Lavigeria
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Hauttecoeuriinae
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Nassopsini
Genus:
Lavigeria

Lavigeria is a genus of tropical freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Paludomidae.

All species are restricted to Lake Tanganyika in Africa, and share in common a strong heavy shell with sculpture more characteristic of marine gastropods.

Species

Species within genus Lavigeria include:

References

  1. Bourguignat J. R. (1888). Icon. Malac. Moll. Fluv. Tanganika: 31, 33.
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