Spekia is a genus of freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.
Spekia is the type genus of the tribe Spekiini.
Distribution The genus Spekia is endemic to Lake Tanganyika.
Species For many years only one species was known in this genus,Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. . however, in 1999, a second species was described.
The genus Spekia contains the following species: Spekia coheni West, 1999 Spekia zonata (Woodward, 1859)
References
Further reading Moore J. E. S. (1899). "The mollusks of the Great African lakes. 3. Tanganyicia rufofilosa, and the genus Spekia". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 42: 155-185. Plates 14-19. PDF.