Margarya mansuyi

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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
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Class:
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
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Species:
M. mansuyi
Binomial name
Margarya mansuyi
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[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "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.