Tanganyicia
Genus of gastropods
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Tanganyicia is a genus of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.[4]
| Tanganyicia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Paludomidae |
| Genus: | Tanganyicia Crosse, 1881[1] |
| Diversity | |
| 2 species | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Hauttecoeuria Bourguignat, 1885[3] | |
Before 2002 this genus was placed within the family Thiaridae.
Species
Brown (1994)[5] considered Tanganyicia rufofilosa a very variable species and the only species within the genus Tanganyicia.[5] Later, in 1999, another species was described.
Species within the genus Tanganyicia include:
- Tanganyicia michelae (West, 1999)[6]
- Tanganyicia rufofilosa (Smith, 1880) - type species[5]
