinae Bandel, 1998
    • tribe Syrnolopsini Bourguignat, 1890[8]
    • tribe Tiphobiini Bourguignat, 1886[9] - synonyms: Hilacanthidae Bourguignat, 1890; Paramelaniidae J. E. S. Moore, 1898; Bathanaliidae Ancey, 1906; Limnotrochidae Ancey, 1906

A nomenclator of all Paludomidae was published in 2019.[10]

Genera

Genera within the family Paludomidae include:

Paludominae
Cleopatrinae
Hauttecoeuriinae

tribe Hauttecoeuriini

  • Tanganyicia Crosse, 1881 - synonym: Hauttecoeuria Bourguignat, 1885[3]

tribe Nassopsini

tribe Rumellini

tribe Spekiini

tribe Syrnolopsini

tribe Tiphobiini

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