Mekongia

Mekongia is a genus of Viviparidae, a gastropoda mollusca.[1] The name of this genus comes from the Mekongia river of Indochina peninsula.

Mekongia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Viviparidae
Subfamily: Bellamyinae
Genus: Mekongia
Crosse & P. Fischer, 1876[1]

Species

As of 29 August 2021, WoRMS recorded the following species under Mekongia[1]:

  • Mekongia crassa (Benson, 1836)
  • Mekongia jullieni (Deshayes, 1876)
  • Mekongia lamarcki (Deshayes, 1876)
  • Mekongia liuiana (Yen, 1937)
  • Mekongia pongensis Brandt, 1968
  • Mekongia rattei (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1876)
  • Mekongia siamensis (Frauenfeld, 1865)
  • Mekongia smithi (Yen, 1942)
  • Mekongia sphaericula (Deshayes, 1876)
  • Mekongia swainsoniana (I. Lea, 1856)
taxon inquirendum
  • Mekongia bocourti (Mabille, 1889)
  • Mekangia rivularia[2]: possibly the synonym of Rivularia bicarinata, according to comment of referenced text.
  • Mekongia turbinata (Deshayes, 1876)
synonyms
  • Mekongia eyriesi (Morelet, 1865) accepted as Eyriesia eyriesi (Morelet, 1865) (superseded combination)
  • Mekangia hunanensis Yen, 1942, named after the Hunan privince of China, is now accepted as Mekongia liuiana (Yen, 1937), a species of the same genus discovered by the same author earlier;
  • Mekongia moreleti (Deshayes, 1876) accepted as Mekongia siamensis (Frauenfeld, 1865) (a junior synonym)
  • Mekongia smithi (Yen, 1942)
  • Mekongia swainsoni (I. Lea, 1856) accepted as Mekongia swainsoniana (I. Lea, 1856) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Mekongia yunnanensis[3]: named after the Yunnan province of China.

References
  1. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Mekongia Crosse & P. Fischer, 1876". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
  2. 太平洋岛 (2014-01-20). "【万有青年养成计划】湘江中下游江段田螺科物种考察篇" [An investigation of Viviparidae species along the river of Xiang] (in Chinese). GuoKr. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  3. 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 (English edition). 35 (6): 510–527. doi:10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2014.6.510.
  • Data related to Mekongia at Wikispecies
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