''Saulea'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
freshwater snail
Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks which 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 ...
s with an
operculum, aquatic
gastropod mollusk
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s in the family
Ampullariidae
Ampullariidae, commonly known as the apple snails, is a family of large freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks with a gill and an operculum. These snails simultaneously have a gill and a lung as functional respiratory structures, whi ...
, the
apple snails.
''Saulea'' is the type genus of the tribe Sauleini.
The genus ''Saulea'' is known from Africa.
Species
There are two
["''Saulea''"](_blank)
The apple snail website, Accessed 16 May 2011. species within the genus ''Saulea'':
* † ''
Saulea lithoides'' (Pain & Beatty, 1964)
- in East Africa
* ''
Saulea vitrea'' (Born, 1780) - type species
- in West Africa
[Brown D. S. (1994). ''Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance''. ]Taylor & Francis
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. .
References
Ampullariidae
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