Paludomidae, common name paludomids, is a family of freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.

Distribution The distribution of the Paludomidae includes Asia and Africa.

Taxonomy The following three subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

Paludominae Stoliczka, 1868 - synonym: Philopotamidinae Stache, 1889 Cleopatrinae Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927Pilsbry H. A. & Bequaert (1927). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 53: 249. Hauttecoeuriinae Bourguignat, 1885Bourguignat J. R. (1885). Notice prodromique sur les Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles ... dans la région méridionale du lac Tanganika 10: 41. tribe Hauttecoeuriini Bourguignat, 1885 - synonym: Tanganyiciinae Bandel, 1998 tribe Nassopsini Kesteven, 1903Kesteven (1903). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 27(4): 621, 634. - synonym: Lavigeriidae Thile, 1925 tribe Rumellini Ancey, 1906Ancey C. F. (1906). "Réflexions sur la Faune Malacologique du Lac Tanganika et Catalogue des Mollusques de ce Lac". Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique 40: 229-270. 245-246. tribe Spekiini Ancey, 1906 - synonyms: Giraudiidae Bourguignat, 1885 (inv.); Reymondiinae Bandel, 1998 tribe Syrnolopsini Bourguignat, 1890Bourguignat J. R. (1890). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie ser. 7, 10 (Art. 1): 139. tribe Tiphobiini Bourguignat, 1886Bourguignat J. R. (1886). Bulletin de la Société malacologique de France 3: 143. - synonyms: Hilacanthidae Bourguignat, 1890; Paramelaniidae J. E. S. Moore, 1898; Bathanaliidae Ancey, 1906; Limnotrochidae Ancey, 1906

A nomenclator of all Paludomidae was published in 2019.

Genera Genera within the family Paludomidae include:

Paludominae Ganga Layard, 1855 Paludomus Swainson, 1840 - type genus of the family Paludomidae Philopotamis Layard, 1855

Cleopatrinae Cleopatra Troschel, 1857 - type genus of the subfamily Cleopatrinae Pseudocleopatra Thiele, 1928

Hauttecoeuriinae

tribe Hauttecoeuriini Tanganyicia Crosse, 1881 - synonym: Hauttecoeuria Bourguignat, 1885

tribe Nassopsini Lavigeria Bourguignat, 1888 Potadomoides Leloup, 1953 Vinundu Michel, 2004

tribe Rumellini Stanleya Bourguignat, 1885

tribe Spekiini Bridouxia Bourguignat, 1885 Reymondia Bourguignat, 1885 Spekia Bourguignat, 1879 - type genus of the tribe Spekiini

tribe Syrnolopsini Anceya Bourguignat, 1885 Martelia Dautzenberg, 1908 Syrnolopsis E. A. Smith, 1880 - type genus of the tribe Syrnolopsini

tribe Tiphobiini Bathanalia Moore, 1898Strong E. E. & Glaubrecht M. (2010). "Anatomy of the Tiphobiini from Lake Tanganyika (Cerithioidea, Paludomidae)". Malacologia 52(1): 115-153. . Chytra Moore, 1898 - with the only species Chytra kirkii (E. A. Smith, 1880) Hirthia Ancey, 1898 Limnotrochus Smith, 1880 - with the only species Limnotrochus thomsoni Smith, 1880Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. . Mysorelloides Leloup, 1953 - with the only species Mysorelloides multisulcata (Bourguignat, 1888) Paramelania Smith, 1881 Tiphobia E. A. Smith, 1880 - type genus of the tribe Tiphobiini, with the only species Tiphobia horei E. A. Smith, 1880

Synonyms Hemimitra Swainson, 1840: synonym of Paludomus Swainson, 1840 (junior synonym) Heteropoma Benson, 1856: synonym of Philopotamis Layard, 1855 (objective synonym) Odontochasma Tomlin, 1930: synonym of Paludomus (Odontochasma) Tomlin, 1930 represented as Paludomus Swainson, 1840 Stomatodon Benson, 1862: synonym of Odontochasma Tomlin, 1930: synonym of Paludomus (Odontochasma) Tomlin, 1930 represented as Paludomus Swainson, 1840 (unavailable; a junior homonym of Stomatodon Seeley, 1861 [Gastropoda, Ringiculidae]) Cambieria Bourguignat, 1885: synonym of Tanganyicia Crosse, 1881 Hauttecoeuria Bourguignat, 1885: synonym of Tanganyicia Crosse, 1881 Tanganikia Bourguignat, 1885: synonym of Tanganyicia Crosse, 1881 Edgaria Bourguignat, 1888: synonym of Lavigeria Bourguignat, 1888 Nassopsis E. A. Smith, 1890 - type genus of the tribe Nassopsini: synonym of Lavigeria Bourguignat, 1888 Randabelia Bourguignat, 1888: synonym of Lavigeria Bourguignat, 1888 Rumella Bourguignat, 1885 - type genus of the tribe Rumellini: synonym of Stanleya Bourguignat, 1885 (junior synonym) Baizea Bourguignat, 1885: synonym of Bridouxia Bourguignat, 1885 Coulboisia Bourguignat, 1888: synonym of Bridouxia Bourguignat, 1885 Giraudia Bourguignat, 1885: synonym of Bridouxia Bourguignat, 1885 (junior homonym of Giraudia Foerster, 1868 [Hymenoptera]) Lechaptoisia Ancey, 1894: synonym of Bridouxia Bourguignat, 1885 (replacement name for Horea E. A. Smith, 1889 nec Bourguignat, 1888) Stormsia Bourguignat, 1891: synonym of Syrnolopsis E. A. Smith, 1880 Burtonilla E. A. Smith, 1904: synonym of Anceya Bourguignat, 1885 Bourguignatia Giraud, 1885: synonym of Paramelania E. A. Smith, 1881 (invalid: junior homonym of Bourguignatia Brusina, 1884) Bythoceras Moore, 1898: synonym of Paramelania E. A. Smith, 1881 (junior synonym) Hilacantha Ancey, 1886: synonym of Tiphobia E. A. Smith, 1880 (invalid: Unnecessary nom. nov. pro Tiphobia Smith, 1880

References

Further reading

Glaubrecht M. & Strong E. E. (September 2004) "Spermatophores of thalassoid gastropods (Paludomidae) in Lake Tanganyika, East Africa, with a survey of their occurrence in Cerithioidea: functional and phylogenetic implications". Invertebrate Biology 123(3): 218–236.