Cleopatra ferruginea
| Cleopatra ferruginea | |
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| shell of Cleopatra ferruginea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Paludomidae |
| Subfamily: | Cleopatrinae |
| Genus: | Cleopatra |
| Species: | C. ferruginea |
| Binomial name | |
| Cleopatra ferruginea (Lea & Lea, 1850) | |
Cleopatra ferruginea is a species of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Paludomidae.
This species is found in Burundi, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda[1] and South Africa.[2]
Its natural habitats are intermittent rivers, swamps, and freshwater marshes.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Lange C. N., Ngereza C. & Nicayenzi F. (2004). Cleopatra ferruginea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
- ↑ Appleton C. C., Forbes A. T.& Demetriades N. T. (2009). "The occurrence, bionomics and potential impacts of the invasive freshwater snail Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1822) (Gastropoda: Thiaridae) in South Africa". Zoologische Mededelingen 83. http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a04
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