Paludomidae

Paludomidae, common name paludomids, is a family of freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.

Distribution

The distribution of the Paludomidae includes Asia and Africa.

Taxonomy

The following three subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

• Paludominae Stoliczka, 1868 - synonym: Philopotamidinae Stache, 1889
• Cleopatrinae Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
• Hauttecoeuriinae Bourguignat, 1885
• tribe Hauttecoeuriini Bourguignat, 1885 - synonym: Tanganyiciinae Bandel, 1998
• tribe Nassopsini Kesteven, 1903 - synonym: Lavigeriidae Thile, 1925
• tribe Rumellini Ancey, 1906
• tribe Spekiini Ancey, 1906 - synonyms: Giraudiidae Bourguignat, 1885 (inv.); Reymondiinae Bandel, 1998
• tribe Syrnolopsini Bourguignat, 1890
• tribe Tiphobiini Bourguignat, 1886 - synonyms: Hilacanthidae Bourguignat, 1890; Paramelaniidae J. E. S. Moore, 1898; Bathanaliidae Ancey, 1906; Limnotrochidae Ancey, 1906

A nomenclator of all Paludomidae was published in 2019.

Genera

Genera within the family Paludomidae include:

Paludominae

• Ganga <small>Layard, 1855</small>
• Paludomus <small>Swainson, 1840</small> - type genus of the family Paludomidae
• Philopotamis <small>Layard, 1855</small>

Cleopatrinae

• Cleopatra <small>Troschel, 1857</small> - type genus of the subfamily Cleopatrinae
• Pseudocleopatra <small>Thiele, 1928</small>

Hauttecoeuriinae

tribe Hauttecoeuriini

• Tanganyicia <small>Crosse, 1881</small> - synonym: Hauttecoeuria Bourguignat, 1885

tribe Nassopsini

• Lavigeria <small>Bourguignat, 1888</small>
• Potadomoides <small>Leloup, 1953</small>
• Vinundu <small>Michel, 2004</small>

tribe Rumellini

• Stanleya <small>Bourguignat, 1885</small>

tribe Spekiini

• Bridouxia Bourguignat, 1885
• Reymondia Bourguignat, 1885
• Spekia Bourguignat, 1879 - type genus of the tribe Spekiini

tribe Syrnolopsini

• Anceya Bourguignat, 1885
• Martelia Dautzenberg, 1908
• Syrnolopsis E. A. Smith, 1880 - type genus of the tribe Syrnolopsini

tribe Tiphobiini

• Bathanalia <small>Moore, 1898</small>
• Chytra <small>Moore, 1898</small> - with the only species Chytra kirkii (E. A. Smith, 1880)
• Hirthia Ancey, 1898
• Limnotrochus <small>Smith, 1880</small> - with the only species Limnotrochus thomsoni Smith, 1880
• Mysorelloides <small>Leloup, 1953</small> - with the only species Mysorelloides multisulcata (Bourguignat, 1888)
• Paramelania <small>Smith, 1881</small>
• Tiphobia <small>E. A. Smith, 1880</small> - type genus of the tribe Tiphobiini, with the only species Tiphobia horei E. A. Smith, 1880

Synonyms

• Hemimitra <small>Swainson, 1840</small>: synonym of Paludomus <small>Swainson, 1840</small> (junior synonym)
• Heteropoma <small>Benson, 185</small>6: synonym of Philopotamis <small>Layard, 1855</small> (objective synonym)
• Odontochasma <small>Tomlin, 1930</small>: synonym of Paludomus (Odontochasma) <small>Tomlin, 1930</small> represented as Paludomus <small>Swainson, 1840</small>
• Stomatodon <small>Benson, 1862</small>: synonym of Odontochasma <small>Tomlin, 1930</small>: synonym of Paludomus (Odontochasma) <small>Tomlin, 1930</small> represented as Paludomus <small>Swainson, 1840</small> (unavailable; a junior homonym of Stomatodon Seeley, 1861 [Gastropoda, Ringiculidae])
• Cambieria <small>Bourguignat, 1885</small>: synonym of Tanganyicia <small>Crosse, 1881</small>
• Hauttecoeuria <small>Bourguignat, 1885</small>: synonym of Tanganyicia <small>Crosse, 1881</small>
• Tanganikia <small>Bourguignat, 1885</small>: synonym of Tanganyicia <small>Crosse, 1881</small>
• Edgaria <small>Bourguignat, 1888</small>: synonym of Lavigeria <small>Bourguignat, 1888</small>
• Nassopsis <small>E. A. Smith, 1890</small> - type genus of the tribe Nassopsini: synonym of Lavigeria <small>Bourguignat, 1888</small>
• Randabelia <small>Bourguignat, 1888</small>: synonym of Lavigeria <small>Bourguignat, 1888</small>
• Rumella Bourguignat, 1885 - type genus of the tribe Rumellini: synonym of Stanleya <small>Bourguignat, 1885</small> (junior synonym)
• Baizea <small>Bourguignat, 1885</small>: synonym of Bridouxia <small>Bourguignat, 1885</small>
• Coulboisia <small>Bourguignat, 1888</small>: synonym of Bridouxia <small>Bourguignat, 1885</small>
• Giraudia <small>Bourguignat, 1885</small>: synonym of Bridouxia <small>Bourguignat, 1885</small> (junior homonym of Giraudia <small>Foerster, 1868</small> [Hymenoptera])
• Lechaptoisia <small>Ancey, 1894</small>: synonym of Bridouxia <small>Bourguignat, 1885</small> (replacement name for Horea E. A. Smith, 1889 nec Bourguignat, 1888)
• Stormsia <small>Bourguignat, 1891</small>: synonym of Syrnolopsis <small>E. A. Smith, 1880</small>
• Burtonilla <small>E. A. Smith, 1904</small>: synonym of Anceya <small>Bourguignat, 1885</small>
• Bourguignatia <small>Giraud, 1885</small>: synonym of Paramelania <small>E. A. Smith, 1881</small> (invalid: junior homonym of Bourguignatia <small>Brusina, 1884</small>)
• Bythoceras <small>Moore, 1898</small>: synonym of Paramelania <small>E. A. Smith, 1881</small> (junior synonym)
• Hilacantha <small>Ancey, 1886</small>: synonym of Tiphobia <small>E. A. Smith, 1880</small> (invalid: Unnecessary nom. nov. pro Tiphobia Smith, 1880

References

Further reading

• Glaubrecht M. & Strong E. E. (September 2004) "Spermatophores of thalassoid gastropods (Paludomidae) in Lake Tanganyika, East Africa, with a survey of their occurrence in Cerithioidea: functional and phylogenetic implications". Invertebrate Biology 123(3): 218–236.