Rivomarginella

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

Rivomarginella
Shells of Rivomarginella electrum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Rivomarginella
Brandt, 1968
Type species
Rivomarginella morrisoni
Brandt, 1968
Diversity[1]
2 freshwater species

Rivomarginella is the only freshwater genus in the marine family Marginellidae.[1]

Distribution

They are native to Southeast Asia.[1]

Species

There are two species in the genus Rivomarginella:

Ecology

Predators of Rivomarginella snails include bagrid catfish false black lancer Bagrichthys macropterus.[3]

References

  1. Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". Hydrobiologia 595: 149-166. hdl:10088/7390 doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9012-6.
  2. 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
  3. Tan H. H. & Ng H. H. (2000). "The catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes) of Sumatra". Journal of Natural History 34(2): 267-303. doi:10.1080/002229300299633.
  • Brandt R.A.M. (1974). The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 105: i-iv, 1-423.


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