Lavigeria

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Genus of gastropods

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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

::callout[type=note] Not to be confused with Lavigeria Pierre, a plant genus in family Icacinaceae ::

| image = | taxon = Lavigeria | authority = Bourguignat, 1888

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:

Lavigeria coronata Bourguignat, 1888
Lavigeria grandis (Smith, 1881)
Lavigeria nassa (Woodward, 1859)
Lavigeria paucicostata (Bourguignat, 1888).

References

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

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