- Source: Cleopatra (gastropod)
Cleopatra is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Paludomidae within the subfamily Cleopatrinae.
Cleopatra is the type genus of the subfamily Cleopatrinae.
The diploid chromosome number of Cleopatra bulimoides is 2n=28.
Distribution
The distribution of the species within this genus includes Egypt.
Species
The genus Cleopatra includes the following species:
† Cleopatra adami Neiber & Glaubrecht, 2019
Cleopatra africana (Martens, 1878)
†Cleopatra angulata Williamson, 1979
† Cleopatra arambourgi Roger, 1944
Cleopatra athiensis Verdcourt, 1957
Cleopatra bulimoides (Olivier, 1804) - type species
Cleopatra colbeaui (Craven, 1880)
Cleopatra cridlandi Mandahl-Barth, 1954
Cleopatra cyclostomoides
Cleopatra cyclostomoides cyclostomoides
Cleopatra cyclostomoides tchadiensis Germain 1907
† Cleopatra dubia Adam, 1959
Cleopatra elata Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914
Cleopatra exarata (Martens, 1878)
Cleopatra ferruginea (I. & H. C. Lea, 1850)
Cleopatra grandidieri (Crosse & Fischer, 1872)
Cleopatra guillemei Bourguignat, 1885
Cleopatra hemmingi Verdcourt, 1956
† Cleopatra johnstoni Smith, 1893
Cleopatra kaisoensis Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
Cleopatra langi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
† Cleopatra lepersonnei (Gautier, 1970)
Cleopatra lesnei Germain, 1935
Cleopatra madagascariensis (Crosse & Fischer, 1872)
Cleopatra mweruensis Smith, 1893
Cleopatra nsendweensis Dupuis & Putzeys, 1902
Cleopatra obscura Mandahl-Barth, 1968
Cleopatra pilula Mandahl-Barth, 1967
Cleopatra poutrini Lamy, 1909
Cleopatra rugosa Connolly, 1925
Cleopatra smithi Ancey, 1906
† Cleopatra vanloockei Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
Taxa inquirenda
Cleopatra clara Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Cleopatra congener Preston, 1913
Cleopatra laurenti Bourguignat, 1879
Cleopatra lhotellerii Bourguignat, 1879
Cleopatra mareotica Bourguignat, 1879
Cleopatra percarinata Bourguignat, 1885
Cleopatra raymondi Bourguignat, 1879
Cleopatra soleilleti Bourguignat, 1885
Species brought into synonymy
Cleopatra broecki Putzeys, 1899 - synonym: Potadomoides broecki (Putzeys, 1899)
Cleopatra cameroni Bourguignat, 1879: synonym of Cleopatra ferruginea (I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851)
Cleopatra pauli Bourguignat, 1885: synonym of Cleopatra bulimoides (Olivier, 1804)
Ecology
The habitat of species in this genus includes slow-running freshwater streams.
Parasites of Cleopatra include:
Serves as an intermediate host for Prohemistomum vivax.
References
Brown D.S. (1994). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance, 2nd edition. London: Taylor and Francis, 607 p.
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Further reading
Yasseen A. E. (1994). "Chromosomal studies of freshwater snail Cleopatra bulimoides common in upper Egypt". Cytologia 59: 317-322.