Tchangmargarya is a genus of large operculate freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Viviparidae.[2]

Tchangmargarya
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Viviparidae
Subfamily: Bellamyinae
Genus: Tchangmargarya
He, 2013[1]
Diversity[2]
2 species
Synonyms

Margarya (Tchangmargarya) He, 2013

Taxonomy

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Tchangmargarya originally was a subgenus of Margarya,[1] and is elevated to a full genus based on molecular phylogeny and comparative morphology study.[2]

Distribution

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This genus appear to be endemic to Yangzong Lake and lakes in Stone Forest in Yunnan Province in the China.

Species

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There are 3 extant species of Tchangmargarya:[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b He, J (2013). "A conchological review of Margarya-complex (Gastropoda: Viviparidae)"". Shell Discoveries. 2: 2–15.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Zhang, L. J.; Chen, S. C.; Yang, L. T.; Jin, L.; Köhler, F. (2015). "Systematic revision of the freshwater snail Nevill, 1877 (Mollusca: Viviparidae) endemic to the ancient lakes of Yunnan, China, with description of new taxa". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 174 (4): 760–800. doi:10.1111/zoj.12260.
  3. ^ Di L., Jiang Y., Min W., Yeuing L., Aldridge D. & McIvor A. (2008). Margarya yangtsunghaiensis. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 September 2010.
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  • Tchang, X.; Tsi, Z. Y. (1949). "A revision of the genus Margarya of the family Viviparidae". Contributions from the Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Peiping. 5: 1–26.