Bellamya is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Viviparidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bellamya Jousseaume, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716177 on 2020-06-09
Bellamya is the type genus of the subfamily Bellamyinae.
Distribution The indigenous distribution of Bellamya includes Africa and Asia.
Species Species within the genus Bellamya include: Bellamya alberti (Cox, 1926) † Bellamya beijiangensis Yü & Zhang, 1982 † Bellamya campaniformis Bickel, 1976 † Bellamya capillata (Frauenfeld, 1865)Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. . Bellamya celsispiralis Gurung, Takayasu & Matsuoka, 1997 † Bellamya constricta (Martens, 1889) Bellamya contracta (Haas, 1934) Bellamya crassispiralis Annandale, 1921 Bellamya crawshayi (Smith, 1893) Bellamya dagangensis Youluo, 1978 † Bellamya dissimilis (Mueller, 1774) Bellamya ecclesi (Crowley & Pain, 1964) Bellamya heudei guangdungensis (Kobelt, 1906)Kear B. P., Hamilton-Bruce R. J., Smith B. J. & Gowlett-Holmes K. L. (2003). "Reassessment of Australia's oldest freshwater snail, Viviparus (?) albascopularis Etheridge, 1902 (Mollusca : Gastropoda : Viviparidae), from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian, Wallumbilla Formation) of White Cliffs, New South Wales". Molluscan Research 23(2): 149-158. , PDF. Bellamya hilmandensis (Kobelt, 1909) Bellamya jeffreysi (Frauenfeld, 1865) Bellamya jiangyouensis Yü, 1974 † Bellamya kowiayiensis (Brazier, 1886) Bellamya kweilinensis (Hsü, 1935) † Bellamya leopoldvillensis (Putzeys, 1898) Bellamya liberiana (Schepman, 1888) Bellamya micron Annandale, 1921 Bellamya monardi (Haas, 1934) Bellamya mweruensis (Smith, 1893) Bellamya orlovi (Lindholm, 1932) † Bellamya pagodiformis (Smith, 1893) Bellamya phthinotropis (Martens, 1892) Bellamya retusa (Meek & Hayden, 1856) † Bellamya robertsoni (Frauenfeld, 1865) Bellamya rubicunda (Martens, 1879) Bellamya suzukii Matsuoka, 1985 † Bellamya tenuisculpta (von Martens, 1874) † Bellamya trochlearis (Martens, 1892) Bellamya unicolor (Olivier, 1804) - Bellamya duponti De Rochebrune, 1882 is the type species and it is probably synonym of Bellamya unicolor
synonyms Bellamya bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Filopaludina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822) Bellamya chinensis (Reeve 1863): synonym of Cipangopaludina chinensis (Gray, 1834) - Chinese mystery snailLu H.-F., Du L.-N., Li Z.-Q., Chen X.-Y. & Yang J.-X. (2014). "Morphological analysis of the Chinese Cipangopaludina species (Gastropoda; Caenogastropoda; Viviparidae). Zoological Research 35(6): 510-527. . Bellamya costulata (Martens, 1892): synonym of Bellamya constricta (von Martens, 1889) (a junior synonym) Bellamya crassa (Benson, 1836): synonym of Mekongia crassa (Benson, 1836) (a junior synonym) Bellamya jucunda (Smith, 1892): synonym of Bellamya constricta (von Martens, 1889) (a junior synonym) Bellamya manhongensis Zhang, Liu & Wang, 1981: synonym of Sinotaia manhongensis (W.-Z. Zhang, Y.-F. Liu & Y.-X. Wang, 1981) (original combination)
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