Bellamya
Bellamya unicolor shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Viviparoidea
Family: Viviparidae
Genus: Bellamya
Jousseaume, 1886[1]
Type species
Bellamya bellamya
Jousseaume, 1886
Synonyms

Viviparus (Bellamya) Jousseaume, 1886

Bellamya is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Viviparidae. [2]

Bellamya is the type genus of the subfamily Bellamyinae.[3]

Distribution

The indigenous distribution of Bellamya includes Africa and Asia.[4]

Species

Species within the genus Bellamya include:

synonyms
  • Bellamya bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822):[4] synonym of Filopaludina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Bellamya chinensis (Reeve 1863): synonym of Cipangopaludina chinensis (Gray, 1834) - Chinese mystery snail[9]
  • Bellamya costulata (Martens, 1892):[4] synonym of Bellamya constricta (von Martens, 1889) (a junior synonym)
  • Bellamya crassa (Benson, 1836):[10] synonym of Mekongia crassa (Benson, 1836) (a junior synonym)
  • Bellamya jucunda (Smith, 1892):[4] synonym of Bellamya constricta (von Martens, 1889) (a junior synonym)
  • Bellamya manhongensis Zhang, Liu & Wang, 1981: synonym of Sinotaia manhongensis (W.-Z. Zhang, Y.-F. Liu & Y.-X. Wang, 1981) (original combination)

References

  1. Jousseaume (1886). Bull. Soc. zool. France 11: 478.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bellamya Jousseaume, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716177 on 2020-06-09
  3. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
  5. Budha, P.B.; Madhyastha, A. (2010). "Filopaludina crassispiralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T166769A6279338. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166769A6279338.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  6. Budha P. B., Dutta J. & Daniel B. A. (2010). Bellamya dissimilis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 August 2011.
  7. Kear B. P., Hamilton-Bruce R. J., Smith B. J. & Gowlett-Holmes K. L. (2003). "Reassessment of Australia's oldest freshwater snail, Viviparus (?) albascopularis Etheridge, 1902 (Mollusca : Gastropoda : Viviparidae), from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian, Wallumbilla Formation) of White Cliffs, New South Wales". Molluscan Research 23(2): 149-158. doi:10.1071/MR03003, PDF.
  8. Budha, P.B.; Daniel, B.A. (2010). "Bellamya micron". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T166683A6258899. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166683A6258899.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  9. 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. doi:10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2014.6.510.
  10. Budha, P.B.; Daniel, B.A. (2010). "Mekongia crassa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T166799A6286254. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166799A6286254.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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