Mekongia Explained
Mekongia is a genus of Viviparidae, a gastropoda mollusca in the subfamily Bellamyinae of the family Viviparidae.
The name of this genus comes from the Mekongia river of Indochina peninsula.
Species
, WoRMS recorded the following species under Mekongia:
- Mekongia crassa (Benson, 1836)
- Mekongia franzhuberi Thach, 2021
- Mekongia jullieni (Deshayes, 1876)
- Mekongia lamarcki (Deshayes, 1876)
- Mekongia liuiana (Yen, 1937)
- Mekongia pongensis Brandt, 1968
- Mekongia rattei (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1876)
- Mekongia siamensis (Frauenfeld, 1865)
- Mekongia smithi (Yen, 1942)
- Mekongia sphaericula (Deshayes, 1876)
- Mekongia swainsoniana (I. Lea, 1856)
- taxon inquirendum
- Mekongia bocourti (Mabille, 1889)
- Mekangia rivularia: possibly the synonym of Rivularia bicarinata, according to comment of referenced text.
- Mekongia turbinata (Deshayes, 1876)
- synonyms
- Mekongia eyriesi (Morelet, 1865): synonym of Eyriesia eyriesi (Morelet, 1865) (superseded combination)
- Mekangia hunanensis Yen, 1942, named after the Hunan province of China, is now: synonym of Mekongia liuiana (Yen, 1937), a species of the same genus discovered by the same author earlier;
- Mekongia moreleti (Deshayes, 1876): synonym of Mekongia siamensis (Frauenfeld, 1865) (a junior synonym)
- Mekongia swainsoni (I. Lea, 1856): synonym of Mekongia swainsoniana (I. Lea, 1856) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Mekongia yunnanensis: named after the Yunnan province of China.
References
- Brandt, R. A. M. (1974). The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 105: i-iv, 1-423
- Thach N.N., 2021 New shells of South Asia and Taiwan, China, Tanzania. Seashells*Freshwater*Land snails. With 116 new species and subspecies and rejected synonyms, accepted species, p. 202 pp
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