| Rivomarginella | |
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| Shells of Rivomarginella electrum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Subfamily: | Marginellinae |
| Genus: | Rivomarginella Brandt, 1968 |
| Type species | |
| Rivomarginella morrisoni Brandt, 1968 | |
| Diversity | |
| 2 freshwater species | |
Rivomarginella is a genus of freshwater snails, gastropod mollusks in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Rivomarginella is the only freshwater genus in the marine family Marginellidae.
Distribution
They are native to Southeast Asia.
Species
There are two species in the genus Rivomarginella:
- Rivomarginella electrum (Reeve, 1865)
- Rivomarginella morrisoni Brandt, 1968 - type species of the genus Rivomarginella
Ecology
Predators of Rivomarginella snails include bagrid catfish false black lancer Bagrichthys macropterus.
References
- ^ Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". Hydrobiologia 595: 149-166. hdl:10088/7390 doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9012-6.
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Rivomarginella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465265 on 2016-01-02
- Tan H. H. & Ng H. H. (2000). "The catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes) of Sumatra". Journal of Natural History 34(2): 267-303. doi:10.1080/002229300299633.
- Brandt R.A.M. (1974). The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 105: i-iv, 1-423.
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