Mekongia

Mekongia
Shell of Mekongia franzhuberi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • Bellamya (Mekongia) Crosse & P. Fischer, 1876 (new combination)
  • Paludina (Mekongia) Crosse & P. Fischer, 1876 (original combination)

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.

  1. ^ a b Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Mekongia Crosse & P. Fischer, 1876". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 August 2021.