Margarya mansuyi

Margarya mansuyi is a species of large operculate freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails.

Margarya mansuyi
Apertural view of the shell of Margarya mansuyi. Scale bar is 1 cm.
Abapertural view of the shell of Margarya mansuyi. Scale bar is 1 cm.
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:	Viviparoidea
Family:	Viviparidae
Genus:	Margarya
Species:	M. mansuyi
Binomial name
Margarya mansuyi Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905[2]
Synonyms[1]
Margarya melanioides var. Mansuyi Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905

Distribution

The distribution of Margarya mansuyi includes Xingyun Lake and Qilu Lake in Yunnan Province, China.[3]

The former distribution of this species also included Yilong Lake, Dian Lake and Datunhai Lake (Datun Lake).[3]

Description

Shu et al. (2010) provided details about the shell and about the radula.[4]

References

1. Di L., Jiang Y., Aldridge D. & McIvor A. (2008). Margarya mansuyi. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 14 September 2010.
2. Dautzenberg P. & Fischer H. (1905). "Liste de mollusques récoltéspar M. Mansuy en Indo-Chine et description d'espècesnouvelles." Journal de Conchyliologie 53: 343-471. page 423-424, figs 2-4.
3. "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009 update. Mollusc Facts". 5 pp., accessed 14 September 2010.
4. Shu F., Köhler F. & Wang H. (2010). "On the shell and radular morphology of two endangered species of the genus Margarya Nevill, 1877 (Gastropoda: Viviparidae) from lakes of the Yunnan Plateau, Southwest China." Molluscan Research 30(1): 17-24.