Tchangmargarya
Genus of gastropods
| Tchangmargarya | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Family: | Viviparidae |
| Subfamily: | Bellamyinae |
| Genus: | Tchangmargarya He, 2013[1] |
| Diversity[2] | |
| 2 species | |
| Synonyms | |
| Margarya (Tchangmargarya) He, 2013 | |
Tchangmargarya is a genus of large operculate freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Viviparidae.[2]
Taxonomy
Tchangmargarya originally was a subgenus of Margarya,[1] and is elevated to a full genus based on molecular phylogeny and comparative morphology study.[2]
Distribution
This genus appear to be endemic to Yangzong Lake and lakes in Stone Forest in Yunnan Province in the China.
Species
There are 3 extant species of Tchangmargarya:[2]
- Tchangmargarya yangtsunghaiensis (Tchang & Tsi, 1949) -type species [3][2](possibly extinct)
- Tchangmargarya multilabiata Zhang & Chen, 2015 [2]
- Tchangmargarya ziyi Zhang, 2017 (possibly extinct)
References
- ^ a b He, J (2013). "A conchological review of Margarya-complex (Gastropoda: Viviparidae)"". Shell Discoveries. 2: 2–15.
- ^ a b c d e f Zhang, L. J.; Chen, S. C.; Yang, L. T.; Jin, L.; Köhler, F. (2015). "Systematic revision of the freshwater snail Nevill, 1877 (Mollusca: Viviparidae) endemic to the ancient lakes of Yunnan, China, with description of new taxa". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 174 (4): 760–800. doi:10.1111/zoj.12260.
- ^ Di L., Jiang Y., Min W., Yeuing L., Aldridge D. & McIvor A. (2008). Margarya yangtsunghaiensis. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 September 2010.
External links
- Tchang, X.; Tsi, Z. Y. (1949). "A revision of the genus Margarya of the family Viviparidae". Contributions from the Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Peiping. 5: 1–26.
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