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Bathanalia

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Bathanalia
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Bathanalia

Diversity[4]
2 species

Bathanalia is a genus of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.[1]

This genus is endemic to the Lake Tanganyika.[4]

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Species within the genus Bathanalia include:

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  2. ^ Moore J. E. (1898). Proceedings of the Royal Society 62: 451
  3. ^ Moore J. E. (1898). "The mollusks of the Great African lakes. 2. The anatomy of the Typhobias, with a description of a new genus (Batanalia) (sic)". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 41: 181-204. page 192. Plate 11-14.
  4. ^ a b c d Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.

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