Tomichia
''Tomichia'' is a genus of very small freshwater snails which have a gill and an operculum (gastropod), operculum, gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family (biology), family Tomichiidae.Rosenberg, G. (2010). ''Tomichia'' Benson, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405098 on 2011-04-04 Distribution The distribution of the genus ''Tomichia'' includes List of non-marine molluscs of South Africa, South AfricaKameda Y. & Kato M. (2011). "Terrestrial invasion of pomatiopsid gastropods in the heavy-snow region of the Japanese Archipelago". ''BMC Evolutionary Biology'' 11: 118. . and Eastern Zaire. ''Tomichia'' is the only genus of Pomatiopsidae in Africa. Ecology This genus occurs is both freshwater and brackish water. There exist halophilic species of ''Tomichia'' which live in saline lakes such as ''Tomichia ventricosa''.Brown D. S. (1994). ''Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance ...
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