Cleopatra (gastropod)

Genus of gastropods

Cleopatra

Shell of Cleopatra madagascariensis (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:  | Cerithioidea
Family:  | Paludomidae
Genus:  | Cleopatra
Troschel, 1857
Diversity[1]
about 20 freshwater species

Cleopatra is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Paludomidae within the subfamily Cleopatrinae.[2]

Cleopatra is the type genus of the subfamily Cleopatrinae.[3]

The diploid chromosome number of Cleopatra bulimoides is 2n=28.[4]

## Distribution

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The distribution of the species within this genus includes Egypt.[citation needed]

## Species

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The genus Cleopatra includes the following species:

* † Cleopatra adami Neiber & Glaubrecht, 2019
* Cleopatra africana (Martens, 1878)[1]
* †Cleopatra angulata Williamson, 1979
* † Cleopatra arambourgi Roger, 1944
* Cleopatra athiensis Verdcourt, 1957[1]
* Cleopatra bulimoides (Olivier, 1804) \- type species[1]
* Cleopatra colbeaui (Craven, 1880)[1]
* Cleopatra cridlandi Mandahl-Barth, 1954[1]
* Cleopatra cyclostomoides
* Cleopatra cyclostomoides cyclostomoides
* Cleopatra cyclostomoides tchadiensis Germain 1907
* † Cleopatra dubia Adam, 1959
* Cleopatra elata Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914[1]
* Cleopatra exarata (Martens, 1878)[1]
* Cleopatra ferruginea (I. & H. C. Lea, 1850)[1]
* Cleopatra grandidieri (Crosse & Fischer, 1872)[1]
* Cleopatra guillemei Bourguignat, 1885[1]
* Cleopatra hemmingi Verdcourt, 1956[1]
* † Cleopatra johnstoni Smith, 1893[1]
* Cleopatra kaisoensis Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
* Cleopatra langi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927[1]
* † Cleopatra lepersonnei (Gautier, 1970)
* Cleopatra lesnei Germain, 1935
* Cleopatra madagascariensis (Crosse & Fischer, 1872)[1]
* Cleopatra mweruensis Smith, 1893[1]
* Cleopatra nsendweensis Dupuis & Putzeys, 1902[1]
* Cleopatra obscura Mandahl-Barth, 1968[1]
* Cleopatra pilula Mandahl-Barth, 1967[1]
* Cleopatra poutrini Lamy, 1909
* Cleopatra rugosa Connolly, 1925[1]
* Cleopatra smithi Ancey, 1906[1]
* † Cleopatra vanloockei Van Damme & Pickford, 2003

Taxa inquirenda

* Cleopatra clara Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
* Cleopatra congener Preston, 1913
* Cleopatra laurenti Bourguignat, 1879
* Cleopatra lhotellerii Bourguignat, 1879
* Cleopatra mareotica Bourguignat, 1879
* Cleopatra percarinata Bourguignat, 1885
* Cleopatra raymondi Bourguignat, 1879
* Cleopatra soleilleti Bourguignat, 1885

Species brought into synonymy

* Cleopatra broecki Putzeys, 1899 \- synonym: Potadomoides broecki (Putzeys, 1899)[5]
* Cleopatra cameroni Bourguignat, 1879: synonym of Cleopatra ferruginea (I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851)
* Cleopatra pauli Bourguignat, 1885: synonym of Cleopatra bulimoides (Olivier, 1804)

## Ecology

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The habitat of species in this genus includes slow-running freshwater streams.[4]

Parasites of Cleopatra include:

* Serves as an intermediate host for Prohemistomum vivax.

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cleopatra Troschel, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=739281 on 2020-08-19
3. ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
4. ^ a b Amany A. Tohamy & Shaimaa M. Mohamed (2006). "Chromosomal studies on two Egyptian freshwater snails, Cleopatra and Bithynia (Mollusca-Prosobranchiata)". Arab J. Biotech. 9(1): 17-26. PDF. Archived July 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ Glaubrecht M. (2010). "The enigmatic Cleopatra broecki Putzeys, 1899 of the Congo River system in Africa – re-transfer from Potadomoides Leloup, 1953 (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea, Paludomidae)". Zoosystematics and Evolution 86(2): 283-293. doi:10.1002/zoos.201000011.

* Brown D.S. (1994). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance, 2nd edition. London: Taylor and Francis, 607 p.

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## Further reading

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cleopatra (Gastropoda).

* Yasseen A. E. (1994). "Chromosomal studies of freshwater snail Cleopatra bulimoides common in upper Egypt". Cytologia 59: 317-322.

Taxon identifiers

Cleopatra|

* Wikidata: Q5131729
* BOLD: 7994
* CoL: 7NZWC
* GBIF: 7571198
* iNaturalist: 87520
* IRMNG: 1023996
* NCBI: 223730
* Open Tree of Life: 853629
* WoRMS: 739281