Cleopatra ferruginea

Cleopatra ferruginea is a species of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Paludomidae.

Cleopatra ferruginea
shell of Cleopatra ferruginea

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Paludomidae
Subfamily:
Cleopatrinae
Genus:
Cleopatra
Species:
C. ferruginea
Binomial name
Cleopatra ferruginea
(Lea & Lea, 1850)

This species is found in Burundi, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda[1] and South Africa.[2]

Its natural habitats are intermittent rivers, swamps, and freshwater marshes.[1]

References
  1. Lange C. N., Ngereza C. & Nicayenzi F. (2004). Cleopatra ferruginea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
  2. Appleton C. C., Forbes A. T.& Demetriades N. T. (2009). "The occurrence, bionomics and potential impacts of the invasive freshwater snail Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1822) (Gastropoda: Thiaridae) in South Africa". Zoologische Mededelingen 83. http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a04 Archived 2017-09-27 at the Wayback Machine


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