Cleopatra is a genusoffreshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Paludomidae within the subfamily Cleopatrinae.[2]
Cleopatra | |
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ShellofCleopatra madagascariensis (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
Family: | Paludomidae |
Genus: | Cleopatra Troschel, 1857 |
Diversity[1] | |
about 20 freshwater species |
Cleopatra is the type genus of the subfamily Cleopatrinae.[3]
The diploid chromosome number of Cleopatra bulimoides is 2n=28.[4]
The distribution of the species within this genus includes Egypt.[citation needed]
The genus Cleopatra includes the following species:
The habitat of species in this genus includes slow-running freshwater streams.[4]
Parasites of Cleopatra include:
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