Paludomidae
Introduction '''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, 1906A nomenclator of all Paludomidae was published in 2019.
Genera Genera within the family Paludomidae include:;Paludominae* ''Ganga'' Layard, 1855* ''Paludomus'' Swainson, 1840 - type genus of the family Paludomidae* ''Philopotamis'' Layard, 1855;Cleopatrinae* ''Cleopatra'' Troschel, 1857 - type genus of the subfamily Cleopatrinae* ''Pseudocleopatra'' Thiele, 1928;Hauttecoeuriinaetribe Hauttecoeuriini* ''Tanganyicia'' Crosse, 1881 - synonym: ''Hauttecoeuria'' Bourguignat, 1885tribe Nassopsini* ''Lavigeria'' Bourguignat, 1888* ''Potadomoides'' Leloup, 1953* ''Vinundu'' Michel, 2004tribe Rumellini* ''Stanleya'' Bourguignat, 1885tribe Spekiini* ''Bridouxia'' Bourguignat, 1885* ''Reymondia'' Bourguignat, 1885* ''Spekia'' Bourguignat, 1879 - type genus of the tribe Spekiinitribe Syrnolopsini* ''Anceya'' Bourguignat, 1885* ''Martelia'' Dautzenberg, 1908* ''Syrnolopsis'' E. A. Smith, 1880 - type genus of the tribe Syrnolopsinitribe Tiphobiini* ''Bathanalia'' Moore, 1898* ''Chytra'' Moore, 1898 - with the only species ''Chytra kirki'' (E. A. Smith, 1880)* ''Hirthia'' Ancey, 1898* ''Limnotrochus'' Smith, 1880 - with the only species ''Limnotrochus thomsoni'' Smith, 1880* ''Mysorelloides'' Leloup, 1953 - with the only species ''Mysorelloides multisulcata'' (Bourguignat, 1888)* ''Paramelania'' Smith, 1881* ''Tiphobia'' E. A. Smith, 1880 - type genus of the tribe Tiphobiini, with the only species ''Tiphobia horei'' E. A. Smith, 1880
Synonyms * ''Hemimitra'' Swainson, 1840: synonym of ''Paludomus'' Swainson, 1840 (junior synonym)* ''Heteropoma'' Benson, 1856: synonym of ''Philopotamis'' Layard, 1855 (objective synonym)* ''Odontochasma'' Tomlin, 1930: synonym of ''Paludomus (Odontochasma)'' Tomlin, 1930 represented as ''Paludomus'' Swainson, 1840* ''Stomatodon'' Benson, 1862: synonym of ''Odontochasma'' Tomlin, 1930: synonym of P''aludomus (Odontochasma)'' Tomlin, 1930 represented as ''Paludomus'' Swainson, 1840 (unavailable; a junior homonym of Stomatodon Seeley, 1861 Gastropoda, Ringiculidae)* ''Cambieria'' Bourguignat, 1885: synonym of ''Tanganyicia'' Crosse, 1881 * ''Hauttecoeuria'' Bourguignat, 1885: synonym of ''Tanganyicia'' Crosse, 1881 * ''Tanganikia'' Bourguignat, 1885: synonym of ''Tanganyicia'' Crosse, 1881* ''Edgaria'' Bourguignat, 1888: synonym of ''Lavigeria'' Bourguignat, 1888 * ''Nassopsis'' E. A. Smith, 1890 - type genus of the tribe Nassopsini: synonym of ''Lavigeria'' Bourguignat, 1888 * ''Randabelia'' Bourguignat, 1888: synonym of ''Lavigeria'' Bourguignat, 1888* ''Rumella'' Bourguignat, 1885 - type genus of the tribe Rumellini: synonym of ''Stanleya'' Bourguignat, 1885 (junior synonym)* ''Baizea'' Bourguignat, 1885: synonym of ''Bridouxia'' Bourguignat, 1885* ''Coulboisia'' Bourguignat, 1888: synonym of ''Bridouxia'' Bourguignat, 1885* ''Giraudia'' Bourguignat, 1885: synonym of ''Bridouxia'' Bourguignat, 1885 (junior homonym of ''Giraudia'' Foerster, 1868 Hymenoptera)* ''Lechaptoisia'' Ancey, 1894: synonym of ''Bridouxia'' Bourguignat, 1885 (replacement name for Horea E. A. Smith, 1889 nec Bourguignat, 1888)* ''Stormsia'' Bourguignat, 1891: synonym of ''Syrnolopsis'' E. A. Smith, 1880* ''Burtonilla'' E. A. Smith, 1904: synonym of ''Anceya'' Bourguignat, 1885* ''Bourguignatia'' Giraud, 1885: synonym of ''Paramelania'' E. A. Smith, 1881 (invalid: junior homonym of ''Bourguignatia'' Brusina, 1884)* ''Bythoceras'' Moore, 1898: synonym of ''Paramelania'' E. A. Smith, 1881 (junior synonym)* ''Hilacantha'' Ancey, 1886: synonym of ''Tiphobia'' E. A. Smith, 1880 (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.