Mekongia Crosse & P. Fischer 1876 articles

Mekongia

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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.

As of 21 April 2022, WoRMS recorded the following species under Mekongia^[1]:

Mekongia bocourti (Mabille, 1889)
Mekangia rivularia^[2]: possibly the synonym of Rivularia bicarinata, according to comment of referenced text.
Mekongia turbinata (Deshayes, 1876)

Mekongia eyriesi (Morelet, 1865): synonym of Eyriesia eyriesi (Morelet, 1865) (superseded combination)
Mekangia hunanensis Yen, 1942, named after the Hunan privince of China, is now: synonym of Mekongia liuiana (Yen, 1937), a species of the same genus discovered by the same author earlier;
Mekongia moreleti (Deshayes, 1876): synonym of Mekongia siamensis (Frauenfeld, 1865) (a junior synonym)
Mekongia swainsoni (I. Lea, 1856): synonym of Mekongia swainsoniana (I. Lea, 1856) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Mekongia yunnanensis^[3]: named after the Yunnan province of China.

^ ^a ^b ^c 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 2021-08-29.
^ 太平洋岛 (2014-01-20). "【万有青年养成计划】湘江中下游江段田螺科物种考察篇" [An investigation of Viviparidae species along the river of Xiang] (in Simplified Chinese). GuoKr. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
^ Lu, H.-F.; Du, L.-N.; Li, Z.-Q.; Chen, X.-Y.; Yang, J.-X. (2014). "Morphological analysis of the Chinese Cipangopaludina species (Gastropoda; Caenogastropoda; Viviparidae)". Zoological Research (English Edition). 35 (6): 510–527. doi:10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2014.6.510. PMC 4790280. PMID 25465086.

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