Tomichia | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Tomichiidae |
Genus: |
Tomichia Benson, 1851 [1] |
Diversity [2] | |
11 species |
Tomichia is a genus of very small freshwater snails which have a gill and an operculum, gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Tomichiidae. [3]
The distribution of the genus Tomichia includes South Africa [2] and Eastern Zaire. [4] Tomichia is the only genus of Pomatiopsidae in Africa. [4]
This genus occurs is both freshwater and brackish water. [3] There exist halophilic species of Tomichia which live in saline lakes [2] such as Tomichia ventricosa. [4]
Brown (1994) [4] recognized 10 species (7 in South Africa and 3 in Central Africa) and one undescribed species. Kameda & Kato (2011) [2] recognized 11 species of Tomichia.
Species within the genus Tomichia include:
Tomichia | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Tomichiidae |
Genus: |
Tomichia Benson, 1851 [1] |
Diversity [2] | |
11 species |
Tomichia is a genus of very small freshwater snails which have a gill and an operculum, gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Tomichiidae. [3]
The distribution of the genus Tomichia includes South Africa [2] and Eastern Zaire. [4] Tomichia is the only genus of Pomatiopsidae in Africa. [4]
This genus occurs is both freshwater and brackish water. [3] There exist halophilic species of Tomichia which live in saline lakes [2] such as Tomichia ventricosa. [4]
Brown (1994) [4] recognized 10 species (7 in South Africa and 3 in Central Africa) and one undescribed species. Kameda & Kato (2011) [2] recognized 11 species of Tomichia.
Species within the genus Tomichia include: