Cipangopaludina Explained

Cipangopaludina is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Viviparidae.^[1]

Distribution

There are 11 species and 2 subspecies in China.

Species

Species within the genus Cipangopaludina include:

• Cipangopaludina annandalei Brandt, 1968^[2]
• Cipangopaludina aubryana (Heude, 1890)
• Cipangopaludina cathayensis (Heude, 1890)
• Cipangopaludina chinensis (Gray, 1834) - synonym: Bellamya chinensis (Reeve 1863), Cipangopaludina wingatei - Chinese mystery snail^[3]
  • Cipangopaludina chinensis fluminalis (Heude, 1890)
• Cipangopaludina haasi (Prashad, 1928) - synonym: Cipangopaludina chinensis haasi Prashad, 1928
• Cipangopaludina hainanensis (Möllendorff, 1909)
• Cipangopaludina japonica (von Martens, 1861)
• Cipangopaludina latissima (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1905)
• Cipangopaludina lecythoides (Benson, 1842)
• Cipangopaludina lecythis (Benson, 1836)^[4] - synonym: Cipangopaludina ampulliformis^[5]
  • Cipangopaludina lecythis ampullacea (Charpentier, 1863)^[5]
• Cipangopaludina malleata (Reeve, 1863) - type species of the genus Cipangopaludina^[5]
• Cipangopaludina miyagii Kuroda, 1941^[6]
• Cipangopaludina patris (Kobelt, 1909)
• Cipangopaludina ussuriensis (Gerstfeldt, 1859)^[5]
• Cipangopaludina ventricosa (Heude, 1890)^[5]
• Cipangopaludina zejaensis Moskvicheva, 1979^[7]

synonyms

• Cipangopaludina dianchiensis Zhang, 1990 is a synonym of Margarya dianchiensis (Zhang, 1990)^[5]
• Cipangopaludina menglaensis Zhang, Liu & Wang, 1981 is a synonym of Mekongia menglaensis (Zhang, Liu & Wang, 1981)^[5]
• Cipangopaludina yunnanensis Zhang, Liu & Wang, 1981 is a synonym of Mekongia yunnanensis (Zhang, Liu & Wang, 1981)^[5]

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Cipangopaludina Hannibal, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594806 on 2014-12-10
2. Richter K. & Rintelen T. (2011). "Cipangopaludina annandalei". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T189104A8682633. Downloaded on 20 February 2016.
3. Solomon C. T., Olden J. D., Johnson P. T. J., Dillon R. T. & Vander Zanden M. J. (2010). "Distribution and community-level effects of the Chinese mystery snail (Bellamya chinensis) in northern Wisconsin lakes". Biological Invasions 12: 1591-1605. PDF .
4. (file created 29 July 2010) FRESH WATER MOLLUSCAN SPECIES IN INDIA. 11 pp. accessed 31 July 2010.
5. Lu H.-F., Du L.-N., Li Z.-Q., Chen X.-Y. & Yang J.-X. (2014). "Morphological analysis of the Chinese Cipangopaludina species (Gastropoda; Caenogastropoda; Viviparidae). Zoological Research 35(6): 510-527. .
6. Pace . Gary L. . 1973 . [{{Google books |id=KzNCAAAAIAAJ |plain-url=yes }} The Freshwater Snails in Taiwan (Formosa) ]. . en . Whitmore Lake, MI(United States) . . Supplement 1 . 1–118 . 2021-09-04.
7. Vinarski M. (2011). "Cipangopaludina zejaensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T189518A8742690. Downloaded on 20 February 2016.