Spekia

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Spekia

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  |

Animalia

Phylum:  |

Mollusca

Class:  |

Gastropoda

(unranked):  |

clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha

Superfamily:  |

Cerithioidea

Family:  |

Paludomidae

Subfamily:  |

Hauttecoeuriinae

Tribe:  |

Spekiini

Genus:  |

Spekia

Bourguignat, 1879[1]

Diversity
2 species

Spekia is a genus of freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.

Spekia is the type genus of the tribe Spekiini.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Distribution
* 2 Species
* 3 References
* 4 Further reading

## Distribution

The genus Spekia is endemic to Lake Tanganyika.[3]

## Species

For many years only one species was known in this genus,[3] however, in 1999, a second species was described.

The genus Spekia contains the following species:

* Spekia coheni West, 1999[4]
* Spekia zonata (Woodward, 1859)[3]

## References

1. ↑ Bourguignat J. R. (1879). Descr. Moll. Égypte: 27.
2. ↑ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel; Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
4. ↑ Ngereza, C. (2010). "Spekia coheni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T44259A10868200. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44259A10868200.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44259/10868200. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

## Further reading

* Moore J. E. S. (1899). "The mollusks of the Great African lakes. 3. Tanganyicia rufofilosa, and the genus Spekia". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 42: 155-185. Plates 14-19. PDF.

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