Burnupia
| Burnupia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Superfamily: | Lymnaeoidea |
| Family: | Albrecht, 2017 |
| Genus: | Walker, 1912[1] |
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Burnupia is a genus of small freshwater snails or limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks. It was formerly placed in the family Planorbidae, but according to the molecular markers (COI, 18S rRNA), it is in a different clade than the genera of the family Planorbidae.[2] It is now classified in the monotypic family Burnupiidae.
Distribution and habitat
Species of the genus are generally confined to Africa and Brazil.[3][2][4] They live in well-oxygenated freshwater habitats.[3]
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Burnupia:[5]
- Burnupia alta Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
- Burnupia brunnea B. Walker, 1924
- Burnupia caffra (Krauss, 1848)
- Burnupia capensis (B. Walker, 1912)
- Burnupia crassistriata (Preston, 1911)
- Burnupia edwardiana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
- Burnupia farquhari (B. Walker, 1912)
- Burnupia gordonensis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903)
- Burnupia ingae Lanzer, 1991
- Burnupia kempi (Preston, 1912)
- Burnupia kimiloloensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
- Burnupia mooiensis (B. Walker, 1912)
- Burnupia nana (B. Walker, 1912)
- Burnupia obtusata B. Walker, 1926
- Burnupia ponsonbyi B. Walker, 1924
- Burnupia stenochorias (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903)
- Burnupia stuhlmanni (E. von Martens, 1897)
- Burnupia transvaalensis (Craven, 1881)
- Burnupia trapezoidea (O. Boettger, 1910)
- Burnupia verreauxii (Bourguignat, 1853)
- Burnupia vulcanus B. Walker, 1924
- Burnupia walkeri Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
References
- ^ Walker B. (1912). The Nautilus 25: 139.
- ^ a b Albrecht C., Wilke T., Kuhn K., Streit B. (2004). "Convergent evolution of shell shape in freshwater limpets: the African genus Burnupia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 140(4): 577-586. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2003.00108.x.
- ^ a b Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
- ^ Davies-Coleman, H. D.; Palmer, C. G. (2004). "The use of a freshwater mollusc, Burnupia stenochorias (Ancylidae) as an ecotoxicological indicator in whole effluent toxicity testing". Proceedings of the 2004 Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) Biennial Conference. Cape Town: Water Institute of Southern Africa: 309–315. S2CID 86254077.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Out of scope". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 29 March 2025.