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
- †Cleopatra angulata Williamson, 1979
- † Cleopatra arambourgi Roger, 1944 Cleopatra athiensis Verdcourt, 1957Cleopatra bulimoides - type speciesCleopatra colbeaui Cleopatra cridlandi Mandahl-Barth, 1954Cleopatra cyclostomoides
- * Cleopatra cyclostomoides cyclostomoides
- * Cleopatra cyclostomoides tchadiensis Germain 1907
- † Cleopatra dubia Adam, 1959 Cleopatra elata Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914Cleopatra exarata Cleopatra ferruginea Cleopatra grandidieri Cleopatra guillemei Bourguignat, 1885Cleopatra hemmingi Verdcourt, 1956
- † Cleopatra johnstoni Smith, 1893Cleopatra kaisoensis Van Damme & Pickford, 2003 Cleopatra langi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
- † Cleopatra lepersonnei Cleopatra lesnei Germain, 1935Cleopatra madagascariensis Cleopatra mweruensis Smith, 1893Cleopatra nsendweensis Dupuis & Putzeys, 1902Cleopatra obscura Mandahl-Barth, 1968Cleopatra pilula Mandahl-Barth, 1967Cleopatra poutrini Lamy, 1909Cleopatra rugosa Connolly, 1925Cleopatra smithi Ancey, 1906
- † Cleopatra vanloockei Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
;Species brought into synonymy:Cleopatra broecki Putzeys, 1899 - synonym: Potadomoides broecki Cleopatra cameroni Bourguignat, 1879: synonym of Cleopatra ferruginea Cleopatra pauli Bourguignat, 1885: synonym of ''Cleopatra bulimoides''
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.