Cleopatra (gastropod)
Introduction '''''Cleopatra''''' is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Paludomidae within the subfamily Cleopatrinae. ''Cleopatra'' is the type genus of the subfamily Cleopatrinae.The diploid chromosome number of ''Cleopatra bulimoides'' is 2n=28.
Distribution The distribution of the species within this genus includes Egypt.
Species The genus ''Cleopatra'' includes the following species:* † ''Cleopatra adami'' Neiber & Glaubrecht, 2019 * ''Cleopatra africana'' (Martens, 1878)* †''Cleopatra angulata'' Williamson, 1979 * † ''Cleopatra arambourgi'' Roger, 1944 * ''Cleopatra athiensis'' Verdcourt, 1957* ''Cleopatra bulimoides'' (Olivier, 1804) - type species* ''Cleopatra colbeaui'' (Craven, 1880)* ''Cleopatra cridlandi'' Mandahl-Barth, 1954* ''Cleopatra cyclostomoides''** ''Cleopatra cyclostomoides cyclostomoides''** ''Cleopatra cyclostomoides tchadiensis'' Germain 1907* † ''Cleopatra dubia'' Adam, 1959 * ''Cleopatra elata'' Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914* ''Cleopatra exarata'' (Martens, 1878)* ''Cleopatra ferruginea'' (I. & H. C. Lea, 1850)* ''Cleopatra grandidieri'' (Crosse & Fischer, 1872)* ''Cleopatra guillemei'' Bourguignat, 1885* ''Cleopatra hemmingi'' Verdcourt, 1956* † ''Cleopatra johnstoni'' Smith, 1893* ''Cleopatra kaisoensis'' Van Damme & Pickford, 2003 * ''Cleopatra langi'' Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927* † ''Cleopatra lepersonnei'' (Gautier, 1970) * ''Cleopatra lesnei'' Germain, 1935* ''Cleopatra madagascariensis'' (Crosse & Fischer, 1872)* ''Cleopatra mweruensis'' Smith, 1893* ''Cleopatra nsendweensis'' Dupuis & Putzeys, 1902* ''Cleopatra obscura'' Mandahl-Barth, 1968* ''Cleopatra pilula'' Mandahl-Barth, 1967* ''Cleopatra poutrini'' Lamy, 1909* ''Cleopatra rugosa'' Connolly, 1925* ''Cleopatra smithi'' Ancey, 1906* † ''Cleopatra vanloockei'' Van Damme & Pickford, 2003 ;Taxa inquirenda:* ''Cleopatra clara'' Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 * ''Cleopatra congener'' Preston, 1913 * ''Cleopatra laurenti'' Bourguignat, 1879 * ''Cleopatra lhotellerii'' Bourguignat, 1879 * ''Cleopatra mareotica'' Bourguignat, 1879 * ''Cleopatra percarinata'' Bourguignat, 1885 * ''Cleopatra raymondi'' Bourguignat, 1879 * ''Cleopatra soleilleti'' Bourguignat, 1885 ;Species brought into synonymy:* ''Cleopatra broecki'' Putzeys, 1899 - synonym: ''Potadomoides broecki'' (Putzeys, 1899)* ''Cleopatra cameroni'' Bourguignat, 1879: synonym of ''Cleopatra ferruginea'' (I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851)* ''Cleopatra pauli'' Bourguignat, 1885: synonym of ''Cleopatra bulimoides'' (Olivier, 1804)
Ecology The habitat of species in this genus includes slow-running freshwater streams.Parasites of ''Cleopatra'' include:* Serves as an intermediate host for ''Prohemistomum vivax''.
References * Brown D.S. (1994). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance, 2nd edition. London: Taylor and Francis, 607 p.page(s): 129
Further reading *Yasseen A. E. (1994). "Chromosomal studies of freshwater snail ''Cleopatra bulimoides'' common in upper Egypt". ''Cytologia'' '''59''': 317-322.