Saulea Explained

Saulea is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

Saulea is the type genus of the tribe Sauleini.

The genus Saulea is known from Africa.

Species

There are two^[1] species within the genus Saulea:

• † Saulea lithoides (Pain & Beatty, 1964)^[1] - in East Africa
• Saulea vitrea (Born, 1780) - type species^[1] - in West Africa^[2]

Notes and References

1. http://www.applesnail.net/content/saulea.htm "Saulea"
2. Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. .