Mekongia is a genus of Viviparidae, a gastropoda mollusca in the subfamily Bellamyinae of the family Viviparidae.
The name of this genus comes from the Mekongia river of Indochina peninsula.
Species
, WoRMS recorded the following species under Mekongia:
- Mekongia crassa <small>(Benson, 1836)</small>
- Mekongia franzhuberi <small>Thach, 2021</small>
- Mekongia jullieni <small>(Deshayes, 1876)</small>
- Mekongia lamarcki <small>(Deshayes, 1876)</small>
- Mekongia liuiana <small>(Yen, 1937)</small>
- Mekongia pongensis <small>Brandt, 1968</small>
- Mekongia rattei <small>(Crosse & P. Fischer, 1876)</small>
- Mekongia siamensis <small>(Frauenfeld, 1865)</small>
- Mekongia smithi <small>(Yen, 1942)</small>
- Mekongia sphaericula <small>(Deshayes, 1876)</small>
- Mekongia swainsoniana <small>(I. Lea, 1856)</small>
taxon inquirendum
synonyms
- Mekongia eyriesi <small>(Morelet, 1865)</small>: synonym of Eyriesia eyriesi <small>(Morelet, 1865)</small> (superseded combination)
- Mekangia hunanensis <small>Yen, 1942</small>, named after the Hunan province of China, is now: synonym of Mekongia liuiana <small>(Yen, 1937)</small>, a species of the same genus discovered by the same author earlier;
- Mekongia moreleti <small>(Deshayes, 1876)</small>: synonym of Mekongia siamensis <small>(Frauenfeld, 1865)</small> (a junior synonym)
- Mekongia swainsoni <small>(I. Lea, 1856)</small>: synonym of Mekongia swainsoniana <small>(I. Lea, 1856)</small> (incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Mekongia yunnanensis: named after the Yunnan province of China.
References
- Brandt, R. A. M. (1974). The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 105: i-iv, 1-423
- Thach N.N. , 2021 New shells of South Asia and Taiwan, China, Tanzania. Seashells*Freshwater*Land snails. With 116 new species and subspecies and rejected synonyms, accepted species, p. 202 pp
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