''Burnupia'' is a genus of small
freshwater snail
Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks that live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs t ...
s or
limpet
Limpets are a group of aquatic snails with a conical gastropod shell, shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot. This general category of conical shell is known as "patelliform" (dish-shaped). Existing within the class Gastropoda, ...
s,
aquatic
Aquatic means relating to water; living in or near water or taking place in water; does not include groundwater, as "aquatic" implies an environment where plants and animals live.
Aquatic(s) may also refer to:
* Aquatic animal, either vertebrate ...
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s. It was formerly placed in the family
Planorbidae
Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family (biology), family of air-breathing freshwater snails, Aquatic animal, aquatic pulmonate gastropod Mollusca, molluscs. Unlike most molluscs, the blood of ram's horn sn ...
, but according to the
molecular marker
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s (
COI, 18S
rRNA
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), it is in a different clade than the genera of the family Planorbidae.
[Albrecht C., Wilke T., Kuhn K., Streit B. (2004). "Convergent evolution of shell shape in freshwater limpets: the African genus ''Burnupia''". '']Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
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'' 140(4): 577-586. . It is now classified in the monotypic family Burnupiidae.
Distribution and habitat
Species of the genus are generally confined to Africa and Brazil.
[Brown D. S. (1994). ''Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance''. ]Taylor & Francis
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. . They live in well-oxygenated freshwater habitats.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Burnupia'':
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Burnupia alta''
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Burnupia brunnea''
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Burnupia caffra''
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Burnupia capensis''
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Burnupia crassistriata''
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Burnupia edwardiana''
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Burnupia farquhari''
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Burnupia gordonensis''
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Burnupia ingae''
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Burnupia kempi''
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Burnupia kimiloloensis''
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Burnupia mooiensis''
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Burnupia nana''
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Burnupia obtusata''
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Burnupia ponsonbyi''
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Burnupia stenochorias''
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Burnupia stuhlmanni''
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Burnupia transvaalensis''
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Burnupia trapezoidea''
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Burnupia verreauxii''
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Burnupia vulcanus''
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Burnupia walkeri''
References
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Planorbidae
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