Cleopatra is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of freshwater snail

Freshwater snail

A freshwater snail is one kind of freshwater mollusc, the other kind being freshwater clams and mussels, i.e. freshwater bivalves. Specifically a freshwater snail is a gastropod that lives in a watery non-marine habitat. The majority of freshwater gastropods have a shell, with very few exceptions....

s with an operculum

Operculum (gastropod)

The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...

, aquatic

Aquatic animal

An aquatic animal is an animal, either vertebrate or invertebrate, which lives in water for most or all of its life. It may breathe air or extract its oxygen from that dissolved in water through specialised organs called gills, or directly through its skin. Natural environments and the animals that...

 gastropod molluscs in the family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Paludomidae

Paludomidae

Paludomidae, common name paludomids, is a family of freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.- Taxonomy :The following three subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi :...

 within the subfamily Cleopatrinae.

Cleopatra is the type genus

Type genus

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 of the subfamily Cleopatrinae.

The diploid chromosome number of Cleopatra bulimoides is 2n=28.

Distribution

The distribution of the species within this genus includes Egypt, ...

Species

The genus Cleopatra includes the following species:

• Cleopatra africana
  Cleopatra africana
  Cleopatra africana is a species of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Paludomidae.This species is found in Kenya and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are rivers and swamps....
  
  (Martens, 1878)
• Cleopatra athiensis Verdcourt, 1957
• Cleopatra broecki
  Cleopatra broecki
  Cleopatra broecki is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Paludomidae.This species is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Its natural habitat is rivers....
  
  Putzeys, 1899 - synonym: Potadomoides broecki (Putzeys, 1899)
• Cleopatra bulimoides (Olivier, 1804) - type species
• Cleopatra colbeaui (Craven, 1880)
• Cleopatra cridlandi
  Cleopatra cridlandi
  Cleopatra cridlandi is a species of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Paludomidae.This species is found in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes....
  
  Mandahl-Barth, 1954
• Cleopatra elata Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914
• Cleopatra exarata
  Cleopatra exarata
  Cleopatra exarata is a species of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Paludomidae.This species is endemic to Kenya. Its natural habitats are rivers and intermittent rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss....
  
  (Martens, 1878)
• Cleopatra ferruginea
  Cleopatra ferruginea
  Cleopatra ferruginea is a species of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Paludomidae.This species is found in Burundi, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa....
  
  (I. & H. C. Lea, 1850)
• Cleopatra grandidieri
  Cleopatra grandidieri
  Cleopatra grandidieri is a species of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Paludomidae.This species is endemic to Madagascar....
  
  (Crosse & Fischer, 1872)
• Cleopatra guillemei
  Cleopatra guillemei
  Cleopatra guillemei is a species of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Paludomidae.This species is found in Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, and possibly Uganda. Its natural habitats are rivers and swamps....
  
  Bourguignat, 1885
• Cleopatra hemmingi Verdcourt, 1956
• Cleopatra johnstoni Smith, 1893
• Cleopatra langi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
• Cleopatra madagascariensis (Crosse & Fischer, 1872)
• Cleopatra mweruensis Smith, 1893
• Cleopatra nsendweensis Dupuis & Putzeys, 1902
• Cleopatra obscura Mandahl-Barth, 1968
• Cleopatra pilula Mandahl-Barth, 1967
• Cleopatra rugosa Connolly, 1925
• Cleopatra smithi Ancey, 1906

Ecology

The habitat of species in this genus includes slow-running freshwater streams.

Parasites of Cleopatra include:

• Serves as an intermediate host for Prohemistomum vivax.

Further reading

• Yasseen A. E. (1994). "Chromosomal studies of freshwater snail Cleopatra bulimoides common in upper Egypt". Cytologia 59: 317-322.