Cleopatra bulimoides is a species of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Paludomidae.
Cleopatra bulimoides is the type species of the genus Cleopatra.Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. .
The holotype was found inside a mummy of an ibis (Alexandria channel, Egypt)
Varieties Cleopatra bulimoides var. richardi Germain, 1911 Cleopatra bulimoides var. welwitschi E. von Martens, 1897 Cleopatra bulimoides var. nsendweensis Dupuis & Putzeys, 1902: synonym of Cleopatra nsendweensis (Dupuis & Putzeys, 1902) (basionym)
Distribution This species occurs in: Egypt Benin Sudan ...
Ecology Parasites of Cleopatra bulimoides include the trematode Aspidogaster conchicola.
References
Bourguignat, J.-R. (1885). Mollusques recueillis par M. Paul Soleillet dans son voyage au Choa (Éthiopie méridionale), 1-48, 1 pl. Paris (Mme Ve Tremblay) Brown, D. S. (1980). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance. Taylor & Francis, London. 1-487 Connolly, M. (1925). The non-marine Mollusca of Portuguese East Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 12 (3): 105–220, pl. 4–8. Cape Town
External links
Olivier, G.A. (1804). Voyage dans l'Empire Othoman, l'Égypte et la Perse, fair par ordre du Gouvernement, pendant les six premières années de la République. Tome second, ii pp. + 466 pp. + Errata (1 pp.); Atlas, 2d livraison: vii pp., pl. 18-32. Paris (H. Agasse)