Cleopatra is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Paludomidae within the subfamily Cleopatrinae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cleopatra Troschel, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=739281 on 2020-08-19

Cleopatra is the type genus of the subfamily Cleopatrinae.

The diploid chromosome number of Cleopatra bulimoides is 2n=28.Amany A. Tohamy & Shaimaa M. Mohamed (2006). "Chromosomal studies on two Egyptian freshwater snails, Cleopatra and Bithynia (Mollusca-Prosobranchiata)". Arab J. Biotech. 9(1): 17-26. PDF.

Distribution The distribution of the species within this genus includes Egypt.

Species The genus Cleopatra includes the following species: † Cleopatra adami Neiber & Glaubrecht, 2019 Cleopatra africana (Martens, 1878)Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. . †Cleopatra angulata Williamson, 1979 † Cleopatra arambourgi Roger, 1944 Cleopatra athiensis Verdcourt, 1957 Cleopatra bulimoides (Olivier, 1804) - type species Cleopatra colbeaui (Craven, 1880) Cleopatra cridlandi Mandahl-Barth, 1954 Cleopatra cyclostomoides Cleopatra cyclostomoides cyclostomoides Cleopatra cyclostomoides tchadiensis Germain 1907 † Cleopatra dubia Adam, 1959 Cleopatra elata Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914 Cleopatra exarata (Martens, 1878) Cleopatra ferruginea (I. & H. C. Lea, 1850) Cleopatra grandidieri (Crosse & Fischer, 1872) Cleopatra guillemei Bourguignat, 1885 Cleopatra hemmingi Verdcourt, 1956 † Cleopatra johnstoni Smith, 1893 Cleopatra kaisoensis Van Damme & Pickford, 2003 Cleopatra langi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 † Cleopatra lepersonnei (Gautier, 1970) Cleopatra lesnei Germain, 1935 Cleopatra madagascariensis (Crosse & Fischer, 1872) Cleopatra mweruensis Smith, 1893 Cleopatra nsendweensis Dupuis & Putzeys, 1902 Cleopatra obscura Mandahl-Barth, 1968 Cleopatra pilula Mandahl-Barth, 1967 Cleopatra poutrini Lamy, 1909 Cleopatra rugosa Connolly, 1925 Cleopatra smithi Ancey, 1906 † Cleopatra vanloockei Van Damme & Pickford, 2003 Taxa inquirenda Cleopatra clara Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 Cleopatra congener Preston, 1913 Cleopatra laurenti Bourguignat, 1879 Cleopatra lhotellerii Bourguignat, 1879 Cleopatra mareotica Bourguignat, 1879 Cleopatra percarinata Bourguignat, 1885 Cleopatra raymondi Bourguignat, 1879 Cleopatra soleilleti Bourguignat, 1885 Species brought into synonymy Cleopatra broecki Putzeys, 1899 - synonym: Potadomoides broecki (Putzeys, 1899)Glaubrecht M. (2010). "The enigmatic Cleopatra broecki Putzeys, 1899 of the Congo River system in Africa – re-transfer from Potadomoides Leloup, 1953 (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea, Paludomidae)". Zoosystematics and Evolution 86(2): 283-293. . Cleopatra cameroni Bourguignat, 1879: synonym of Cleopatra ferruginea (I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851) Cleopatra pauli Bourguignat, 1885: synonym of Cleopatra bulimoides (Olivier, 1804)

Ecology The habitat of species in this genus includes slow-running freshwater streams.

Parasites of Cleopatra include: Serves as an intermediate host for Prohemistomum vivax.

References

Brown D.S. (1994). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance, 2nd edition. London: Taylor and Francis, 607 p. page(s): 129

Further reading

Yasseen A. E. (1994). "Chromosomal studies of freshwater snail Cleopatra bulimoides common in upper Egypt". Cytologia 59: 317-322.