Cipangopaludina is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Viviparidae. Distribution There are 11 species and 2 subspecies in China. Species Species within the genus Cipangopaludina include: Cipangopaludina annandalei Brandt, 1968 Cipangopaludina aubryana (Heude, 1890) Cipangopaludina cathayensis (Heude, 1890) Cipangopaludina chinensis (Gray, 1834) - synonym: Bellamya chinensis (Reeve 1863), Cipangopaludina wingatei - Chinese mystery snail Cipangopaludina chinensis fluminalis (Heude, 1890) Cipangopaludina haasi (Prashad, 1928) - synonym: Cipangopaludina chinensis haasi Prashad, 1928 Cipangopaludina hainanensis (Möllendorff, 1909) Cipangopaludina japonica (von Martens, 1861) Cipangopaludina latissima (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1905) Cipangopaludina lecythoides (Benson, 1842) Cipangopaludina lecythis (Benson, 1836) - synonym: Cipangopaludina ampulliformis Cipangopaludina lecythis ampullacea (Charpentier, 1863) Cipangopaludina malleata (Reeve, 1863) - type species of the genus Cipangopaludina Cipangopaludina patris (Kobelt, 1909) Cipangopaludina ussuriensis (Gerstfeldt, 1859) Cipangopaludina ventricosa (Heude, 1890) Cipangopaludina zejaensis Moskvicheva, 1979 synonyms Cipangopaludina dianchiensis Zhang, 1990 is a synonym of Margarya dianchiensis (Zhang, 1990) Cipangopaludina menglaensis Zhang, Liu & Wang, 1981 is a synonym of Mekongia menglaensis (Zhang, Liu & Wang, 1981) Cipangopaludina yunnanensis Zhang, Liu & Wang, 1981 is a synonym of Mekongia yunnanensis (Zhang, Liu & Wang, 1981) References External links Viviparidae