Margarya francheti

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

Margarya francheti
Shell of Margarya francheti.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:
Viviparoidea
Family:
Viviparidae
Genus:
Margarya
Species:
M. francheti
Binomial name
Margarya francheti
(Mabille, 1886)
Synonyms[1]
  • Margarya tropidophora (Mabille, 1886)
  • Margarya (Mabillemargarya) francheti (Mabille, 1886)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Margarya (Mabillemargarya) tropidophora (Mabille, 1886)– He, 2013
  • Vivipara francheti Mabille, 1886 (original combination)
  • Vivipara (Tulotoma) margeriana var. rotundata (Neumayr, 1887)
  • Vivipara tropidophora Mabille, 1886

Taxonomy

He J.(2013) introduced a new subgenus, Mabillemargarya, for M. francheti;[2] however, this taxonomic act is not supported by comparative morphology and molecular phylogenetics. Therefore, Mabillemargarya is considered as a junior synonym of Margarya.[1]

Distribution

The distribution of Margarya francheti includes Dian Lake, Erhai Lake, Jianhu Lake in Yunnan Province, China.[1]

Description

Zhang et al. (2015) provided details about the shell and about the radula.[1]

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References
  1. Zhang, L. J.; Chen, S. C.; Yang, L. T.; Jin, L.; Köhler, F. (2015). "Systematic revision of the freshwater snail Nevill, 1877 (Mollusca: Viviparidae) endemic to the ancient lakes of Yunnan, China, with description of new taxa". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 174 (4): 760–800. doi:10.1111/zoj.12260.
  2. He, J (2013). "A conchological review of Margarya-complex (Gastropoda: Viviparidae)". Shell Discoveries. 2: 2–15.
  • Zhang L.J. [Le-Jia, Chen S.C. [Shi-Chao], Yang L.T. [Li-Te], Jin L. [Lei] & Köhler F. (2015). Systematic revision of the freshwater snail Margarya Nevill, 1877 (Mollusca: Viviparidae) endemic to the ancient lakes of Yunnan, China, with description of new taxa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 174(4): 760-800]


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