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Burnupia
Sign in to saveBurnupia is a genus of small freshwater snails or limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks. It was formerly placed in the family Planorbidae, but according to the molecular markers (COI, 18S rRNA), it is in a different clade than the genera of the family Planorbidae. It is now classified in the monotypic family Burnupiidae.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 307
- With media
- 16
- Family
- Burnupiidae
- Collections
- AM
- Recorded in
- South Africa
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- Parent taxon
- Planorbidae
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- Burnupia
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Burnupia is a genus of small freshwater snails or limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks. It was formerly placed in the family Planorbidae, but according to the molecular markers (COI, 18S rRNA), it is in a different clade than the genera of the family Planorbidae. It is now classified in the monotypic family Burnupiidae.
== Distribution and habitat == Species of the genus are generally confined to Africa and Brazil. They live in well-oxygenated freshwater habitats.
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