Cleopatra (gastropod)

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

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

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

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

Distribution

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

Species

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

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.