Spekia

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Genus of gastropods

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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

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Spekia is a genus of freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.

Spekia is the type genus of the tribe Spekiini.

Distribution

The genus Spekia is endemic to Lake Tanganyika.

Species

For many years only one species was known in this genus, however, in 1999, a second species was described.

The genus Spekia contains the following species:

References

References

  1. Bourguignat J. R. (1879). ''Descr. Moll. Égypte'': 27.
  2. {{Bouchet 2005
  3. Brown D. S. (1994). ''Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance''. [[Taylor & Francis]]. {{ISBN. 0-7484-0026-5.
  4. Ngereza, C.. (2010). "''Spekia coheni''".

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