Rivomarginella Explained

Rivomarginella is a genus of freshwater snails, gastropod mollusks in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.

Rivomarginella is the only freshwater genus in the marine family Marginellidae.

Distribution

They are native to Southeast Asia.

Species

There are two species in the genus Rivomarginella:

• Rivomarginella electrum (Reeve, 1865)
• Rivomarginella morrisoni Brandt, 1968 - type species of the genus Rivomarginella^[1]

Ecology

Predators of Rivomarginella snails include bagrid catfish false black lancer Bagrichthys macropterus.^[2]

References

• Brandt R.A.M. (1974). The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 105: i-iv, 1-423.

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Rivomarginella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465265 on 2016-01-02
2. Tan H. H. & Ng H. H. (2000). "The catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes) of Sumatra". Journal of Natural History 34(2): 267-303. .