Margarya mansuyi
Apertural view of the shell of Margarya mansuyi. Scale bar is 1 cm.
Abapertural view of the shell of Margarya mansuyi. Scale bar is 1 cm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:
Viviparoidea
Family:
Viviparidae
Genus:
Margarya
Species:
M. mansuyi
Binomial name
Margarya mansuyi
Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905[2]
Synonyms[1]
  • Margarya melanioides var. Mansuyi Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905

Margarya mansuyi is a species of large operculate freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails.

Distribution

The distribution of Margarya mansuyi includes Xingyun Lake and Qilu Lake in Yunnan Province, China.[3]

The former distribution of this species also included Yilong Lake, Dian Lake and Datunhai Lake (Datun Lake).[3]

Description

Shu et al. (2010) provided details about the shell and about the radula.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Jiang, Y.; Di, L.; Aldridge, D.; McIvor, A. (2009). "Margarya mansuyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T166311A6198321. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T166311A6198321.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Dautzenberg P. & Fischer H. (1905). "Liste de mollusques récoltéspar M. Mansuy en Indo-Chine et description d'espècesnouvelles." Journal de Conchyliologie 53: 343-471. page 423-424, figs 2-4.
  3. 1 2 "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009 update. Mollusc Facts". 5 pp., accessed 14 September 2010.
  4. ↑ Shu F., Köhler F. & Wang H. (2010). "On the shell and radular morphology of two endangered species of the genus Margarya Nevill, 1877 (Gastropoda: Viviparidae) from lakes of the Yunnan Plateau, Southwest China." Molluscan Research 30(1): 17-24.


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