Mekongia | |
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Shell of Mekongia franzhuberi (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Architaenioglossa |
Superfamily: | Viviparoidea |
Family: | Viviparidae |
Subfamily: | Bellamyinae |
Genus: | Mekongia Crosse & P. Fischer, 1876[1] |
Type species | |
Paludina jullieni Deshayes, 1876 | |
Synonyms | |
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Mekongia is a genus of Viviparidae, a gastropoda mollusca in the subfamily Bellamyinae of the family Viviparidae.[1]
The name of this genus comes from the Mekongia river of Indochina peninsula.